COVID-19: Global Crisis

Capturing the Invisible: Photojournalism during COVID-19

October 16, 2021

Photojournalism had a pandemic reckoning, inviting artistic elements to coexist with traditional reportage. The newest exhibit at The Photographic Gallery displays both side by side.

Covid-19’s Not Through With Us Yet

By Dahr Jamail

September 4, 2021 / Fall 2021

As vaccines offer hope for a world after Covid, experts warn that in many ways, the fight is only beginning.

A Pandemic of Vaccine and Technology Hoarding: Unmasking Global Inequality and Hypocrisy

By Lauren Paremoer

July 12, 2021 / Summer 2021

Intellectual property waivers are key to dismantling global vaccine apartheid and providing equitable vaccination to Africa and other continents.

Shaping Africa’s New Normal

By Amina Abdel-Halim

April 28, 2021 / Summer 2021

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, African nations are working through the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development to set the continent back on track with its developmental Agenda 2063.

Women and Children First

By Elena Habersky

April 20, 2021 / Spring 2021

Women and children migrant voices, especially after the pandemic, must be amplified in discussions around the Global Compact, which aims to bring world governments in line with good and safe migration governance.

Global Tourism Post COVID-19 and the Island Model

By Omar Auf

March 1, 2021

A recovery in tourism, one of the hardest hit industries by the COVID-19 pandemic, is inevitably tied to health considerations. It also depends on governments’ willingness to move away from old models toward long-term sustainability.

2020: The Year We Stayed Away

December 30, 2020

Social distancing, wearing masks, scavenging for toilet paper while spraying disinfectant everywhere: what kind of year was this? A tragic one for many, but we end with a hope for vaccine somewhat realized.

Learning from a Diplomatic Trailblazer to Tackle Global Inequalities

By Sean David Hobbs

November 21, 2020

Guest speaker at the 16th Nadia Younes Memorial Lecture, Dutch Minister Sigrid Kaag, presented ideas for geopolitical challenges in the Middle East and North Africa during and after the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 in Egypt: Between Governance and Flattening the Curve

By Dania El Akkawi

November 20, 2020

Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population (MoHP) Dr. Hala Zayed speaks about managing the COVID-19 pandemic and what economic and health policies the country has taken to ensure public safety.

South Africa after Covid-19: Recovery or Recession

By Helmo Preuss

November 16, 2020 / Fall 2020

South Africa has had a plethora of economic plans, but most have not been implemented

Exposing Inequality, Accelerating Innovation: COVID-19 and the Digital Economy

By Omar Auf

November 15, 2020

COVID-19 has highlighted the great promise borne by the digital economy, as well as the challenges standing in the way of reaping its full potential.

Lebanon At a Crossroads … Again

By Sarah El-Richani

September 21, 2020

Lebanon is not just dealing with the aftermath of the deadly Beirut explosion but also a full-blown economic and financial crisis

Addressing the Global Health Crisis of Stunting in Times of COVID-19

By Carl Manlan and Javaid Iqbal and Junaid Nabi

September 19, 2020

Stunting can be prevented by using technology to improve agriculture and strong governmental support.

COVID-19 after an “Annus Horribilis”

By Ali Fathollah-Nejad

August 25, 2020

The Coronavirus in Iran after a “Horrible Year”

The EU and the Med: Is Geography Still Destiny?

By James Moran

August 21, 2020 / Summer 2020

Europe needs to find ways of reinvigorating its relations with MENA countries to bring stability in its southern neighborhood and Mediterranean region.