Showing Palestine Refugees that Americans Care

Spring 2024 / Q & A

The Cairo Review asks the UNRWA USA National Committee questions about its purpose, processes, and operations amid the existential crisis UNRWA is facing.

Bridging Local and Global Assistance for Palestinian Refugees in Egypt

Spring 2024 / Essays

What happens to those who are beyond UNHCR and UNRWA’s scope of operation?

Security and Peace After the War in Gaza

Winter 2024 / Essays

Is the two-state solution feasible? In order to pursue such a policy, the international community must be able to overcome three main points of contention: Israeli occupation, the creation of a Palestinian state, and the role of Hamas

Nakba 2.0 – with Sharif ElMusa

December 20, 2023 /

For almost all Palestinians, the current war on Gaza strongly evokes the Nakba, when Palestinians were forced to flee their homeland in 1948 following the creation of the state of Israel. As 1.9 million people are currently displaced in Gaza, many believe they are reliving the Nakba in its worst forms. In today’s episode, we hear from Sharif ElMusa, professor emeritus at the American University in Cairo, Palestinian poet, and Nakba survivor.

Gaza Conflict Cascading Effects: The Rafah Question

November 13, 2023 / Essays

Egypt has described the latest suggestions by members of the Israeli Knesset for a “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians across the world as a “full-fledged war crime”. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry lambasted the idea—endorsed by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich—and said that Israel’s “deliberate targeting” of civilians is tantamount to a forced evacuation.
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Is It Time to Bury the Two-State Solution?

Winter 2022 / Essays

While many may be dismissive of the two-state solution, there are no viable alternatives for peace between Israel and Palestine

Framing the Partition Plan for Palestine

Winter 2022 / Essays

Many different opinions abound concerning Resolution 181, but one fact cannot be denied or overlooked: it was not a solution born out of the “free and sovereign” world states of the time

What the Beirut Blast means for Lebanon’s Refugees

September 11, 2020 / Essays

Inclusive refugee policies and a renewed approach to humanitarian relief will be needed to protect Lebanon’s most vulnerable.

Thunderbolt Hitting the Land

May 10, 2020 / COVID-19: Global Crisis

An uncertain future looms as Palestine and Israel attempt to mitigate the onslaught of COVID-19.

Mobilizing Against Trump’s “Vision”

March 2, 2020 / Q & A

Former Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Alkidwa explains the ways Palestinians are contesting the Trump plan for peace and how the Trump deal caters only to extremists on the Israeli and American right

The “Deal” of the Century?

February 12, 2020 / Tahrir Forum

The Trump plan imposes Israeli security and economic control over a self-autonomous Palestinian entity.

Jordan at the Crossroads

July 7, 2018 / Tahrir Forum

Jordan’s economic, demographic and geographic characteristics have left the country vulnerable to mass protests and external pressure that can only be overcome by a comprehensive reform program.