Teenage dreams of the Tuareg
By Marina de Regt – This morning three beautiful pictures of the Sahara showed up on my phone, sent by Ahmed, who I met a few weeks ago…
Tag: Regio Midden Oosten & Noord-Afrika
Why a world on fire needs anthropology
By Thijl Sunier – Those who were in the Netherlands between 6-8 November could not possibly have missed it. Riots broke out around a football match between the…
Resisting the Houthis by commemorating Yemen’s 1962 revolution
By Marina de Regt. On Thursday the 26th of September, my social media filled up with messages commemorating Yemen’s revolution of 1962. I read poems and short texts…
Palestine solidarity encampments at UvA: experiences and reflections
By Bariş Eser. Neither the student organizers nor the University of Amsterdam (UvA) Board of Directors (CvB) expected the outpouring of support upon the eviction of the first…
Discussing Yemen, Transnationalism and Peacebuilding in the Netherlands
By Ewa Strzelecka and Marina de Regt. This June will be remembered as a month of celebrating Yemeni studies and dialogue in the Netherlands. The so-called forgotten war…
Mourning for Aicha, Mourning for Yemen
By Marina de Regt. “Marina, if I die, will you then forgive me for all the trouble that I caused you?” my Yemeni friend Aicha wrote me ten…
A different perspective on “child marriages” among Syrian refugees in Jordan
By Marina de Regt For years, humanitarian organisations in Jordan and Lebanon have been concerned about the increasing number of “child marriages” among Syrian refugees. While early marriages…
COVID-19 in a war zone
“Marina, how are you? I am worried about you, how is the situation with Corona?” a Yemeni friend asked me last week via Whatsapp. It was not the…
Vrouw in Jemen
Door Marina de Regt In het Volkskrant magazine van afgelopen zaterdag 26 januari j.l. doet journaliste Ana van Es verslag van haar bezoek…
Banksy’s Donkey
By Peter Versteeg In 2007 street artist Banksy organized a project called Santa’s Ghetto in the city of Bethlehem, where international artists would work on the (‘security’ or…
Every Image Has A Story
By Aniek Santema Around 2 million Syrian refugees who fled the war have been stranded in Lebanon and many of them live in harsh…
Ramadan Kareem, my beloved Yemen
Dark clouds over Yemen By Marina de Regt. Last Saturday the holy Muslim month of Ramadan started. Ramadan, a month of fasting and feasting, a month of contemplation,…
Dreaming of Falafel Country: A Glimpse on Israeli, Palestinian and Foreign Visitors’ Perceptions of an Ecological Peace Project
Food in EcoME is mostly vegan and vegetarian in order to be able to host people from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds. Many participants love it, others have…
Kaaskop in Marokko
Door Edien Bartels en Lenie Brouwer. “Wat nemen Marokkaanse Nederlanders mee op vakantie naar Marokko? Kaas en pindakaas!” Dit vertelt Mohammed Abdel, een Marokkaanse Nederlander uit Rotterdam, enthou…
No space for grief
In the shelter, a girl on her way to work in the fields by Aniek Santema The floor in Ouzai where Mariam lives becomes a familiar place, I…
Being engaged with the Middle East
Sheila Carapico (chair), Marina de Regt and Erika Cortes. By Erika Cortes. Anthropology is a way of life. It, if I may, is life. It can present us…
Terugblik op de Bijeenkomst: ‘Jemen, een Vergeten Oorlog – #WatKanIkDoen?’
Graffiti in Jemen Door Handenur Taspinar Maandagavond 14 november is er in samenwerking met het Grote Midden-Oosten Platform en de afdeling Sociale en Culturele Antropologie…
Antropologisch portret van de Egyptische Revolutie
Filmposter ‘Ik ben het volk’ Door Ellen van de Bovenkamp Egypte 2011: net als documentairemaakster Anna Roussillon terug is in Frankrijk breekt de revolutie uit. Ze baalt verschrikkelijk…
Yemen’s broken youth
#SupportYemen March 2011 By Marina de Regt “Aunt, if you know any way to migrate to Europe plz just tell me, I wanna run away from this…
Keulen: een urban legend?
© APA/AFP/Roberto Pfeil Door Peter Versteeg Het nieuwe jaar was nog tamelijk vers toen verontrustend nieuws bekend werd. Met oudejaarsnacht zouden vele tientallen vrouwen op het Keulse stationspl…
Propagating Romance: The Islamic State
by Yoram Kannangara The commencement of the new millennium and the age of global networks, 9/11, The Gulf War(s) semantics, Al-Qaeda, and incessant turmoil in the Middle-East. These are…
Een zaak van leven of dood
Door Marina de Regt. Afgelopen vrijdag is er een bestand afgekondigd in de al ruim drie maanden durende oorlog tussen Saoedi-Arabië en de Houthis in Jemen. Dit bestand…
Dagelijks leven in het vluchtelingenkamp van Kobani in Suruc, Diyarbakir, april 2015
Deel twee van een foto essay door Edien Bartels, Trudie Visser (tekst) en Marije Koudstaal (© foto’s). (Deel één) Zij schreven eerder een blog over de problematiek van de Ezidi…