Anthropologist researching the politics of aid and aiding from the Middle East to the world. Working at @UCLIRDR. Lebanon's eternal dweller.
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My book is out,drafted while being an RA on @SouthernResp at @UCLgeography. Can't wait for book launches and critical discussions on humanitarianism in Lebanon and beyond. Thanks to the editors,reviewers and 'blurbers' @JFCrisp @Tamyfakhoury @hanafi1962 @kelseypnorman &I. Feldman
The Politics of Crisis-Making shows that it is not crisis per se, but rather the crisis as official discourse and management that are able to reshuffle societies, while engendering unequal political, moral, and nationality-based economies.
Available now! #linkinbio #newrelease
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Who gets to be an “insider” in research?
This article examines “self-indigenization syndrome” and how academia can reward blurred identity claims while reinforcing tokenism and power imbalances.
A sharp critique of research legitimacy. 🧐
🔗 culanth.org/fieldsights/seri…
On the potential role of music, art, social mingling and trade in circulating disaster knowledge across social groups in Istanbul. Read our reflections #REFRAME in 🇹🇷What are the policy and practice gaps towards a group-informed disaster governance?
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Humanitarianism "should not be" a career: What did we learn from the people receiving or not receiving aid over the years across Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan?
Open access in the Journal of of Migration and Ethnic Studies 👇
@ERC_Research @ucl @UCLgeography
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Ci vediamo a Napoli lunedì 20, dove darò una serie di seminari sulla storia degli aiuti umanitari (in italiano, o meglio... per chi mi conosce, in italiese...).
Super-thrilled di incontrare ancora gli studenti dell'Universita' di Napoli L'Orientale <3
#humanitarianaid #migration
In this new short article, I offer some reflections on disaster knowledge across Istanbul-based migrants and refugees with a Persian and an Arabic background. Thanks to the Alameda colleagues for the exchanges on such important topics over the last year.
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Mio articolo con Jsmin Diab sull'evoluzione del discorso umanitario e l'approccio alla neutralita': dalla Siria a Gaza 👇
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Thanks to the SWANA Forum for Social Justice for their kind invitation to speak about our AHRC-funded research in Istanbul. (Link to the @dpu_ucl based REFRAME project: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/research-…)
Join us for @NikolaCosmi 's book launch at UCL!
ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advan…
The Absent Father Effect on Daughters mabisir.wordpress.com/2025/0…
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👁️ Southern Responses to Displacement Ed @FiddianQasmiyeh & @estycrp, articles by Şule Can, Matt Baille-Smith, Bianca Fadel, Frank Ahimbisibwe, Robert Turyamureeba, Jess Oddy, Marwan Adinsa, Yousif M Qasmiyeh 👉🏼 manchesterhive.com/view/jour… #Gaza #Syria #Turkey #Uganda #Jordan #Brazil
New Special Issue out in the Journal of Humanitarian Affairs: "Southern Responses to Displacement" (Fiddian-Qasmiyeh and Carpi, 2025)
Open Access! Learn about multiscale responses to forced displacement in Turkey, Jordan, Uganda, Brazil and more 👇
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Un appello importante. Finalmente.
Molti, tra noi, hanno la fortuna in questa lista di (ri)conoscere amiche, amici carissimi, persone stimate. Sappiamo, conosciamo anche la disperazione che alberga, e la forza e la fermezza.
Grazie.
(trovate questa pagina autofinanziata su @ilmanifesto e @repubblica. fatela conoscere. condividetela. In questi nostri tempi oscuri e amarissimi occorre essere assieme)
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🎧 Il podcast di oggi con @GiuliaDeLuca82 su @Radio3tweet
📌Macron, Trump e l’elettroshock - @RobertoCastaldi
🌍 I cacciatori di taglie USA - Giovanni Borgognone
📌 Siria e la Captagon connection - @andreaglioti
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Join @estycrp for the exciting launch of ‘Time & Power in Azraq Refugee Camp: A Nine-to-Five Emergency’ by Melissa Gatter.
📆13th Feb
⏰6:00-8:00pm (GMT)
📍Wilkins Building UCL, WC1E 6BT
🔗Book now: ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advan…
So glad to have nominated my ex-USyd colleague Marilena Indelicato for this award. Her work on institutionalised forms of racism, critical gender theories and international studentship deserves broad attention. Congrats dear friend!
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Congratulations to this year’s inspiring Research Heroes winners, celebrated for their innovation and impact in research.
Read their stories here: ow.ly/mT1b50UOBt7
#WileyResearchHeroes
Event Announcement
The @SouthernResp project is proud to host the launch of a new SI in the Journal of Humanitarian Affairs!
E-meet contributors and global experts:
When: Monday, Feb 3 | 3-5 PM GMT
Where: Online
For registration and more details: eventbrite.com/e/launch-of-t…
The Accountability Archive is a crowdsourced record of journalists, politicians, and public figures endorsing or encouraging the ethnic cleansing of Gaza and/or defaming pro-Palestinian activists. 👇
accountabilityarchive.org/