Issue 300 (Fall 2021) Masthead
Middle East Report, “MERIP at 50,” Fall 2021, No. 300, Vol. 5 No. 3 Executive Director Mandy Terc mandyterc@merip.org Managing Editor & Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@merip.org Issue Editors Waleed Hazbun Najib Hourani Lisa Hajjar Chris...Issue 299 (Summer 2021) Masthead
Middle East Report, “Race—Legacies and Challenges,” Summer 2021, No. 299, Vol. 51 No. 2 Executive Director Mandy Terc mandyterc@merip.org Managing Editor & Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@merip.org Issue Editors Elif Babül Muriam Haleh...Issue 298 (Spring 2021) Masthead
Middle East Report, “Maghreb from the Margins,” Spring 2021, No. 298, Vol. 51 No. 1 Executive Director Mandy Terc mandyterc@merip.org Managing Editor & Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@merip.org Issue Editors Zakia Salime Mona Atia Jacob...Issue 297 (Winter 2020) Masthead
Middle East Report, “Health and the Body Politic,” Winter 2020, No. 297, Vol. 50 No. 4 Executive Director Mandy Terc mandyterc@merip.org Managing Editor & Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@merip.org Issue Editors Nabil Al-Tikriti University of...Issue 296 (Fall 2020) Masthead
Middle East Report, “Nature & Politics,” Fall 2020, No. 296, Vol. 50 No. 3 Executive Director Mandy Terc mandyterc@merip.org Managing Editor & Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@merip.org Issue Editors Jessica Barnes University of South...Issue 295 (Summer 2020) Masthead
Middle East Report, “Kurdistan, One and Many,” Summer 2020, No. 295, Vol. 50 No. 2 Executive Director Mandy Terc mandyterc@merip.org Managing Editor & Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@merip.org Issue Editors Ayça Alemdaroğlu Stanford...Issue 294 (Spring 2020) Masthead
Middle East Report, “Exit Empire—Imagining New Paths for US Policy,” Spring 2020, No. 294, Vol. 50 No. 1 Executive Director Mandy Terc mandyterc@merip.org Managing Editor & Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@merip.org Issue Editors Waleed...Joe Stork and MERIP
In light of his passing, a guide to MERIP founder, Joe Stork’s contributions to the publication.
Editors’ Picks—Reading and Watching the Prison in North Africa and the Middle East
The editors of MER issue 312, “Carceral Realities and Freedom Dreams,” assembled a list of literary works and films (available in English) that take up the prison across space and time. These works capture the themes of the issue: carceralism—that is, forms of...The Genocide Will Be Automated—Israel, AI and the Future of War
“We are here on the Gaza border,” said Shalev Hulio, posing with a gun slung over his shoulder. It was November 7, 2023, and he was recording a video to announce the launch of his new cybertechnology start-up, Dream Security. In 2022, Hulio had stepped...Europe’s Prison Guard—How the EU Is Integrating Tunisia into Its Violent Anti-Migrant Cordon
The carceral logic behind EU migration policies in North Africa.
Morocco’s Kingdom of Police
The growing reach of Morocco’s carceral system.
Issue 312 (Fall 2024) Masthead
Middle East Report, “Carceral Realities & Freedom Dreams,” Fall 2024, No. 312, Vol. 53 No. 3 Executive Director James Ryan jamesryan@merip.org Executive Editor Katie Natanel katienatanel@merip.org Managing Editor Marya Hannun maryahannun@merip.org...A Note on the Cover Image
The cover art for MER issue 312, “Carceral Realities and Freedom Dreams,” is titled “Suspended Souls,” by Egyptian artist Yassin Mohamed. It depicts a scene from the third and fourth floors of Ward B in Egypt’s maximum security Tora prison in 2017, where the artist...A Primer on Lebanon—History, Palestine and Resistance to Israeli Violence
Crucial context amid regional escalation.
Times of Struggle and Cultural Liberation—A Conversation with Elias Khoury
An Excerpt from ‘Palestine in a World on Fire’ in light of Elias Khoury’s passing.
Israel Is Waging War on Palestinian Prisoners
Behind the systematic torture and sexual violence in Israeli prisons, from MER’s fall issue, ‘Carceral Realities and Freedom Dreams.”
State Secrets and Crimes—Rape at Israel’s Sde Teiman Prison
A timely preview of MER’s fall issue, ‘Carceral Realities and Freedom Dreams.’