Artificial Humanitarianism—The Data-Driven Future of Refugee Responses
In Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp, to pay for food at one of the World Food Programme (WFP)’s distribution centers, Syrian refugees must lean into an iris scanner that registers their biometrics. The scanner then logs their transaction onto the program’s blockchain...Narratives of ‘the Oppressed’—The Dialectic of Resistance Behind the Axis
Since its formation, the Axis of Resistance has embodied a defiant stance against imperialism and Zionism. The phrase itself first circulated in the English-language media, in the early 2000s—a response to then-President George W. Bush’s ominous talk of the “axis of...Hanging by a Thread—The Red Sea Blockade and Jordan’s Fragile Garment Industry
Houthi attacks have revealed an industrial paradox.
Power Struggles—Energy as a Weapon of War, Domination and Resistance in Palestine
The role of the grid in Israel’s colonial domination.
Dispatch from South Lebanon—Life as Resistance at the End of the World
A look at land, and life, on Lebanon’s frontlines.
Yemen’s Ansar Allah
On the Houthi movement’s roots, governance and resistance.
