Summary Background Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and subsequent quarantine could
raise the risk of food inadequacy and nutrition deficiency crises. Objectives This study aimed …

Protest has been a key method of political claim-making in Jordan from the late Ottoman
period to the present day. More than moments of rupture within normal-time politics, protests …

Egyptians often say that bread is life; most eat this staple multiple times a day, many relying
on the cheap bread subsidized by the government. In Staple Security, Jessica Barnes …

The recent influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and Lebanon has stimulated domestic
political action against these countries' governments. This is the dramatic argument at the …

This paper examines bakeries and checkpoints through their relationship to the state and
connects considerations of affect with the burgeoning literature on infrastructure. Drawing on …

ABSTRACT The Arab Uprisings led to an increased interest in studying protests in the
MENA region. The article examines this literature, provides suggestions for further research …

The Egyptian government has long subsidized bread as part of its program of social support.
Most Egyptians eat this subsidized bread, known as baladi bread, daily. We examine …

This article interrogates the social impact of one aspect of structural adjustment in the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: privatization. In the mid-2000s, King Abdullah II privatized …

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the evolution of female labour force participation in
Jordan vis-à-vis institutional and economic development. When it comes to institutions, the …

The article investigates the widespread assumption that socioeconomic marginalization
helps explain the dynamics of radicalization, using the example of Islamist radicalization in …