Mai Abu Moghli is Assistant Professor at the Human Rights Program of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. She received a PhD in human rights education from UCL’s Institute of Education and an MA in human rights from the University of Essex. Her work focuses on critical human rights and development studies, comparative and international education, and education in emergencies, with a focus on Arabic-speaking countries. She has published on the legal status of Syrian Palestinian refugees, Palestinian teachers’ activism, decolonial research ethics, and academic freedom in higher education.
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For over seven decades, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have suffered from inhuman conditions in overcrowded camps rife with poverty, unemployment, and lack of access to education. This commentary argues that despite these conditions, which are continuously deteriorating along with the economic and political collapse in Lebanon, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have repeatedly demanded their social, political, and economic rights by collective action and mass mobilization.
This collection of some of the most compelling pieces Al-Shabaka has published contextualizes and discusses the unique difficulties of Palestinian refugees displaced across the Middle East – from becoming refugees a second or third time due to the ongoing Syrian civil war to over-researching camps “famous” for tragedy while under-researching other refugee situations and exile communities.
As attention turns to Israel’s crackdown on the Palestinians under its occupation and amongst its own citizens, Palestinian refugees from Syria remain denied rights granted to other refugees. Al-Shabaka analysts Abu Moghli, Bitarie and Gabiam review the discriminatory legal framework and identify practical steps that could ensure these refugees’ safety and respect their human rights.
