The American University In Cairo
Center for Migration and Refugee Studies
Chapter in the edited book "A Gendered Approach to the Syrian Refugee Crisis"
Purpose-This paper aims to understand the discrepancy between Germany's immediate positive response to the so-called "Europe 2015's refugee crisis" and the strict asylum legislation adopted in Germany in the following year.... more
Tangible fixed assets are fundamental to the organization; thus, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued International Accounting Standard 16, (IAS 16—Property, Land and Equipment), which includes regulations that... more
- by Maysa Ayoub
The measurement of the real defect concentration by Photo-induced current transient spectroscopy method (PICTS) is still unattainable owing to the presence of reflecting metal layer contacts that avoid the knowledge of the real absorbed... more
This chapter analyzes human trafficking in the MENA region using the concepts of convergence and displacement. In order to examine how these concepts take form in this sui generis region, we chose two countries to analyze: the United Arab... more
La constante politización (y polarización) de ciertos problemas entre la República Dominicana y Haití, ha convertido algunas diferencias en contiendas irreconciliables en ambos lados de la isla. En el lado dominicano, las confrontaciones... more
The main objective of this report is to give an overview of digital rights in Egypt, especially in the context of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, the right to access the internet, and for access to information, and the... more
The facilitation of birth registration procedures for children born from rape-particularly of refugee women-is necessary in order to prevent statelessness.
Civil society organizations continue to work to advance digital rights and inclusion in Africa, ensuring best practices are adopted into policy and legislation. This report analyses the state of digital rights and inclusion in Egypt,... more
يُعد التحقيق البرلمانى من أخطر و أهم الأدوات التى يملكها البرلمان للقيام بوظيفته الرقابية ، تناولت تلك الدراسة أثر التنظيم التشريعى واللائحى للجان تقصى الحقائق على فاعليتها، بالرغم من أنها أداة خاصة وذو طبيعة مؤقتة إلا أنها تُعد أكثر... more
أن ظورهر الأرهاب والتطرف والعنف الدينى والأخبار الكاذبة والشائعات وتزييف الوعى والتشكيك فى الثوابت هى جميعها ظواهر فكريه ثقافية ، تُستخدم فيها أسلحة مستحدثه تستهدف الفكر والوعى لدى المواطن. لذلك بات من الضروري مواجهة تلك الظواهر بذات... more
This report introduces findings from ten digital rights landscape country reports on Egypt. They analyse how the openings and closings of online civic space affect citizens’ digital rights. They show that: (1) when civic space closes... more
The facilitation of birth registration procedures for children born from rape-particularly of refugee women-is necessary in order to prevent statelessness.
This report introduces findings from ten digital rights landscape country reports on Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Sudan, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Cameroon. They analyse how the openings and closings of online civic... more
Lange Zeit wurde Migration aus dem südlichen Afrika nach Europa, auch in der Wissenschaft, als ein vorrangig männliches Phänomen angesehen. Afrikanische (subsaharische) Frauen wurden häufig nur als nachziehende Ehegattinnen oder... more
- by Gerda Heck