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West Asia and North Africa
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), School of Arts and Communication (K3).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2682-035X
2024 (English)In: Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality / [ed] Silke Roth; Bandana Purkayastha; Tobias Denskus, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, , p. 630p. 426-442Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter reflects on inequalities in humanitarianism in a region marred with conflict: the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region. The main focus is on how a combination of the security narrative of the Global War on Terror (GWOT), geopolitics at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) level and a colonial legacy, led to systematic inequalities in the provision of humanitarian aid. In the introduction, a brief history of origins of interventionism and inequalities in WANA is given, followed by a section on the linkage between the GWOT narrative and humanitarianism. In the third section, politics of humanitarianism are exemplified with vignettes of Palestine, Iraq, and an in-depth discussion of the case of in Syria. The chapter concludes that wider persistent problem of structural inequalities led to an erosion of the UN Charter and the ethics of humanitarianism in WANA. Where deemed necessary, suggestions for further readings are given.

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Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024. , p. 630p. 426-442
Keywords [en]
Aid; Global War on Terror (GWOT); Humanitarianism; Inequality; Syria; West Asia North Africa (WANA)
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International Migration and Ethnic Relations
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-70168DOI: 10.4337/9781802206555.00041ISI: 001362874500030Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85188863420ISBN: 9781802206548 (print)ISBN: 9781802206555 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-70168DiVA, id: diva2:1888316
Available from: 2024-08-12 Created: 2024-08-12 Last updated: 2025-04-15Bibliographically approved

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