Ahmad, Ikhlas, Judith G. Smetana, and Theo Klimstra. “Maternal Monitoring, Adolescent Disclosure, And Adolescent Adjustment Among Palestinian Refugee Youth in Jordan.” Journal of Research on Adolescence 3 (2015): 403-409. (Summary adapted from resource) Link to Article
Keyword: maternal, monitoring, adolescents, Palestinian, youth, Jordan
This article examines the role of parenting and child driven process in parenting knowledge of adolescents' activities, norm-breaking and anxiety among Palestinian youth living in refugee camps in Jordan. The study finds greater adolescent disclosure and less secrecy about activities among the youth, but also more material control were associated with greater maternal knowledge; greater secrecy is associated with greater norm-breaking and generalized anxiety, but parental control and parental solicitation were not.
Achilli, Luigi. “Disengagement from Politics: Nationalism, Political Identity, and the Everyday in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in Jordan.” Critique of Anthropology 34.2 (2014): 234-257. Link to Article
Keyword: politics, nationalism, identity, Palestinian, refugee, camp, Jordan
This article poses the question of whether refugees' disengagement from politics is a clear sign of their passive assimilation or a form of political protest placing the case of Palestinians case in Jordan within this context shedding light on the complexities associated with refugees' socio-economic and political integration in Jordan.
Al-Modallal, Hanan, Abu Zayed, Ishtaiwi, Abujiban, Sanaa, Shehab, Tariq and Maysoun Atoum. “Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Visiting Health Care Centers in Palestine Refugee Camps in Jordan.” Health Care for Women International 36.2 (2015): 137-148. (Summary adapted from resource) Link to Article
Keyword: partner, violence, women, health, care, Palestinian, refugee, camp, Jordan
This study investigates the prevalence of violence perpetuated by intimate partners among Palestinian women living in refugee camps in Jordan. The study finds that participants experienced physical, emotional, sexual and economic violence by their parters. Women experience or more than one of these abuses. Men and women had different attitude to the violence, which the study finds is a contributing factors to the occurrence of the phenomenon.
Al-Qdah, Talal and Lacroix Marie. “Iraqi Refugees in Jordan: Lessons for Practice with Refugees Globally.” International Social Work 54.5 (2011): 521-534. Link to Article
Keyword: Iraqi, refugee, Jordan, lessons, Participatory Rapid Appraisal, host community
Utilizing the case of Jordan, this article argues that using the Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) is an effective model of assessing the needs of refugees and that of the host communities.
Achilli, Luigi. “Becoming a Man in Al-Wihdat: Masculine Performances in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in Jordan.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 47.2 (2015): 263-280. (Summary adapted from resource) Link to PDF
Keyword: masculine, Palestinian, refugee, camp, Jordan, men
This article examines the interplay between masculinity and nationalism among Palestinians living in a refugee camp in Jordan. The author argues that young Palestinian men's ability to navigate different registers of manhood allows them to reproduce a Palestinian national identity in exile while achieving socioeconomic integration in Jordan. As such, the article challenges stereotypes about Palestinians refuges in Jordan and problematize the discursive mutual dependency between nationalism and hegemonic masculinity.
Arar, Rawan Mazen. “How Political Migrants’ Networks Differ from Those of Economic Migrants: ‘Strategic Anonymity’ among Iraqi Refugees in Jordan.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 42.3 (2016): 519-535. Link to Article
Keyword: political, migrants, networks, economic, migrants, Jordan, Iraqi
Based on 30 interviews with Iraqi refugees in Jordan between 2009-2010 who fled in the aftermath of the 2003 Iraq war, this article argues that the utility of social networks is influenced by the reason for displacement and regional geopolitical frameworks. The author observes that, like economic migrants, political migrants believe that they would benefit from social network, however, some political migrants must exercise caution in the face of potentially harmful new relationships in receiving countries.
Bjawi-Levine, Laure. “Paying the Price of War: Narratives of Trauma of Iraqi Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Jordan.” Anthropology of the Middle East 4.2 (2009): 75-84. Link to Article
Keyword: trauma, Iraqi, asylum seekers, refugees, Jordan, guests
This article articulates the trauma and socioeconomic conditions of Iraqi refugees residing in Jordan as largely influenced by their status as "guest" that denies them work permits.
Collect, Bruce, and Hyeyoung Bang. “The Securitisation of Refugees Flows and the Schooling of Refugees: Examining the Cases of North Koreans in South Korea and Iraqis in Jordan.” Journal of Comparative and International Education 46.2 (2016): 272-292. Link to Article
Keyword: securitization, securitisation, refugees, flows, North Koreans, South Korea, Iraqis, Jordan
Drawing from data collected in the US, South Korea, and Jordan, this study examines how security concerns impact the study of north Korean refugees in South Korea and Iraqi refugees in Jordan. The author finds that there is economic securitizationin both South Korea and Jordan hindering refugees integration.
Dubbaneh, Daniel. “Jordan and the Refugee Crisis: Missteps and Missed Opportunities.” International Policy Digest 3.3 (2016): 73-75. Link to Article
Keyword: Jordan, refugees, crisis, opportunities
This article addresses the worsening conditions for refugees in Jordan, the need for a long-term solution, the border and security concerns surrounding refugees and offers propositions on addressing the crisis.
Fakih, Ali, Ibrahim, May. “The Impact of Syrian Refugees on the Labor Market in Neighboring Countries: Empirical Evidence from Jordan.”Defense and Peace Economics 27.1 (2016): 64-86. Link to Article
Keyword: Syrian, refugees, labor, market, Jordan, impact, economic, development
This paper analyzes the implications of the refugee crisis on Jordan's labor market since 2011 using the Vector Autoregression model to examine a series of data on unemployment rate, employment rate, labor force participation, refugee economic activities. The result of the analysis show no correlation between the labor market and the refugee influx.
Riach, George and Zoe James. “Strengthening the Rule of Law on the Margins: Experiences from Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan.”International Journal of Human Rights 20.4 (2016): 549-566. Link to Article
Keyword: law, Za'atari, refugee, camp, Jordan
This article examines legal pluralism and legal empowerment within the context of Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan. In the absence of a formal legal process, the authors argue, that Syrian refugees found alternative avenues to pursue civil, religious and criminal claims.