The REF-ARAB project wraps up with a series of events

This spring, the REF-ARAB team marks the conclusion of the project with a series of events taking place in Oslo and Beirut.

Plastic tarpulines with the logo of UNHCR and Lebanese flag.

The REF-ARAB project concludes four years of research on refugee projection in the Arab Middle East. Photo: Nora Milch.

About the event series

The REF-ARAB project, which has been running since 2019, is coming to an end this summer. To celebrate and showcase the research the project has given rise to, as well as to discuss future research avenues, we are organizing a series of events taking place during spring 2023.

Overview of events

  • High level panel discussion on International Refugee Law and Policy in Lebanon: Past, Present and Potentials, American University of Beirut, 16 March 2023. (More information here.)
  • Workshop on Storytelling & Migration, Lebanon, 19-20 May 2023.
  • Release event of Cardboard Camp: Stories of Sudanese Refugees in Lebanon, Beirut, 22 May 2023. (More information here.)

  • Workshop on Migration and Mobilization and pre-launch of FMR Special Feature on Mobilizing for Rights in the MENA Region, American University of Beirut, 23 May 2023. (More information here.)
  • Seminar on International Human Rights Law and Muslim States, NUPI, Oslo, 6 June 2023. (More information here.)
  • Seminar on Saudi Arabia's Forgotten Refugee Camps, Sentralen, Oslo, 7 June 2023 (More information here.)
  • Release event of Cardboard Camp: Stories of Sudanese Refugees in Lebanon, Sentralen, Oslo, 14 May 2023. (More information here.)
  • Breakfast seminar on Visual Storytelling: At the Interface Between Research and Art, PRIO, Oslo, 15 June 2023. (More information here.)

Published May 25, 2023 10:28 AM - Last modified June 1, 2023 2:36 PM