Oroub El-Abed
Regional Research Coordinator, LERRN; Lead Researcher in Jordan, Centre for Lebanese Studies
- Ph.D. (SOAS)
Oroub El-Abed, as LERRN (2018-2025) lead researcher in Jordan and co-investigator at the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) was leading on several research projects studying several communities (locals and refugees) with intersectional approaches in the Middle East. Oroub completed her PhD in Political Economy of Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Her research work has been focused on refugees and vulnerable minorities in the Middle East. She has taught several courses on development, livelihood and forced Migration issues, has consulted for several UN and international NGOs and published articles in the area of development (education and employment) and forced migration in the Middle East. She published a book on Palestinians of Egypt, some work on Palestinian refugees from Gaza living in Jordan. Her book building on thesis studying the Palestinian origin Jordanians in Jordan and their access to economic opportunities is soon to come out and she is currently editing a book studying the limited options for youth citizens and refugees in the Levant.
Oroub was the Regional Research Coordinator for the Evaluation of Refugee-Led Organisations in the Middle East.
RECENT WORK
TAHJEER is a podcast that approaches displacement in the Arab region as a political, economic and historical process, bringing academic scholarship and field-based knowledge into conversation with wider public debates. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Oroub El-Abed
The recent episode, featuring a conversation between two scholars working on forced migration in the Middle East: Dr. Jasmin Lilian Diab, Director of the Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University, and, Dr. Oroub El-Abed, Adjunct Associate Professor, at Birzeit University. “Lebanon Between Refuge, Displacement and Exile Within the Homeland: Geographies of Recurrent Displacement,” examines Lebanon as a space where multiple forms of displacement have accumulated over decades: protracted Palestinian refuge, repeated internal displacement, Syrian displacement, migration under economic collapse, and the more recent waves of forced movement from South Lebanon, the Bekaa and Beirut’s southern suburbs.
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- El-Abed, Oroub (2009) Unprotected: Palestinians in Egypt since 1948, Ottawa: IDRC, Washington, Beirut: Institute of Palestine Studies. https://www.idrc.ca/en/book/unprotected-palestinians-egypt-1948
- El-Abed, Oroub (2009) ‘The case of Palestinian refugees-Holders of Egyptian travel documents in Egypt and in Jordan’, in Conference papers, International Conference on Palestinian Refugees, Conditions and Recent Developments (November 2006), Abu Dis, Al-Quds University, pp 43-60.
- El-Abed, Oroub (2005) ‘Immobile Palestinians: The impact of policies and practices on Palestinians from Gaza in Jordan’, in Jaber, Hana et Metral, France Migrants et Migrations au Moyen-Orient au tournant du XXIe siècle, Beyrouth : Institut Français du Proche Orient, pp 81-93.
- El-ABED, Oroub (2005) ‘ Palestinian Refugees of Egypt: What Exit Options Are Left For Them?’ in Refuge of the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada, Vol 22 No. 2, Winter.
- El-ABED, Oroub ( 2009), ‘The Palestinians in Egypt: identity, basic rights and host State policies’, Refugee Survey Quarterly, (Oxford publications), 28 (23): 531- 549.
- El-Abed, Oroub ( 2008) Researching Palestinian refugees in the Arab World: the case of Egypt
in Young Researchers thinking Mediterranean, Published by URV, pp 613-628 - El-ABED, Oroub (2004), ‘The Palestinian Refugees in Egypt, Who dares talk about them?’, article in the Daily Star, 23 March 2004. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/Mar/23/Rights-of-Palestinians-in-Egypt-Who-dares-talk-about-them.ashx#axzz2eTbfjTJ9
- El-ABED, Oroub ( 2006), “Immobile Palestinians: On going plight of Gazans in Jordan”, Forced Migration Review, Vol 26, Oxford , UK.
- Chatelard, G., Washington, K. & El-Abed, O. (2009) Protection, Mobility and livelihood challenges, of displaced Iraqis in urban settings in Jordan, ICMC report, International Catholic Migration Committee, Geneva.
- Fabos, Anita and Al-Ali, Nadje and El-Abed, Oroub (2005) Middle East. Developing DFID’s Policy Approach to Refugees. Working Paper. Oxford: Refugee Studies Centre; London: DFID.
- El-Abed, O.( 2010), ‘The Palestinians in Egypt: identity, basic rights and host State policies’, Refugee Survey Quarterly, Oxford publications.
- El-Abed O. ( 2011), ‘The invisible community: Egypt’s Palestinians’, policy paper, Al Shabaka, http://al-shabaka.org/policy-brief/refugee-issues
- El-Abed O. (2013 Forthcoming) ‘The discourse of Guesthood: Forced Migrants in Jordan’ in Religion and Global Migrations, Palgrave Macmillan.
- El-Abed O. (2013 Forthcoming) ‘In the cracks of a big city: An Individualised struggle of Palestinian-origin Jordanians in inner Amman’ in Masarat Conference Book, Ramallah.
Source: SOAS
