INTRODUCTION
22 November 2023
Caabu welcomes the agreement for a truce and release of hostages and prisoners. Whilst this is positive, this deal must be treated as a basis for a longer-term arrangement that sees the release of all hostages held in Gaza and a proper ceasefire, not just a four-day truce. The international community must make every effort to build on this so that the colossal and unprecedented bombardment of Palestinian civilians in Gaza does not resume.
Desperate Lebanese will continue to risk all to flee - Article by Chris Doyle in Arab News, 26 September 2022
The island may be just a trifling 800 meters long and 500 meters wide, but Arwad off the coast of Syria has experienced its fair share of grim history over three millennia. A host of empires competed over it, from the Assyrians to the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans and the Crusaders — all were aware of its strategic location.
Caabu invites you to an Online Book Launch with Sally Hayden to discuss her book, 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route':
Sally will be discussing her recently published book My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route, with Labour Member of the House of Lords, refugee advocate and himself a former child refugee, Lord Alf Dubs. She will talk about the shocking and devastating journeys refugees face trying to reach sanctuary and safety in Europe.
Caabu invites you to an online briefing on the future of diplomacy in the Gulf, with an expert panel of speakers, Rafiah Al Talei the editor in chief for Sada in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, Dr Dina Esfandiary, Senior Advisor in the Middle East and North Africa department of the International Crisis Group (ICG), and Michael Stephens, a Senior Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), and an Associate Fellow at RUSI on Thursday 28 April 2022 at 2pm (BST UK time).
Friends of Birzeit University (Fobzu) and Caabu would like to invite you to the Leila Ingrams Memorial Webinar: Covid-19 and Higher Education in Palestine, with Dr Weeam Hammoudeh, Dr Refa' Remah, and Mariam Eideh, all of Birzeit University, chaired by Fobzu director Omar Shweiki at 6:30pm (UK time GMT) on Thursday 25 March.
A vaccine in Palestine? Sorry, Israeli settlers only - Article by Chris Doyle in Arab News, 21 December 2020
Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World Avi Shlaim and Raja Shehadeh in conversation with Chris Doyle
12 September 2020 - Part of the Jaipur Literary Festival
Syrian regime will remain sidelined if it fails to change - article by Chris Doyle in Arab News
15 September 2020
On 11 July, the UN Security Council voted to renew cross border aid access to Syria but limited to one single crossing at Bab Al Hawa. Given the scale of the humanitarian need and the spread of Covid-19 in northern Syria, one crossing is simply not enough. Once again Russia in particular has acted in callous disregard for Syrian civilian life. It had already vetoed a resolution that would have authorised the use of multiple crossings.
