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Kelcey, Jo – Harvard Educational Review, 2022
For millions of people living in humanitarian crisis, education can confer physical and psychological protection and offer a path to a brighter future. Overshadowing this promise, however, are the unavoidable politics of humanitarianism. In this historical case study of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Political Issues, Barriers
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Kelcey, Jo – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2019
This article examines a school program operated by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) for Palestinian refugees in Gaza in 1949 and 1950. Drawing on historical records from organizations involved in the broader relief effort, it examines why the school program was set up and how it operated, and considers the lessons it offers for…
Descriptors: Refugees, Program Descriptions, Educational History, Educational Finance
Abi-Mershed, Osama, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Trajectories of Education in the Arab World" gives a broad yet detailed historical and geographical overview of education in Arab countries. Drawing on pre-modern and modern educational concepts, systems, and practices in the Arab world, this book examines the impact of Western cultural influence, the opportunities for reform and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabs, Educational Change, Sustainability
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Halstead, J. Mark; Affouneh, Saida Jaser – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2006
Many reports have highlighted the vulnerability of children's rights during times of conflict, and emergency education has come into being as a way of ensuring that children's educational needs are met in crisis situations. But how far can emergency education provide meaningful values education? The first section of this article examines the…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, War, Childrens Rights, Foreign Countries