Healthcare, Migration and Politics in the Middle East: The Covid-19 Pandemic in Local Contexts

This book discusses the impact of international migrants and refugees in the Middle East in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on 3 main questions: What has the role of international migrants been in coping with Covid-19? How has this international health crisis affected international migrants and refugees? How has it affected socio-economic and political structures? The authors assess the relationship between healthcare, international migration and the pandemic through specific case-studies including: Türkiye, with reference to the case of Uzbek and Georgian migrant women, Türkiye with reference to Turkish citizens' attitudes towards Syrian refugees, Palestinian camps in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and students' and immigrant professors' ethnographic experiences, the Arab Gulf countries and the Pakistan Medical Centre in Dubai, Arabia and the case-study of Oman, and Iran. The argument seeks to move beyond the idea of migrants as victims of the pandemic, and sheds light on the active role and agency of migrants to underline their substantive contribution to coping with the health crisis.

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Covers a vast array of special topics illustrating the growing role of skilled migrants in healthcare In-depth discussions on case-studies related to the health crisis and useful to define future strategies in the field Provides a comprehensive review of the expanding relations between migration and healthcare in the Middle East

Autorentext

Co-Editors/Co-Authors: Gennaro Errichiello is a Global Fellow at Habib University (Karachi), specializing in South-South migration, particularly in the Gulf countries-Asia corridor. He has taught in the UK (Loughborough University and SOAS), and at Webster University in Tashkent. He has published widely, and presented at conferences. Elena Maestri is Professor of History and Institutions of the Muslim World at the Catholic University (UCSC) in Milan. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in Arab Gulf countries, with research on history, development, gender, and media. Her works include books and a great number of articles and book-chapters. Annemarie Profanter is Associate Professor at the Free University of Bolzano. She has focused her research on intercultural pedagogy, women in the Gulf, polygyny, and Muslim migration in Europe. She has done fieldwork in Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula and collaborates with academic and governmental institutions.

Inhalt

CHAPTER 1 Introduction by Gennaro Errichiello, Elena Maestri, Annemarie Profanter.- CHAPTER 2 Taking Care of the Elderly During the Pandemic Days The Case of Uzbek and Georgian Migrant wom-en in Türkiye by Bezen Balamir Cokun.- CHAPTER 3 The Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on Native Population's Attitudes Towards Syrian Refugees in Türki-ye A Comprehensive Multidimensional Analysis of Integrated Threat Perceptions by Canan Çetin.- CHAPTER 4 Crisis within the crisisThe COVID 19 and its impact in Palestinian camps by Marie Kortam.- CHAPTER 5 Navigating Uncharted Female Territories Students' and Immigrant Professors' Ethnographic Experiences in Higher Education during COVID 19 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Annemarie Profanter and Stephanie Ryan Cate,etc.- CHAPTER 6 Healthcare and the Covid 19 pandemic in the Arab Gulf countries The Pakistan Medical Centre in Dubai by Gennaro Errichiello.- CHAPTER 7 From Crisis to Gains in the Gulf? Decentralized Migration Management, COVID 19 Pandemic Diplomacy, and the Emirati State by Froilan T. Malit, Jr.- CHAPTER 8 Healthcare in Arabia, between Past and Present, Migrants and Nationals The Case-Study of Omab and COVID 19 by Elena Maestri and Rafia Al Talei.- CHAPTER 9 Iran and COVID 19 The perfect storm by Michele Brunelli.- CHAPTER 10 Navigating Crisis and Resilience.Towards new institutional, socio-economic and cultural paradigms.- Conclusion by Elena Maestri, Gennaro Errichiello.