Mena countries
COVID-19: Impact on MENA Countries – Arab Reform Initiative
COVID-19 in the Middle East: Is this pandemic a health crisis or a war? – Global Voices
Fighting COVID-19 goes hand-in-hand with shuttering newspapers across the Middle East – Global Voices
Across the Middle East, many women face a double threat: Abuser inside, virus outside – Global Voices
Gaza/Palestine
Politics in the Time of Corona: Gaza (Hosted by Jadaliyya Co-Editors Noura Erakat and Bassam Haddad) – Jadaliyya
In Palestine, the Unequal Effects of an Epidemic in a Settler Colony – Jadaliyya
Israel Shuts Palestinian Coronavirus Testing Clinic in East Jerusalem – Haaretz
Lebanon
The Price of Confinement: The impact of COVID-19 on LGBTQI+ refugees’ community in Lebanon – Arab Foundation For Freedoms & Equality
In Lebanon’s Covid-19, Aid the Vulnerable, Including LGBT People – Human Rights Watch
COVID-19: Lebanon municipalities ‘discriminate’ against refugees – Al Jazeera
How Lebanon’s political parties are using coronavirus to seize back control – Middle East Eye
Jordan
Recognizing women’s important role in Jordan’s COVID-19 response – Brookings
Egypt
Egypt’s el-Sisi expands powers, citing coronavirus pandemic – Al Jazeera
Egypt Passes Emergency Law Amendments Giving President Greater Powers Amid Covid-19 – Egyptian Streets
Egypt’s Hidden Pandemic: Domestic Violence On The Rise During COVID-19 – Egyptian Strees
Politics in the Time of Corona: Cairo (Hosted by Jadaliyya Co-Editors Noura Erakat and Bassam Haddad) – Jadaliyya
Coronavirus and cover-up: Egypt’s two-fronted war – Middle East Eye
Egypt’s Fragile Pandemic Measures – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Tunisia
Setbacks for freedom of expression as Tunisia fights COVID-19 – Global Voices
Coronavirus and securitisation in Tunisia: A slippery slope? – Middle East Eye
Coronavirus: Tunisia deploys police robot on lockdown patrol – BBC
Tunisia imposes 12-hour daily curfew to counter coronavirus – Memo
Algeria
Algeria rights groups say government cracking down on critics – Al Jazeera
Algeria accused of using coronavirus pandemic to ‘settle scores’ with media – Middle East Eye
Qatar
Politics in the Time of Corona: Doha (Hosted by Jadaliyya Co-Editors Noura Erakat and Bassam Haddad) – Jadaliyya
Coronavirus: Qatar authorities use pandemic as smokescreen to ‘expel’ Nepali workers – Middle East Eye