The Middle East

Fafo started it's research activities in the Middle East at the end of the 1980's. Still today, a substantial part of the Institute's total activities are found in this region. An array of issues have been studied, like mapping of living conditions, demography, impact of structural adjustment programs, poverty, the Israeli-Arab conflict, the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Palestinian refugees. In the late 1990's some North-African countries were added to the list of countries where Fafo works, and this also added themes like child labor, household income and expenditure.

A brief overview of Fafo's Middle East research (in Norwegian).

More detailed descriptions can be found under the various countries or areas listed below.

• Jordan
• Iraq
• Lebanon
• Occupied Palestinian Territory (West Bank and Gaza Strip)
• Syria
• Palestinian refugees
• The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (the People-to-People Program)

Regional projects

• UNRWA Conference on the Humanitarian Needs of Palestinian Refugees (2004)
• Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa (1998-2000)
• UNRWA's Financial Crisis and Socio-economic Condition of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and the West Bank and Gaza (2000-2003)

Contact

Åge A. Tiltnes,
Research Director
email
tel
+47 22088629 / 97433960

Jon Pedersen,
Head of Research

Researchers

Akram Atallah
Hani Eldada
Mona Christophersen
Gro Hasselknippe (on leave)
Jacob Høigilt
Tewodros Aragie Kebede
Laura Mitchell
Kjetil Selvik
Silje Sønsterudbråten
Mark Taylor

Palestine Office

Fafo has its offices for the Palestinian Areas in Bethlehem and Gaza City.

Projects in North Africa can be found on the pages for Africa.