The MENA Region and COVID-19 : Impact, Implications and Prospects (Paperback)

1. Introduction: The MENA region and COVID-19 ? concept and content of this book

Zeina Hobaika, Lena-Maria Moller and Jan Claudius Volkel

Part 1: GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS

2. The COVID-19 temptation? Sino?Gulf relations and autocratic linkages in times of a global pandemic

Thomas Demmelhuber, Julia Gurol and Tobias Zumbragel

3. The reverse impact of politics on the COVID-19 response: how Hezbollah determined the choices of the Lebanese government

Nassim AbiGhanem

Part 2: COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

4. ‘American Corona’ vs. ‘The Chinese virus’: blaming and othering in Arab media

Carola Richter, Abdulrahman al-Shami, Soheir Osman, Sahar Khalifa Salim and Samuel Mundua

5. Securitisation dynamics and COVID-19 politics in Morocco: old wine in new bottles?

Giulia Cimini and Beatriz Tome Alonso

6. Status-seeking in times of a global pandemic: the United Arab Emirates’ foreign policy during COVID-19

Alexander Lohse

Part 3: SOCIAL RESPONSE

7. Religion and pandemic: state, Islam and society in Saudi Arabia and Iran during the coronavirus crisis

Noel van den Heuvel and Ulrike Freitag

8. ‘On the horns of a dilemma’: human traffickers, the COVID-19 pandemic and victims of trafficking in Khartoum

Manara Babiker Hassan

9. A paradoxal management of COVID-19 in Lebanon: challenges and lessons learnt

Michele Kosremelli Asmar and Joumana Stephan Yeretzian

10. Digital learning under COVID-19: challenges and opportunities ? the Lebanese case

Fadi El Hage and Fouad Yehya

11. Conclusions: The MENA region and COVID-19 ? lessons for the future

Zeina Hobaika, Lena-Maria Moller and Jan Claudius Volkel