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Forced Migration and Displacement During the Arab Spring
Abstract
On 18 January 2012 the Journal of Internal Displacement (JID or the Journal) released its fourth call for paper (CFP) for the July 2012 edition of the Journal. To support credibility, authenticity and critique the JID resigned to solicit input from experts and scholars in the field. Two separate invitations to be guest editor for the JID were sent out. Unfortunately, due to untimely events these individuals were unable to accept our invitation. Albeit, encouraging authors to focus on selected topic areas of displacement as it relates to the Arab Spring, the CFP attracted a total of five (5) interesting submissions. Having endured rigorous peer-review, none of the submissions was recommended for publication. With nearly three weeks to publication date, I was left with two options: 1) to notify subscribers that there are no publications for the July 2012 edition; or 2) write an editorial. Since, my knowledge of forced displacement during the Arab Spring is nothing more than occasional text and electronic newswires; I had to put on my thinking cap. After mulling over several writing approaches, reading scores of journal articles, and searching numerous websites, I finally settled for this. Having observed the scarcity high quality publication on displacement during the Arab Spring, partly due to my incapacitation to speak, read or write Arabic language; I reasoned to randomly scan diverse information sources for the purpose of examining what is being produced on the topic at stake. Rather than resorting to the hyper-sensationalized propaganda dominated by Western pro-democratic media, the goal of this editorial is to review a select few publications (mostly academic), institutions, organizations and websites to assess the extent to which the topic of internal displacement during the Arab Spring is dealt with. The editorial ends with highlighting observed distribution and possible discrepancies seen within and across various information resources on displacement in the Arab Spring.
