Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023): Special Issue: New Perspectives on Middle East Migrations

Ten years ago, Mashriq & Mahjar’s first editorial began with a provocation to rethink the “markedly staid notions of space and place” that predominated in Middle East studies. A decade on, migration, borderlands, and refugee studies now represent mainstays ofMENA studies, radically reshaping the field’s contours. This special issue takes stock of these exciting developments and to consider their potential for the larger, interdisciplinary field of MENA studies, but also to begin to clear paths as yet untaken. The included articles offer critical reflection on the core debates and methodologies of MENA migration studies, sketch out new agendas, and open up new avenues for research.