The Refugees, Displaced Persons and Forced Migration Studies Center at Yarmouk University organized a lecture entitled: The Living Conditions of Refugees in the Palestinian Camps in the West Bank, in which the coordinator of the Master of Migration and Refugee Studies Program at An-Najah National University of Palestine, Dr. Asaad Tafal, talked about the refugee situation in the West Bank.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Director of Yarmouk’s Center, Dr. Ruba Al-Akash, stressed the constant endeavor of the Center to organize and hold meetings that talk about the life experience of refugees, displaced persons and forcibly displaced persons by hosting specialists, to see and keep abreast of all the developments related to such issues, with the aim of raising awareness and working to conduct scientific studies that contribute to reflecting the lived reality in refugee camps and the conditions suffered by refugees in various fields.

Tafal expressed his thanks to Jordan for what it has provided to refugees of various nationalities, and its role in supporting its Palestinian brothers in light of the difficult circumstances they face. He also thanked Yarmouk University and the Center for Refugee Studies for organizing this lecture. He then stressed that the refugee issue has been the focus of the Palestinian cause since its inception, and it is considered one of the most complex and important historical issues in the Middle East. He added that the refugee camps carry several meanings: one meaning is related to strength, steadfastness, and resistance in the context of the Palestinian identity, and another is related to pain that is embodied in the difficult circumstances that refugees experience daily. Finally, he stressed the need for paying more attention to the living conditions (social, health, economic and educational) that refugees have been experiencing since the Nakba until the present.

30 July 2024

The Refugees, Displaced Persons and Forced Migration Studies Center in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), organized a training workshop entitled "International Refugee Law: A National and International Protection Framework for Refugees in Jordan". The two-day workshop was presented by Kamal Mashreqi from UNHCR's Capacity Development and Capacity Building Department, and it was attended by the staff of the Refugee Center and a number of faculty and administrative staff at the University. However, it discussed the international and national framework for refugee protection, protection principles and non-refoulement procedures, protection of data and sources and their importance in dealing with refugees, and evaluation of sources and data and their impact on the protection of refugees.

The Director of the Center, Dr. Ruba Al-Akash, said that organizing this workshop comes within the strategic partnership between Yarmouk University, represented by the Refugee Center, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, with the aim of introducing the Center's staff, researchers, and those interested in asylum, displacement and forced migration issues on how to deal with refugees and the legal framework related to asylum issues, in preparation for future scientific studies. She also stressed the importance of continuing this type of training in partnership with the UNHCR, as it is the home of competence and expertise in dealing with refugees and their various issues.

30 July 2024

The Department of Design and Applied Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Yarmouk University achieved advanced positions in the DETEX 2022 design competition in the category of aesthetic and structural design that was held in The Kempinski Hotel in Amman in cooperation with Amman Chamber of Industry under the patronage of the Minister of Industry and Trade. Supervised by Dr. Khosrov Teff and Dr. Ghada Al-Halsa from the department, the students Tala Al-Toulish, Yasmine Kharbat, and Ahmed Al-Dalahma won the first three places respectively for implementing a set of designs for several cleaning products and cosmetics. Interestingly, the Detex 2022 competition brings together an elite group of experts, technicians, researchers, developers, and marketers in the detergent industry, in addition to suppliers from Europe, China, the Middle East, and Asia to discuss the latest trends, drivers of innovation and the future path of the industry in terms of ways to assess consumers’ habits, behaviors, and aspirations.

26 June 2022