Welcome to the APSA MENA Politics Newsletter, Volume 4, Issue 1, Spring 2021!

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Section News

Letter from the Editor, Marc Lynch

Introducing the New Editorial Team

The Middle East Scholar Barometer, Marc Lynch

A Note From APSA, Ahmed Morsy and Andrew Stinson 

Feature Article

Democratic Waves and the Arab Uprisings, Shimaa Hatab

Research Symposium: Taking Space Seriously

Introduction: Taking Space Seriously: The Use of Geographic Methods in the Study of MENA, Alexandra Domike Blackman and Lama Mourad

Geospatial Research in Settings of Contested Sovereignty, Alexei Abrahams and Diana Greenwald

Mapping Municipal Change in Tunisia, Julia Clark

Using Historical Maps for the Political Science Research of the Middle East, Ashrakat Elshehawy

Contesting Hard-Line Boundaries: Towards a Reconceptualization of Beirut’s Neighborhoods, Ahmad Gharbieh

Spatial Approaches to the Study of Local Governance and Service Provision in the Middle East, Christiana Parreira

Using GIS to understand how humanitarian aid moves, Emily K.M. Scott

Research Symposium: COVID-19 and MENA Political Science

Introduction: Covid-19 and MENA Political Science: Impacts on Research and Region, Nermin Allam, Justin Gengler, Lisel Hintz, Noora Lori

Deploying Authority: Saudi Arabia and Egypt Strive to Respond to COVID-19, Sultan Alamer, Rana Mamdouh, and Nathan J. Brown

Understanding Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Turkey: Politics of the Local, Başak Yavçan

The Impact of COVID-19 on Forcibly Displaced and Marginalized Communities with a Focus on Child Marriages in Jordan, Aida Essaid

Pandemic-Safe Research with Online Surveys, Robert Kubinec