Séminaire MiMed – novembre 2025 – “Re-humanising the debate on the return of Syrian refugees : journeys and expectations from Jordan”
Mardi 25 novembre / 10:00 – 12:00
LPED, Site Saint Charles AMU et en visioconférence: https://univ-amu-fr.zoom.us/j/92803508724?pwd=VUUEaKiDLVvdwbVERaaoNwKyy5p6DZ.1
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Ruba Al Akash (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
Ruba Al Akash is former Director of Refugees, Displaced Persons, and Forced Migration Studies Centre, and assistant professor of anthropology at Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. Her research deals with forced migrations of Syrian refugees inside and outside camps in Jordan, with a focus on gender and refugee women experiences. Among her last publications: “A Double-Edged Sword? The Role of Digital Technologies in Marriage and Divorce Among Syrian Refugees in Northern Jordan”, Refuge, 24(1), 1-15, 2024.
Valentina Napolitano (IRD, LPED/AMU)
Valentina Napolitano is sociologist, research fellow at IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement) and associate researcher at the Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo) in Amman, her work focuses on forced migration, political violence, and collective action in the Middle East (Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon). Among her recent publications: Syrian Society in Revolution and War (2011–2024), Presses de l’Ifpo, 2025.

Unités d’habitation démantelées dans le camp de Zaatari, en Jordanie. Photo : Valentina Napolitano
During this seminar we will present the initial findings of an ongoing research about the attitudes and plans for return of Syrian refugees in Jordan following the fall of the regime in December 2024. Based on a qualitative survey conducted in May and October 2025 in Jordan (in the Zaatari camp, as well as in the cities of Irbid and Zarqa), the seminar will highlight the complex interplay of social, economic, political, age and gender factors that shape the choice to return or remain. More specifically, this work proposes to examine the issue of return through the prism of gender and family relationships, a perspective often neglected in the literature on return and yet central to understanding the aspirations and lived experiences of refugees.

Vidéo de la Séance
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Thales Speroni (4 novembre 2025). Séminaire MiMed – novembre 2025 – “Re-humanising the debate on the return of Syrian refugees : journeys and expectations from Jordan” MIMED. Consulté le 12 décembre 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/153b1
