Middle East and North Africa
This page features the news on disability from Middle East and North Africa in the Debrief Library. See also news from other countries.
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Ageing
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Can review of the Madrid Plan on Ageing (MIPPA) Benefit the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region? (Feb, Population Ageing)
COVID-19
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Response
Disability inclusion in health responses to COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: results of a rapid assessment (Dec, WHO EMRO)
Civil Society and Community
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Arab Civil Society Organizations and the Issue of Disability, Inclusion and Sustainable Development (link to pdf, UNDEF)
Culture, Entertainment and Media
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TV and Film
Why Ameera is a Muppet with a wheelchair that doesn't fit. “Should the wheelchair reflect Ameera’s reality or accurately represent her needs? Is it more powerful to show the world as it is, or how it should be?” (Nov, CNN)
Meet Ameera, Sesame Workshop’s Newest Muppet Friend a young girl that uses a bright purple wheelchair and forearm crutches. (Mar, Sesame Street International Social Impact)
Digital Accessibility and Technology
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Social Media
Youtube conversations with Mostafa Attia. (In Arabic, Dec, Youtube)
Education and Childhood
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The real lives behind the data: Children with disabilities in education across Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territory. (link to pdf, Sep, Humanity and Inclusion)
Lived Experience and Opinion
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Toxic positivity harms the disabled community (Apr, The National News)