The findings and designs presented in this essay build on my collaborative writing with Melina Philippou and on multi-annual research conducted by various researchers at the MIT Future Heritage Lab, together with outside collaborators. For the full list of credits, please see the list of collaborators with the T-Serai project: →.
Jordan currently hosts approximately 2.9 million Palestinian, Syrian, Iraqi, Yemeni, and Somali refugees. About 85 percent of the 654,700 Syrian refugees are urban based, with the remaining population living in camps. UNHCR, Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2019, unhcr.org, 3, 20 →.
“Jordan: Azraq Camp Factsheet (July 2020),” UNHCR Operational Data Portal →.
“Jordan: Azraq Camp Factsheet (July 2020),” 20.
“Jordan: Za’atari Camp Fact-sheet (January 2020),” UNHCR Operational Data Portal →.
UNHCR, “Forced Displacement Passes 80 Million by Mid-2020 as COVID-19 Tests Refugee Protection Globally,” unhcr.org, December 9, 2020 →.
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