Emma Pearson and Katie Welsford are freelance researchers and writers based between London, Oxford and Amman. Their work has previously been published in Voice of America, openDemocracy, Atlantic Community, Forum for the Discussion of Israel-Palestine, the Palestine-Israel Journal, Asfar Journal and Future Foreign Policy.

Business beyond the Camps

[caption id="attachment_55247025" align="alignnone" width="620"] Employees prepare Arabic-style ice cream by beating it vigorously with enormous…

Falling Out of Favor

[caption id="attachment_55249902" align="alignnone" width="594"] Jordanian activists and Muslim Brotherhood leaders protest near the Israeli embassy…

Shaking Off Donor Fatigue

[caption id="attachment_55249980" align="alignnone" width="620"] A pedestrian walks past a poster appealing for aid donations for Syrian refugees by…

A Matter of Business in Syria

[caption id="attachment_55250405" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Syrian Kurdish policeman patrols the border between Syria and Iraq in the oil-rich…

In the Path of ISIS

[caption id="attachment_55250468" align="alignnone" width="620"] Jordanian army troops and armored vehicles deployed at the Karameh Border Crossing…