Living Off the Margins

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Commentary

Diwan

Living Off the Margins

In an interview, Dalia Ghanem discusses her recent paper on the Algerian-Tunisian border region.

By Ghida Tayara

Published on Jun 15, 2020

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Diwan

Diwan, a blog from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program and the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, draws on Carnegie scholars to provide insight into and analysis of the region.

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X-Border Local Research Network

In Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, conflict and instability endure in contested border regions where local tensions connect with regional and global dynamics. The Asia Foundation, the Rift Valley Institute, and the Carnegie Middle East Center are working together to better understand the causes and impacts of conflict in these border areas and their international dimensions, support more effective policymaking and development programming, and build the capacity of their local partners to leverage research to advocate for peaceful change.

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Dalia Ghanem is a resident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where her work examines political and extremist violence, radicalization, Islamism, and jihadism, with an emphasis on Algeria. Recently, she wrote a paper on Algeria’s northeastern border region, titled Algeria’s Borderlands: A Country Unto Themselves, examining how the illicit trade affects life there, and how relations have affected state formation in the country. To discuss her paper and the situation in Algeria more generally, Diwan interviewed Ghanem in early June.

This publication was produced with support from the X-Border Local Research Network, a program funded by UK aid from the UK government. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK government’s official policies.

About the Author

Ghida Tayara

Senior Digital and Web Coordinator

Political Reform Maghreb North Africa Algeria Levant

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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