Frank Elbers

Class of 2016

Frank Elbers is a freelance journalist specialised in reporting on human rights, migration, and displacement. He is currently also a visiting fellow at the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World at Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut, where he teaches courses on gender and human rights, and does research on the effects of displacement on gender relations among urban refugees in Amman, Beirut, and Cairo. A political scientist by training, he has worked in human rights, transitional justice, and international development in post-communist Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, West Africa, and Southeast Asia over the past 25 years. He has published on political extremism, migration, gender equality, citizenship, and human rights. Frank’s stories and commentary have appeared in CBC News, National Post, Dallas Morning News, taz, and De Volkskrant, among others.

Clippings

  • 2016
  • Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Former intelligence officer convicted in first use of Romania’s law against Holocaust denial

  • 2016
  • IranWire

The Mysterious Death of an Iranian Judge in Romania

  • 2016
  • IranWire

Will Romania’s Investigation into the Fugitive Judge’s Death be Independent and Fair?

  • 2016
  • Asia Europe Foundation

EUROPE FOUNDATION – Podcast: Human Rights Education, People & Society – Part 2

  • 2016
  • Asia Europe Foundation

EUROPE FOUNDATION – Podcast: Human Rights Education, People & Society – Part 1

  • 2016
  • Muftah Magazine

An Interview with Eloy Domínguez Serén, Director of the Documentary “Hamada”

  • 2016
  • Dilema Veche 

Romania’s Gender Gap Continues to Close

  • 2016
  • Muftah Magazine

Eight Things You Need to Know About the Global Compact for Migration

  • 2016
  • Muftah Magazine

An Interview about the Glass Ceiling with Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Minister of Finance of Latvia

  • 2016
  • Courrier International

“Nowadays, the Saharawi struggle takes new forms”

  • 2016
  • Muftah Magazine

How Politics & Globalization Are Killing Football in Lebanon

  • 2016
  • OpenCanada

A possible thaw in Western Sahara’s ‘frozen conflict’

  • 2016
  • Muftah Magazine

The Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Movement for an Independent Western Sahara Is Gaining Momentum

  • 2016
  • Deutsche Welle News

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Puts Resignation On Hold

  • 2016
  • Munk School

Q&A WITH MONICA HELLER: THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE

  • 2016
  • Dallas News

4 myths about Brussels and jihad

  • 2016
  • CIUT 89.5 FM

TIME ZONES

  • 2016
  • CIUT 89.5 FM

TIME ZONES

  • 2016
  • Dallas News

5 reasons the EU-Turkey deal won’t end the Syrian refugee crisis

  • 2016
  • Deseret News

The refugee crisis no one is talking about

  • 2016
  • National Post

Indefinite conscription fuelling exodus from Eritrea: Amnesty

  • 2016
  • CBC

10 sobering facts about violence against women

  • 2016
  • National Post

Nearly 90 per cent of Syrian refugees in Lebanon have been trapped in a vicious cycle of crippling debt

  • 2016
  • Saskatoon Star Phoenix

Search for Sanctuary

  • 2016
  • National Post

Are Syria’s wealthy neighbours doing enough? Gulf states urged to accept more refugees