Mat Nashed is an investigative journalist covering Middle East-related news. Focusing on black markets and migration, he has reported from Turkey, Lebanon and Tunisia, with his work appearing on VICE and Al-Jazeera. Tweets @matnashed. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/mat-nashed/rss en Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Mon, 27 Aug 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Mat Nashed https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/08/27/refugees-in-cairo-live-in-fear-of-sudans-wanted-list https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/08/27/refugees-in-cairo-live-in-fear-of-sudans-wanted-list A Refugees Deeply investigation finds Egyptian security targeting a list of critics of the Khartoum regime. Sudanese refugees, afraid to approach the U.N. and with resettlement abroad out of reach, are left with little international protection. Crisis and Conflict Culture Fri, 30 Sep 2016 08:02:12 +0000 Mat Nashed https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/09/30/bashar-al-assad-should-look-at-this-painting-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/09/30/bashar-al-assad-should-look-at-this-painting-2 Syrian artist Leila Said Hassou discusses the question that inspired her paintings in her first art exhibition in Turkey: What is at the root of extraordinary, sometimes incomprehensible, violence? Arts & Culture Government & Pro-Government Forces Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:53:50 +0000 Mat Nashed https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/09/28/bashar-al-assad-should-look-at-this-painting https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/09/28/bashar-al-assad-should-look-at-this-painting Syrian artist Leila Said Hassou discusses the question that inspired her paintings in her first art exhibition in Turkey: What is at the root of extraordinary, sometimes incomprehensible, violence? Displacement Human Rights Tue, 11 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Mat Nashed https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2015/08/11/is-lebanon-violating-syrian-refugee-rights https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2015/08/11/is-lebanon-violating-syrian-refugee-rights Nearly one in five people in Lebanon is a Syrian national – the highest refugee population per capita in the world. Struggling to cope with the weight of 1.1 million Syrian refugees, Lebanon has employed a variety of tactics to push displaced Syrians out of the country. While the government insists that these measures safeguard Lebanese citizens, there is a desperate need for a new approach that doesn’t punish Syrians for their dispossession and incite yet more anti-refugee xenophobia. Displacement Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Mat Nashed https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2015/06/30/nowhere-to-run-eu-border-policy-tears-apart-syrian-families https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2015/06/30/nowhere-to-run-eu-border-policy-tears-apart-syrian-families The European Union’s failure to provide desperate asylum seekers with legal routes leaves them with no option but to risk their lives on smugglers’ boats, writes Mat Nashed.