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MIGRATION FLOWS THROUGHOUT MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY In 2015, the Western world was confronted with what has been termed the migration crisis of our time. Refugees and asylum seekers, the majority from the Middle East, journeyed to the borders of Europe and then on to other countries. To this day, we are still witnessing such journeys, as people continue to flee conflict, economic hardship, and persecution, and it is expected that forced migration will continue increasing due to the climate crisis. While the migration crisis was deemed a new challenge that Western nations have to come to grips with, such migratory trends are not new to those of us from the Middle East. The 1948 conflict in Palestine led to an influx of Palestinian refugees into neighboring countries Lebanon, HCI research with refugees, asylum seekers, and other forcibly displaced populations has grown over the years. Indeed, our passionate community working at the intersection of design and technology has expanded, with several researchers conducting their work in the Middle East, where a large number of refugees reside. However, with this growth comes a need for reflection on how our research acts in solidarity with forcibly displaced populations and scholars in the Middle East. In this article, we outline the ways in which inadvertent harm may arise as we situate ourselves within Middle Eastern spaces and how a reflexive process facilitates our avoiding them. To do so, we present a brief history of migration and colonization within the Middle East as a backdrop that shapes how humanitarian work and research is currently being conducted. We also provide our experiences and perspectives as Middle Eastern HCI researchers that not only research forced migration but are also undergoing our own migration journeys. We hope that through this piece we can instigate dialogues within our research community on how we can work toward a vision of research solidarity that is characterized by reflexivity

Middle Eastern reflections on forced migration, solidarity, and HCI research