Lebanon
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The Politics of Fear: How Sectarianism Sustains Lebanon’s Crisis
Divide and Conquer The refugee crisis that resulted from the Israeli aggressions and bombardments of Lebanon, specifically the predominantly Shia regions of Southern Lebanon, the Bekaa, and the southern suburb of Beirut, has stirred up the not-so-dormant sectarian problems that plague our country. Refugees from the affected areas flooded to “safer” regions primarily inhabited by…
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A Century of Change: Redrawing the Middle East
The Middle East is undergoing a historic change, reminiscent of the famous Sykes-Picot agreement that shaped the region for the next century at the hands of the French and the British, in the aftermath of the Great War and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire during the first two decades of the past century. Almost…
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On Resilience
They say we are a resilient people. How can a people survive so much carnage otherwise? We survived a civil war. We survived military invasions. We survived political deadlock, economic collapse, and an explosion smack in the middle of our capital. We survived a lot. We survived… We forgot that life is much more than…
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On National Identity
The Lebanese identity has yet to mature. As a fairly recent state, the idea of a Lebanese nation has been developing unlike the first two waves of nationalism in which the various Southern American and European nations emerged. The borders that define its geographical extent were carved out before its sense of identity fully developed.…
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On Times of War
What then? When the whole world appears to be completely silent over the latest events and the continued Israeli aggression on Lebanon, how can we understand the latest escalation and what can we expect?