Lebanon

Interview – Jasmin Lilian Diab

E-International Relations • Feb 4 2025 • Features

Jasmin Lilian Diab discusses how intersectionality, climate displacement, and refugee-led initiatives are reshaping migration and refugee studies today.

Opinion – Israel’s Two Front War

Bishwajit Acharya and Soumya Narain • Sep 28 2024 • Articles

Whatever happens next in the region, the risks of a broader war (although unlikely) cannot be ruled out – especially when considering an Iranian response.

Political Foreclosure of Queer Liberation: Notes from Lebanon

Ali Kassem • Mar 11 2024 • Articles

Through its constructed reductionist violent identitarian Othering of queerness, fikh and wider Islamic knowledge become rigidly ossified.

Interview – Massaab Al-Aloosy

E-International Relations • Feb 29 2024 • Features

Massaab Al-Aloosy reflects on the changing dynamics between Hezbollah, Hamas, and Israel in light of the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the implications for Lebanon.

The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Lebanese Response

The Lebanese response can be described as complex, strategic at times, unresponsive at other times, with total reliance on international agencies and donors.

UNHCR, National Policies and the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon and Jordan

Neda Moayerian and Max O. Stephenson Jr. • Apr 24 2023 • Articles

The dominant framing of refugees as passive and vulnerable and in need of state protection and/or reunification must change.

Managing a Crisis: Hezbollah’s Welfare Expansion

Giulia Dal Bello • Apr 26 2021 • Articles

Hezbollah has exploited the particular Lebanese situation to acquire power and recognition, specifically through implementing a wide assortment of welfare services.

Beirut After the Explosion: The Effects on the Cultural Heritage and the Museums

It is necessary to put aside a colonial narrative for one that will allow for a sustainable and locally-owned management of future projects.

Opinion – Lebanon’s Economic Crisis: An Opportunity to Contain Hezbollah?

Massimiliano Fiore • Jun 25 2020 • Articles

The international community should help avoid Lebanon’s collapse, yet make support dependent on tackling corruption and abandoning Hezbollah.

Interview – Dalal Mawad

E-International Relations • Jun 4 2020 • Features

Journalist Dalal Mawad talks to us about her career covering the MENA region, particularly her work reporting on refugees and the displaced and the crisis in Lebanon.

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