Lebanon
Makhtab Muftah: Amin Maalouf’s “The Crusades Through Arab Eyes”
Joseph Hammond* | 4 Sep 2012
The plane was preparing for takeoff. The passengers were all aboard. The cabin and crew were making their final checks. Suddenly, there was a commotion and a passenger was asked to leave the flight. His transgression? Reading a copy of Amin Maalouf’s The Crusades through Arab Eyes. The cabin crew, who had asked for the passenger’s removal, had been unsettled...#MuftahChat: Debating & Defying Stereotypes about the Middle East
Muftah Editors | 12 Jul 2012
Join the Muftah team at the hashtag #MuftahChat on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 12:30 pm Eastern Standard Time for a Twitter discussion of all things Middle East. Themes will include policy, religion, political transformation, human rights, and culture, among other topics. Everyone with an interest in the Middle East and North Africa is invited...PODCAST: Interview with Ghanem Nuseibeh on Philanthropy in the Middle East & North Africa
Muftah Editors | 11 Jun 2012
In this Muftah podcast, we speak to Ghanem Nuseibeh, founder and director of Cornerstone Global Associates, a London-based consulting company, that, among other things, provides political and economic risk assessment to companies operating in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as to regional countries. Mr. Nuseibeh is also a philanthropist working on...PODCAST Interview with Lebanese Activist, Marwan Maalouf, on the Arab Spring & Lebanese Politics
Muftah Editors | 4 May 2012
In this Muftah podcast, we speak with Marwan Maalouf, a Lebanese attorney and activist, about recent developments in Lebanese politics and the Arab Spring’s impact on the country. Listen here Download audio file (MarwanMaalouf.mp3) Read More →Lebanese Politics in the Eyes of Young Sunnis
Francisco Mazzola* | 13 Apr 2011
Lebanon is currently facing the most serious intensification of its political crisis since 2005, when the ‘Cedar Revolution’ brought about an end to Syrian military presence in the country. The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), established in June 2007 to investigate the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, is the...Interview with Lebanese Activist Mo. Ali on the protests in Nahr el-Bared
Mehwash Ansari* | 30 Jul 2012
Lebanon's Nahr el-Bared refugee camp during the 2007 onslaught by the Lebanese army (Source: http://themoealibeirutvibes.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/lebanese-army-attack-civiliansnahr-al-bared-camp/) Q: What...The Nawaya Network: Serving Lebanon’s Underprivileged Youth
Muftah Editors | 10 Jul 2012
(Photo credit: www.nawaya.org) Q: Tell us a little bit about the Nawaya Network and why you were inspired to start the organization. Zeina Saab (ZS): The idea came to me three years ago while I was working in...An Ode to Warda
Massoud Hayoun* | 18 May 2012
Warda Just last weekend, I randomly met an Algerian, roughly my parents’ age, in Washington DC’s DuPont Circle. We talked about the recent elections in Algeria and France, about colonialism and its vestiges,...The Lebanese Media Landscape
Sarah El-Richani* | 27 Aug 2011
As with the country’s political system, the Lebanese media has long been regarded as a unique phenomenon in the Middle East. Reflecting the pluralism and diversity of Lebanese society, the country’s media...The Calm Before Yet Another Storm: Lebanon’s Political Groups Struggle to Form a New Government
Sarah El-Richani* | 18 Feb 2011
The winds of change blowing through the Arab world have provided the Lebanese with a well-deserved respite from the demagoguery and continuous tussle over the reins of power. However, as many tuned into Al-Jazeera...
