Through its constructed reductionist violent identitarian Othering of queerness, fikh and wider Islamic knowledge become rigidly ossified.
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 Lebanese response can be described as complex, strategic at times, unresponsive at other times, with total reliance on international agencies and donors.
The dominant framing of refugees as passive and vulnerable and in need of state protection and/or reunification must change.
Hezbollah has exploited the particular Lebanese situation to acquire power and recognition, specifically through implementing a wide assortment of welfare services.
It is necessary to put aside a colonial narrative for one that will allow for a sustainable and locally-owned management of future projects.
The international community should help avoid Lebanon’s collapse, yet make support dependent on tackling corruption and abandoning Hezbollah.
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.
The case of Lebanon’s health sector is highly fundamental in understanding healthcare in the MENA region – where reform efforts are progressively converging.
Turkey’s and Lebanon’s high levels of political polarization could engender competing logics of security and increase Syrian refugees’ vulnerability to instability.
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