With the return of Israeli forces, the Lebanese parliament scrapped elections scheduled for May. The move is a recurring theme in the country’s fractured politics.
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The violence that overwhelmed Sweida in July 2025 reflects challenges under the transitional government, but also age-old tensions over Druze autonomy.
Lebanon has a long history of sectarian violence, and the recent events in Syria are causing alarm among its religious minorities, including the Druze.
Unrwa was created in 1949 to find displaced Palestinians a permanent home outside Palestine.
For many of Lebanon’s 1.5 million Syrian refugees, temporary crossing back into their war-torn homeland was a risk they felt they needed to take.
More than 1 million people in Lebanon have fled their homes since a major Israel military operation began in September. For many, it isn’t the first time they have been uprooted.
Destroying the main relief agency in Gaza would be a catastrophe for its people, most of whom have been displaced by the conflict and are desperate for food, shelter and medical supplies.
Des chefs de milices et leurs alliés politiques ont établi un système économique et politique de kleptocratie redistributive. Ils extraient et se partagent le maximum possible de l’État libanais.
An algorithm driven world is dehumanising – but by understanding this we can call for a more equitable and human use of data.
How can the international community help Lebanon’s people not its power-sharing regime?
Au Liban, le débat législatif sur un âge minimum demeure crucial : les adolescentes : restent encore souvent confrontées au mariage précoce, de gré ou de force.
Renewed attention is being given to the issue of child marriage in Lebanon as increasing numbers of young refugee girls are being married off as a response to the conflict and forced displacement.
Many Yemeni women are not victims of war or just escaping or hiding. In many and contrasting ways they are actively supporting it, and not only on humanitarian grounds.
Why haven’t feminists noted that the film is too Western and too white?
Unless we’re addressing inequalities everywhere, we will achieve equality nowhere.
Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail was toxic. His victory means women will suffer the fallout.
Rates of child marriage increase among refugee communities, where rates of sexual violence are high and opportunities for families low.
We know how to prevent gender-based violence, and that we must respond to survivors’ needs. The challenge is in making it happen.
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Associate professor, Lebanese American University
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Visiting associate professor, Lebanese American University
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Project Manager and Researcher at the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American University
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Assistant Professor of Migration Studies; Director of the Institute for Migration Studies, Lebanese American University
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Assistant Professor, Lebanese American University
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Director, Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American University
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Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Social Communication, Lebanese American University
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Instructor in History and Ethics, Lebanese American University
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Associate professor, Lebanese American University