Policy Brief: Towards a New Integrated Labour Policy in the Middle East
Towards a New Integrated Labour Policy in the Arab World – نحو سياسة عمل متكاملة في العالم العربي The status and nature of labor and employment across the region was one of the underlying causes of...
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“There is an awakening happening,” says Beirut protestor Thousands of Lebanese have joined the #YouStink demonstrations against the trash crisis and government corruption, including public policy...
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The research project was launched in response to the severe depletion of fish stocks and livelihoods among artisanal fishers in the district of Tyre, Lebanon. In order to create the circumstances to...
View ArticleStrategic Review of Food and Nutrition Security in Lebanon
The Government of Lebanon and its concerned Ministries together with national and international partners are collaborating to address the country’s food security and nutrition challenges and to...
View ArticleThe fear of an empty plate
The proportion of Syrian refugees who are food secure has fallen from 32 percent in 2013 to 11 percent in 2015. In this photo, taken in 2014, Ahmed, 15, from Raqqa starts a generator to provide...
View ArticleBe a Man
I am an aggressive hyper-masculine Lebanese man. And, as such, of course I’d start this article by being direct, if not confrontational with you, my reader, because that’s how I’ve always been and...
View ArticleSocial entrepreneurship needs a culture change
It should come as little surprise that social entrepreneurs across the Middle East and North Africa have become rather lackadaisical over the state their sector — and with good reason. Much like a...
View ArticleBlaming Syrians for Lebanon’s Problems is Cowardly and Destructive
Syrian workers in Beirut (Photo: Tariq Keblaoui) Our foreign minister, our official representative to the world, demonstrated that racism has now become part of our national identity—Can anyone really...
View ArticleTake The Sect Out Of The Game
There were some rather surreal weeks in Tripoli from 2002 to 2004. For one, the salad bowl-like municipal stadium at the entrance of the city was lit up, something which is as rare then as it is...
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BBC World Service interview and analysis on Lebanon PM resignation (Segment starts at 4:16).
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