As state-owned investment vehicles, sovereign wealth funds play an essential role in a country’s political, economic, and financial life, chiefly...
Civil society in Lebanon has taken different forms and passed through various phases. It includes diverse political activist movements and...
Women and men gathered in front of the National Museum in Beirut on December 23, 2017, to light candles in solidarity with the women murdered during the preceding week. Youmna Darwish, 22 years old, was shot on the 13th. 15 years old Nazira Al Tartousi committed suicide on the 15th....
To be abducted from one’s home, taken to a strange underground place, and isolated from any human contact aside from...
On December 13th and 14th, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) hosted an academic conference titled “100...
On December 6, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs hosted a talk on water scarcity and its challenges in the Middle East. Dr. Hussam Hussein, a speaker, is a post-doc research fellow at IFI, as well as a visiting fellow at the University of East Anglia...
Lebanon’s coasts have been lying under a great yellow cloud, making sure we go about our daily lives with pride...
AUB students gathered on Tuesday at 11am in front of College Hall, the campus’ main administrative building, to show support...
In the past couple of years, Lebanon has witnessed on-and-off attempts of political reform with the last (major) one being 3 years ago. Civil society movements have been numbed by the fast-paced occurrence of political events—a matter that has marginally reduced their functionality and impact. With parliamentary elections (potentially) around...
Twelve patterns, twelve regions, twelve women, twelve stories. Stitching Palestine is a documentary directed by Carol Mansour and produced and researched by...
On the 21st of October , Beirut Today interviewed the charismatic and passionate Joslin Kehdy, the founder of Recycle Lebanon,...
It’s no secret that traffic in Beirut is a nightmare. With very little access to and a lack of innovation and efficiency in public transportation, the Lebanese have increasingly opted to rely on their private vehicles to get around, which led to high congestion and skyrocketing pollution rates. According to...