The term “civil society” has been used to describe those who are “active” outside the traditional societal organizations and within oppositional movements against other parts of society, mainly against state authorities.
On the sectarian politicization of appointments to senior positions, reform, and drafting a National Anticorruption Strategy
To get a better understand these issues, we ought to carefully examine the 2017 state budget endorsed by the parliament in October.
The KAFA protest is particularly significant in the context of the upcoming parliamentary elections, with many signs stating that their bearers will not be voting for “patriarchal ideology."
Human Rights Watch has released a campaign advocating for a major switch up in Lebanon’s handling of their waste. There...
Whenever a trailer comes out and I hear people’s responses, I’m usually the guy that breathes words of caution: that you shouldn’t judge a 90-minute film by its trailer. Mostly I try to avoid them all together, preferring to enter a film knowing nothing of what’s to proceed, running only...
Governments are (and should be) subject to exhaustive scrutiny on the part of society– a reality that is no stranger...
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...
No political topic loomed as large as the drive to uncover the fate of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri in...
In the past couple of years, Lebanon has witnessed on-and-off attempts of political reform with the last (major) one being...
The resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saturday, out of Saudi Arabia and aired exclusively on a Saudi TV, brought substantial chaos and uncertainty. Many believed that this move came as a result of direct Saudi pressure, and some are even claiming that our Prime Minister is being detained...