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."
Secularism as an ideology collides with various aspects of the existing sectarian order of Lebanon.
Human Rights Watch has released a campaign advocating for a major switch up in Lebanon’s handling of their waste. There is a great piling up and overflow of trash, and many local dumps have resorted to burning trash in order to make way for more. HRW deems this a human...
Whenever a trailer comes out and I hear people’s responses, I’m usually the guy that breathes words of caution: that...
To many nations, the 28th of December marked nothing more than a year approaching its end. For Iran, it marked...
The current protests in Iran could be attributed to joblessness and unfulfilled economic expectations, but not necessarily to high poverty.
In 2015/16, a shocking 31% of men and 53% of women aged 18-29 were unemployed, compared to 20% and 19% in 1997. More importantly, the pain of this worsening situation is increasingly felt by older age groups. Entire families are affected when their young men and women are unable to find employment, housing, and form a family.
To be abducted from one’s home, taken to a strange underground place, and isolated from any human contact aside from...
Governments are (and should be) subject to exhaustive scrutiny on the part of society– a reality that is no stranger to Lebanon, through local and international organizations, as well as through citizens who have become capable of monitoring and reinforcing the compliance of the law and the international principles that...
The means through which political stances are expressed today are limitless. After US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement on Jerusalem,...
On December 13th and 14th, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) hosted an academic conference titled “100...
The renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has recently gained the attention of the international community– which threw the rest of the continent in overwhelming darkness. There are various agreements and treaties in Latin America that make up the political-commercial integration of the region which does not...