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 your captors for days on end is scary enough. Add to this the likelihood of being interrogated, tortured, abused, and possibly raped in that same place. This scenario is a...
Governments are (and should be) subject to exhaustive scrutiny on the part of society– a reality that is no stranger...
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 years after the Balfour Declaration and 70 Years after the Partition Plan”, in collaboration with the Institute for Palestinian Studies. In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s decision to...
The renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has recently gained the attention of the international community– which...
On December 6, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs hosted a talk on water scarcity and...
Lebanon’s coasts have been lying under a great yellow cloud, making sure we go about our daily lives with pride — to be proud for embracing a golden crow of smog. This not-so-surprising phenomenon is obviously caused by the rise of pollutants in the atmosphere. Air pollution in Lebanon has...
No political topic loomed as large as the drive to uncover the fate of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri in...
In the midst of the demonstration in Ramallah yesterday, on December 7, 2017, young men and women were chanting in...
In a monumentally disappointing speech, President Donald J. Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the White House yesterday. He claimed that this recognition is the first step to a “new approach to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians” and “to advance the peace process”. What...