Beirut Today

Demographic and Social Origins of the Iranian Uprisings

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.

Cynthia Saghir

100 Years after Balfour Conference: An Exploration of the Past and Future of Palestine

On December 13th and 14th, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) hosted an academic conference titled “100...

Tamara Saade

Water Scarcity in the Middle East as Explained by Dr. Hussam Hussein

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...

Joseph Helou

Revising Lebanon’s Foreign Policy Strategy After Hariri Crisis

No political topic loomed as large as the drive to uncover the fate of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri in...

Tamara Tamimi

Hands Off Jerusalem!

In the midst of the demonstration in Ramallah yesterday, on December 7, 2017, young men and women were chanting in...

Cynthia Saghir

Trump Can Claim Jerusalem, But the International Community Is Not On His Side

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...

Jad Chaaban

Arab Development As Freedom

The people of this region are caught in a grand authoritarian bargain, where they are forced to trade their political rights against government-driven economic security. It is time for this to change.

Thalia Arawi

An Arab Hiroshima ignored

Walking in a cold frightening floor of a hospital, you see a little innocent baby whose limbs are missing. Birth...

Cynthia Saghir

Has anyone ever asked Palestinians what they wanted?

Last week, Hamas, the ruling Islamic faction in Gaza, asked the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)’s President Mahmoud Abbas to resume control over the Gaza Strip. Though this seems like a momentous movement away from the hostility between Fatah and Hamas to potentially bridging a union between the West Bank and...

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