Lebanon
Commentary Political pluralism: lessons from Lebanon and Turkey
With the optimism of the Arab Spring long since replaced by the anxiety over the escalating violence in Syria, Yemen, and Libya, a vision for democracy in the Middle East has been difficult to conjure. The announcement on 13 June of a new cabinet in Lebanon under Prime Minister designate Najib Mikati and the re-election the day before of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development party under Tayyip Erdogan offer two encouraging examples of both the promise and challenges of transitioning democracies in the region. Read more >>>
Development for People and Nature Association
The Development for People and Nature Association (DPNA) works with local communities on human rights, environment protection and development. Its target population are children, youth people, women and marginalised people. The Association encourages and addresses the civil participation into political decision making, focusing on empowerment and leadership building through workshops. DPNA supports local initiatives by [...] Read more >>>
Forum for Development, Culture and Dialogue (FDCD)
The background of the Forum for Development, Culture and Dialogue (FDCD) dates from the Urban Rural Mission programme (URM) developed for the Middle East by the World Council of Churches, to help poor and marginalised communities through joint work between Muslims and Christians. The FDCD encourages dialogue and in particular aim to strengthen the role [...] Read more >>>
Lebanon: Conflict Resources
General BBC: A regularly updated news report on Lebanon’s current situation, with a detailed timline. Council on Foreign Relations: ‘All on Lebanon’ – A resource for those wanting an overview of the current affairs publications making the news. Crisis States Research Centre – Beyond Beirut (PDF): Paper on why reconstruction in Lebanon did not succeed [...] Read more >>>
A Step Away
A Step Away believes that art and culture play a major role in advancing Lebanese society towards peace, justice, and democracy. A Step Away exists to support young artists by promoting the production of contemporary works and providing a space for creative activity. In doing so, A Step Away aims to expand the role of [...] Read more >>>
Permanent Peace Movement (PPM)
The mission of the Permanent Peace Movement (PPM) is to nurture and spread a culture of peace through Lebanon and the wider region. PPM promotes the transformation of conflict through training, advocacy and dialogue. The main activities of PPM currently focus on conflict resolution and non-violence training, children’s rights, and social and economic empowerment. Stop [...] Read more >>>
Zico House
Zico House was started by Moustapha Yamout (aka Zico), a lover of arts and culture, in his family home, in order to give artists and performers a space to create and express themselves. As a platform for emerging artists, it defends experimental and avant-garde works and contributes to the development of art in Lebanon. Since [...] Read more >>>
UMAM Documentation & Research (UMAM D&R)
UMAM D&R is a Lebanese organisation working towards raising awareness of civil violence and war memories in Lebanon, as a platform for debate and a means to break cycles of blame and conflict. UMAM D&R argue that the increasing number of voices calling for truth-seeking in Lebanon, the ongoing cycles of blame and counter blame [...] Read more >>>
Stories
From the editors Hezbollah vows to keep weapons, accuses US of terrorism (November 2009) Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed on Monday that his party would continue to build up its arsenal to protect Lebanon against Israeli aggression and accused Washington of exporting terrorism. IRIN: ‘Move to take domestic violence cases out of religious court:’ The [...] Read more >>>
Lebanon: Conflict Profile
The complexities of multi-ethnic societies in the Middle East are extremely astute in Lebanese society. They have had profound effects in shaping Lebanon’s ever-changing and fragmented political structure, which led to a long and bloody civil war and where tensions still remain high today and are fed by the political motives of its neighbouring countries. [...] Read more >>>
