National News, Analyses & Opinions
A Federal Lebanon? An Overview of Multicultural Federations and Comparison with Lebanon
Analysis by Ahmad Al Saati, Featured Writer
There is increasing talk nowadays among political circles of adopting Federalism in Lebanon to accommodate Lebanon's wealth of cultural and religious diversity. To properly predict an answer, this article attempts to do an overview of multi-cultural federations around the world, focusing mostly on Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country that arguably resembles Lebanon the most in terms of religious identity. The goal is to know why they adopted federalism, if it worked for them, and if Lebanon should too.
Women in Displacement - Stories of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Opinion piece by Carla Akil, Visiting Contributor
Although war is typically associated with men, little light has been shed on the struggles that women and children bear as a result of war. This article reviews a film entitled “Not Who We Are” by Carol Mansour that gives us an insight into the lives of five Syrian refugee women that share their experiences of loss, displacement, and daily struggles in a harsh and often unfriendly environment in Lebanon.
The Lebanese Identity Crisis - The oldest crisis of them all
Analysis by Myriam Akiki, Staff Writer
Lebanon turned 100 years old just last September. However, the 1st of September, 1920 only saw the birth of Lebanon as an actual nation-state, in what was then called the State of Greater Lebanon. One century later, it is now the Lebanese Republic: a failed state and the crossroad of more crises than one can count on two hands. The oldest crisis of them all may well be the one we’ve ignored for too long and the reason for all the turmoil that is happening today in the country.
Despised Belonging – Defining Political Brainwashing
Opinion piece by Gaelle Nohra, Staff Writer
Beyond compare, the uprisings incentivized the Lebanese community to become both more informed and involved about the happenings taking place within their territory’s border while simultaneously proving that the way out of the turmoil lies exclusively in the hands of a brand new political order. That said, it also contributed to the normalization of despise directed towards individuals having affiliation towards ruling parties.