He also said the public debate that took place last week flagrantly exposed that differences between the people and the government are being aggravated constantly. "The government should go to the people and evaluate their opinion before taking any decision instead of ignoring their will”. He ...
whether the West saw in Lebanon a part of the Holy Land lost to Ottoman Turkey, and whether the West wanted to “use” Lebanese Christians to hit back at Turkey is not the point I am trying to debate here. What is important is the fact that before the current borders of Lebanon...
At my first full-time job, I remember having a debate with Mo about why so many young people give up on Lebanon and leave. He responded,“But did they ever really try? What have they done for Lebanon?” As a fresh grad, could you already know that you wanted more? That Lebanon was...
The role of humanitarian actors in ensuring sustainability of interventions is a general issue of debate in the humanitarian research and practice community [31, 32] and is of particular relevance when considering care for chronic diseases. Previous work, including our own, has highlighted challenges ...
The paper also exploits a wealth of information on quality of employment and self-reported workers’ preferences to inform the debate on whether informality in the Middle East and North Africa results from exclusion or from choice to opt out of social security coverage. To this end, the paper ...