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“We are here!”: a new wave of anti-sectarian mobilizations in Lebanon

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October 12, 2015

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“You’re studying fiction!” This reaction dates back to 2012, when I first started my research exploring anti-sectarian mobilizations in post-war Lebanon. It exemplifies the extent to which these grassroots efforts have gone unnoticed. They were largely perceived as marginal and doomed to failure in a context of political instability and regional turmoil. Yet, three years later, in August 2015, fiction became ‘reality’. These unheard voices have started making headlines in Lebanese mainstream media.

On August 29, over 70,000 people gathered in Beirut’s iconic Martyrs’ square in an unprecedented non-partisan civic mobilization, against a corrupt ruling class and a dysfunctional sectarian system. With two words,“you stink!” the protesters expressed the sources of their resentment; the uncollected piles of rotting garbage in the streets and the numerous endemic problems of an equally “rotten system”.

Thanking and Giving in the Syrian Refugee Camps of Lebanon

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October 12, 2015

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By Melanie Gallant - huffingtonpost.ca

I have a lot to be thankful for. Good health, a loving family, a home and a gratifying job. But like many, I often take these blessings for granted. This year, however, is different.

Today I am thankful for having shared a cup of coffee with Syrian women refugees in Suwere, a small town in Lebanon's Bekaa valley.

The small refugee settlement where I met these courageous women is nestled between the fertile mountains of Eastern Lebanon, not far from one of the countries world famous wineries. It only has 13 households, and most of the refugee families are from the Syrian City of Homs who were forced to flee to safety when the Syrian military conducted a crackdown against anti-government protesters.

Lebanese-American engineer receives White House honor

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October 12, 2015

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Lebanese examiner (WASHINGTON, DC) — A Lebanese-American engineer will be honored at the White House on Tuesday for inventing a composite arch bridge system, known as the “Bridge-in-a-Backpack.”

Dr. Habib Dagher, founding director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, will be recognized as a “2015 White House Transportation Champion of Change.”

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx will recognize 11 of the nation’s top transportation innovators for their exemplary leadership in advancing transportation in the country.

Former Lebanese MP Elias Skaff dies at 66

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October 11, 2015

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Lebanese Examiner

(BEIRUT) — Former Lebanese MP Elias Joseph Skaff died in a Beirut hospital on Saturday after a long battle with an illness. He was 66.

The former Zahle minister was first elected in 1992 as head of the Popular Bloc following the death of his father Joseph Skaff. He was later re-elected in 1996, 2000 and 2005.

Skaff was appointed minister of industry in 2003 in the government of Rafik Hariri, and served as the minister of agriculture in 2004 and 2005 in the Omar Karami government.

He also participated in the sessions of National Dialogue as head of the parliamentary Popular Bloc in 2006. In July 2008, Skaff was appointed agriculture minister to the cabinet of then prime minister Fouad Siniora.