Essays and Features
Despite a Bloody Decade of Conflict, ‘Heirs’ of the Arab Spring Are Blossoming!
ESSAYS & FEATURES IN FORTHCOMING AL JADID, VOL. 24, NO. 79, 2020
Rose Antun: Early 20th Century Arab Feminist Journalist
How ‘Shwam’ Migration Contributed to Arab Renaissance Movement
Among developments from the Al Nahda (Arab Renaissance) of the second half of the 19th century to the early 20th century was the rise of Arab women in the literary and intellectual fields.
ESSAYS & FEATURES IN FORTHCOMING AL JADID, VOL. 24, NO. 79, 2020
Rifat Chadirji (1926-2020): Architect Who Integrated Traditional Iraqi And Modern Architectures, Then Turned to Life of Writer and Scholar
Many Historic Buildings and Cultural Sites Destroyed in Beirut Explosion: Did the Blast Fatally Tear Lebanon’s Cultural Fabric?
The ‘Grand Compromise’ Between Lebanon’s ‘Strong Presidency’ and Iran’s 'Rejectionists' Hastens the Demise of Lebanon’s Economy
In early July, we wrote about two suicides in Lebanon while holding off on a third until we fact-checked it. Subsequently, the Beirut-based Al Modon newspaper wrote about a total of four suicides, including the two reported here. The article’s author deliberately stressed the reasons behind the suicides were not personal, but rather related to deteriorating economic conditions and the loss of dignity.
How Lebanon’s ‘State within a State’ Escalated Financial Disaster: Two Beirut Landmarks – AUB, and Le Bristol Hotel – the Latest Collateral Damage
ESSAYS IN FORTHCOMING AL JADID, VOL. 24, NO. 78, 2020
How Lebanon’s ‘State within a State’ Escalated Financial Disaster: Two Beirut Landmarks – AUB, and Le Bristol Hotel – the Latest Collateral Damage
Irrational and Divergent Arab Voices on COVID-19: Charlatans, Medical and Political, Exploit Pandemic
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK IN FORTHCOMING AL JADID, VOL. 24, NO. 78, 2020