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Citizenship, Nation-Building, and Inclusion in the MENA Region
If the Arab region is to transition to stable and prosperous societies, it has to successfully adopt a new model of citizenship for its people, one that endorses equality for all, one that celebrates the diversity of all its components.
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A Brief Diagnosis of Social Protection Systems in Volatile MENA Region Countries
The MENA region has been in a state of high political and socioeconomic turbulence for the past few decades. While far from heterogeneous, commonalities with regard to ideological backgrounds of social policies persist.
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Setting an Inclusive Framework for Human Security & Social Justice within the IMF and GoL Restructuring and Reform Plan: Education an Equalizer and Enabler
The report calls for reforming the public financial management and increasing fiscal space for education, mainly for the most vulnerable groups such as women and girls and segregated communities. This ultimately lays the foundation of a new social contract that invests in public social sectors and contributes to closing the gender gap. This research project…
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants, Refugees, and IDPs During the Libyan Conflict
The situation of refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers has always been horrific, specifically for those who are kept in detention centers. These centers are mostly run by human traffickers and gangs for profit purposes. All sort of human rights violations from sexual rape to electric shocks; however, the risk of contracting the virus was higher…
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The Different Citizenships in Crisis-Ridden Lebanon
Marwan Issa The human rights-based definition of citizens as “legally recognized subjects having duties and rights” in the Lebanese context has long been challenged by historical, political, and ideological factors. These factors find roots in all levels of development (national, regional, and global) across various historical trends. More recently, the country’s crisis has accentuated sectoral…
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Ammad—Lives Snuffed Out Behind Egyptian Bars
He could, and should, be alive now. If he had been transferred to the hospital sooner, if his cell had not been crammed to twice its capacity, if his cry for help had been answered with the requisite duty of care, and if monitoring of prison conditions was a sincere undertaking, rather than a tragi-comic…
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Domestic Work in Lebanon Post-2019: Reflections on Emerging Trends
This report is the result of collective work and cumulative thinking that happened over the course of two years among staff of the Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) and with members of the extremely diverse migrant communities in Lebanon, at a time when the country is witnessing an unprecedented decline from bad to worse. The information presented…
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Maha Jouini: Artificial Intelligence and Beyond
“What is life but a stance of glory” is a famous quote in Arabic sung by Julia Boutros that inspires Maha Jouini’s life choices. Maha is a Tunisian entrepreneur and author who fought against all odds that face North African women. She is the youngest of seven children and was raised by a mother who…
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Lina Khalifeh: Fight for it
Growing up in Jordan, Lina Khalifeh was no stranger to violence against women in her society and her family. It had always upset her that there were no laws to protect women and that these women could not stand up for themselves. This all culminated in a moment during her time at university when one…
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Erica Chbeir: The Sky is the Limit
Erica Chbeir spent her childhood playing plane simulators with her younger brother and looking up to her pilot uncle, but she had never imagined that she would become a pilot when she grew up. She ended up pursuing a degree in dentistry from the Lebanese University, a field she deeply enjoyed. However, during her fifth…