Amidst debates over arms and sovereignty, the conversation regarding the Shiite individual and their daily suffering in the South is conspicuously absent. There is no national discourse to reassure families who have lost their homes or are seeking schools for their children, nor is there a clear vision for the future of this community, which...

The losses in the South extend beyond material destruction to affect the people themselves. Young lives have been lost, along with efforts and energies that could have been invested in building the nation rather than burying it. Today, the South is a place of expanding graveyards and bleeding towns—a region devastated in the fullest humanitarian...

Debate is once again intensifying regarding the expatriate vote in the Lebanese parliamentary elections scheduled for next year, amidst attempts by the Amal-Hezbollah duo to limit expatriate voting to six seats, while parliamentary blocs demand that it encompass all parliamentary seats... Researcher and analyst specializing in the Lebanese diaspora file

Lebanese national identity has been subjected to assault, and parallel sectarian narratives have emerged—such as Hezbollah’s sectarian narrative—fostered through institutions and a concerted effort to dominate the public sphere of a specific sect. Today, Lebanon is in need of rebuilding a national identity...