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Culural Policy
Cultural Policy Making Papers

Teaching Arts in Lebanese Schools: Facts, Obstacles and Expectations

In this study, Dr. Hicham Zeineddine sheds light on art education in Lebanese schools and the obstacles it faces. He also explores the reasons behind such constraints and suggests possible solutions. The study aims at drawing the attention of education officials to the importance of art education and coming up with practical and objective findings.

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Republikon Institute

The State of the Media in the Visegrád Countries

Published by the Budapest-based think tank Republikon Institute, The State of the Media in the Visegrád Countries provides a detailed insight into the media’s status in Central Europe. Authors Gábor Horn, Błażej Lenkowski, Šárka Prát, and Géza Tokár address the current health and challenges of the media system in the V4.

Abbas Assi
Lebanese Civil Society

Lebanon’s protest movements of 2015 and 2019: A comparative analysis

The 2015 and 2019 protest movements represented a new hope for the Lebanese to reform the political system and combat corruption in state institutions. However, both movements faced obstacles and were not able to obtain their objectives. This research seeks to explore why the civil society movements in Lebanon were not able to exert pressure on the sectarian parties to introduce genuine political and socio-economic reforms and to combat corruption.

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Economy

Migrant Founders Monitor 2021

Founders with a migration background play an important role in the start-up ecosystem. With a share of a good 20 %, they are the driving force of economic innovation in Germany. The Migrant Founders Monitor 2021 examines for the first time the connection between migration and start-ups in Germany.

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128 Lebanon

US elections: Lesson Learned for Lebanon

128Lebanon.com - all about politics in Lebanon with a focus on elections, is a political blog by Ibrahim Jouhari in collaboration with FNF Lebanon. In Volume 1 Ibrahim analyses what Lebanon can learn from the recent US elections.

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Women of Lebanon

Women of Lebanon: Johanna Hawari Bourgely

Johanna Howari Bourjeily is the founder and director of the Professional Center for Mediation at USJ.
Through this center she has trained more than 10,000 people in Lebanon (pupils, students & professionals) to resolve conflicts without violence. In our last Women of Lebanon series edition Nicole Hamouche profiles Johanna, who shared with us how she encountered the power of mediation in the courtroom as a criminal lawyer.

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Smart Cities

Smart Cities of Serbia

The publication Smart Cities of Serbia – Innovation and Resilience of Local Communities in Serbia in 2021 deals with the Smart City concept that transcends mere technological innovations in urban areas and addresses many challenges of the cities of the future.

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Women of Lebanon

Lina Abyad

Lina Abyad, is a Professor of Theater Arts at the Lebanese American University and Director of the recent production, “The Royal Pardon”. She studied Child Development and Communication Arts at Beirut University College, and Psychology at American University of Beirut, before pursuing her MA and Ph.D. degrees in Theater Arts in Paris.

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Media
Dr. Susanne Spahn

Russian Media in Germany

Find out how Russian information warfare and disinformation have affected Germany in the publication by Dr Susanne Spahn.

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Lebanon Papers

The Kafala System in Lebanon - An Unequal Power Balance

The sixth issue of the series addresses the kafala system in Lebanon. The kafala system is a legal framework defining the relationship between migrant workers and their employers that is widespread in the Middle East. While it is designed to supply booming economies with cheap labour, basic principles of labour and human rights law are often times completely omitted.

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