The Lebanese American University is a nonsectarian, private higher education institution in Lebanon. It operates under a charter from the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
It is composed of two campuses, one in Beirut and the other in Byblos, and offers programs leading to degrees in Arts, Business, Engineering, Nursing, Sciences, Pharmacy, and Medicine.
Destroying the main relief agency in Gaza would be a catastrophe for its people, most of whom have been displaced by the conflict and are desperate for food, shelter and medical supplies.
Paul Makdissi, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Ali Fakih, Lebanese American University; Myra Yazbeck, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Rami Tabri, University of Sydney, and Walid Marrouch, Lebanese American University
Des chefs de milices et leurs alliés politiques ont établi un système économique et politique de kleptocratie redistributive. Ils extraient et se partagent le maximum possible de l’État libanais.
Au Liban, le débat législatif sur un âge minimum demeure crucial : les adolescentes : restent encore souvent confrontées au mariage précoce, de gré ou de force.
Renewed attention is being given to the issue of child marriage in Lebanon as increasing numbers of young refugee girls are being married off as a response to the conflict and forced displacement.
Many Yemeni women are not victims of war or just escaping or hiding. In many and contrasting ways they are actively supporting it, and not only on humanitarian grounds.