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Advancing Arab Women’s Political Participation: Experiences and Journeys of Women Politicians from Lebanon and Syria

Dani, Layan Samer (2021)

Women in the MENA region are still fighting for their political agency in a patriarchal society which obscures their own right to participate and be politically influential. Women’s participation in the public sector and ...
Anti-Neoliberal TSMs in the Arab Region: Contentious Politics, and Regime Change

Adly, Amr (The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, 2020)

The past several years have witnessed a confluence of a reinvigorated neo-liberalization agenda and mounting political repression and state violence in the Arab region. Both phenomena happened in the aftermath of the first ...
Beyond Arab Exceptionalism: Transnational Social Movements in the Arab Region

Khawaga, Dina; Cartilier, Genevieve; Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship (2020)

Over the last few decades, transnational activist networks and movements have multiplied in number, expanded their reach and enhanced their capacity to impact the international political scene. These recent developments ...
Digital Activism and the Feminist Movement

Anani, Ghida (2019-12-16)

In recent years, digital platforms have become a major tool for activists in the Middle East and a powerful way to express dissent, to disrupt and to organize. This relatively new form of activism, also known as digital ...
Displaced Syrians in Lebanon: Beyond Categorization and Homogeneity of Experiences

Fleifel, Manar; Mantash, Jinan; Chamaa, Mohammad; Itani, Bana; Khawaga, Dina; Rubaei, Islam; Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship (2020-06-05)

This research project examines how, in the face of conflict and crisis, Syrian displaced individuals and communities in Lebanon are attempting to (re) organize themselves within the informal sector to secure access to ...
The Diversity of Experiences of Syrian Displaced Persons in Lebanon: Everyday Exclusion, Informality, and Adjustment Tactics

Fleifel, Manar (2020-05-28)

In the Lebanese context, access to goods and services is chiefly governed by informality where by, owing to the nature of the country’s political economy, migrants, marginalized, and displaced populations often ensure their ...
Domestic Work in Lebanon Post-2019: Reflections on Emerging Trends

Hayek, Imane; Ammar, Zeina (2022-02-16)

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 ...
Exploring a Global Research Agenda on Civic Engagement: Lessons From a Decade of Feminist Mobilization in the Arab Region

Choueiri, Christy; Chahine, Ingrid; Abou Zaki, Jessica; Zaiter, Manar; Hassan, Mozn (Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, 2024-04)

The Arab uprisings of 2011 marked a pivotal moment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), bringing to the forefront issues of political oppression, economic disparity, and social injustice. In the aftermath, the region ...
Feminist Activism During the COVID Pandemic : Zooming in on the MENA Region

Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship (The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, 2023-10)

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the multifaceted and gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable groups in the Arab region and places a specific emphasis on feminist perspectives, drawing from ...
From Histories to Futures: A Mapping of Feminist Movements in the MENA Region

Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Regional Political Feminism and Gender Office (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2023-07-31)

With the aim of building solidarity and consensus in a diverse and multicultural environment, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Regional Political Feminism and Gender Office and The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship ...
From Utopia to Reality : Human Rights Activism in Arab Countries

Mansour, Khaled (2020)

How did the transition in the nature and relevance of human rights actors in Arab countries take place and what does it mean? This paper attempts to answer this broad question while arguing that the hyper-legal language ...
Gendering Citizenship as Enacted: Women Refugees in Lebanon

Caroe Christiansen, Connie (2019)

As recent scholarly work has demonstrated, citizenship may not be perceived as confined within a nation-state, but as a notion that points at the rights that one claims as bare life, stripped of any dignity or rights. Among ...
Le roi est bon, la classe politique est mauvaise : Un mythe à bout de souffle?

Bennani-Chraibi, Mounia (2018-12-20)

Following this year’s “Throne Day” speech on 29 July 2017, commentators were unanimous: Morocco’s King Mohammed VI’s offensive against political parties was more violent than ever. In Morocco, however, the “crisis,” ...
Mobilization and Advocacy since 2011: The Case of Lebanon

Haidar, Diala; Harb, Mona; Daou, Bernadette; Clark, Janine A. (2019-10)

At the time of writing the introduction of this report (December 2019), the streets of many cities and towns across Lebanon are filled with protestors denouncing the corrupt leaders who parasited the sectarian political ...
Policies of Reconstruction in Syria, Foreign Actors and the Issue of Refugees and IDPs

Daher, Joseph (2020-06)

As the Syrian regime has been consolidating its power with the assistance of its allies, Russia and Iran, in the past few years, Damascus also envisioned the issue of reconstruction as a major instrument for the consolidation ...
Postponing Municipal Elections: Violating Citizens’ Rights

Kachar, Simon (The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, 2024-04-08)
Report of the Advisory Committee to Reform and Develop the “Arab Regional Order”

Matar, Gamil; Hassan, Yousef; Hitti, Nassif (2019-03-27)

The advisory committee of the research project on “Reform and Development of the Arab Regional Order” realizes the importance of collective Arab action in the face of growing challenges and overwhelming changes in various ...
Report of the Consultation Workshop on Anti-Globalization Transnational Social Movement in the Arab Region

Adly, Amr (2019-12-16)

The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut convened on January 23, 2019 a consultation workshop on “The Future of Anti- Globalization Social Movements in the Arab Region” ...
Report of the Regional Consultation Workshop on Urban Rights Activism in the Arab Region

Harb, Mona (2019-07)

The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut convened, on 4 July 2019, a regional consultation workshop on “Urban Rights Activism” at the American University of Beirut. This ...
Rethinking Activism in Lebanon: In the Era of Socioeconomic Collapse of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fouad, Mustafa; Ashour, Rim; Sheikh Ali, Sarah (The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, 2023)

This paper evaluates Lebanon’s compliance with its international obligations as outlined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Lebanon is a ratifying state. Moreover, the constitutional ...

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