Original poetry by Democracy Chronicles contributor Hassan Elhage, an undergraduate student at New York University with a strong interest in human rights, political ideology, and American and international politics.
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News about the struggle for better democracy in Lebanon. Lebanon has suffered from the violent conflict in neighboring Syria. Lebanon's precarious power sharing agreements are a potential tinderbox and corruption and mismanagement are the norm. Also check out our section on World Democracy or our articles on the Middle East.
Lebanon Holds First Parliamentary Vote in 9 Years
Under Lebanon’s system, voters cast 2 votes: 1 for a list of candidates and another for their candidate within that list
Local Tensions Flare Up Before Lebanese Election
Incidents of political violence are casting a shadow over Lebanon’s first general election in nine years
VIDEO: Feminism and Censorship in Arab Comic Books
Lebanese comic book artist Zainab Fasiki recently gave a talk on the interplay of feminism with Arab world’s censorship
Record number of Lebanon women register to run in election
A record number of women have registered to stand in Lebanon’s first legislative elections in nine years
A new Lebanese historical film has become a national obsession
Many called for film “The Insult” to be banned. Jordan and the seven Persian Gulf countries complied.
Lebanese film gets Oscar nod, and the filmmaker gets arrested
Forty years after it started submitting films to the Oscars, Lebanon got its first nomination for best foreign language film
Why few Lebanese women make it into parliament
Lebanon is campaigning to get at least five times more women elected to parliament this spring in its first vote in nearly 10 years, the country’s first women’s affairs minister says. With diverse religious groups and women in prominent positions in the business world and the media, but female politicians unable to find their way […]
Impasse May Permanently Cripple Lebanese Electoral Reforms
Ministers have expressed clear stances towards the implementation of the reforms, in the wake of sharp disputes over the adoption of the biometric voting card
Lebanese Entrepreneur Turns Beirut Slum Into Vast Canvas
For one entrepreneur Beirut’s Ouzai neighborhood is the perfect canvas upon which to paint dreams