ELECTRONIC LEBANON
Electronic Lebanon, a project from the Electronic Intifada, offers commentary, analysis, human rights and development information, and voices from on the ground. Quality submissions are welcomed, preferably from contributors with an organisational affiliation.
Matthew Cassel
18 March 2010
 One would think that the British government -- considering its history in the Middle East of colonizing and partitioning the land and overthrowing governments, and its current support of undemocratic and dictatorial regimes while occupying two nations in the greater region -- would be wary of sending its representatives to offer advice to Arab nations on how best to achieve their right to self-determination. Matthew Cassel comments. [MORE]
Sami Halabi
11 February 2010
 Fifteen years of civil war followed by 20 years of civil strife have cemented the role of Lebanon's leaders as bulwarks of their communities. If any serious sectarian reform begins to occur, hereditary inheritance and the defense of the tribe will cease to be sufficient reasons for these figures to retain their statuses. That is a prospect Lebanon's politicians can hardly be expected to accept. Sami Halabi comments for Electronic Lebanon. [MORE]
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LIVE FROM LEBANON: DIARIES
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Mary Pole
7 July 2009
 Fadi looked up and pointed at the rain. "This is like our life. We hate the rain. But we can't change it so we will stay under it." This rain appeared all the more invasive when picking lemons in winter. It is a cold, wet and miserable task, for the equivalent of $7 a day. A task only perceived to be fit for Palestinians in Lebanon. Despite Fadi's postgraduate qualification in accounting and fluency in English, he rightly pointed out that "I can't be a lawyer, I can't be a doctor ... Seventy-two jobs I can't do." Mary Pole writes from the al-Buss refugee camp. [MORE]
Curtis Bell
8 February 2009
 My wife Linda and I went back to Beirut, Lebanon recently to visit the American Community School that I graduated from in the 1950s. One of the counselors at the school, an American named David Bakis, has started a project to bring some cheer into the lives of children in the Palestinian refugee camps near Beirut. No easy task. Curtis Bell writes from the United States. [MORE]
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Ahmed Moor and Deen Sharp
26 March 2010
 The relationship between the Lebanese government and the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon is changing. The process of redefining the old relationship began explosively with the battle and subsequent demolition of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, near the northern city of Tripoli, in 2007. Now the Lebanese army is erecting a barrier around the nearby Baddawi refugee camp because of "security concerns." Ahmed Moor and Deen Sharp report for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Video
16 March 2010
 Nahr al-Bared refugee camp has still not recovered from the devastating war in 2007 during which it was destroyed. The Lebanese army has been keeping a tight grip on the camp and the 20,000 displaced Palestinians who have returned so far. This 30-minute film documents various consequences of the siege on Nahr al-Bared. Merchants and artisans explain their specific problems and a UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) project manager, a project coordinator of the Palestinian-Arab Women League, the president of Nahr al-Bared's Merchants' Committee and a researcher provide their views and thoughts on the issue. [MORE]
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Ray Smith
30 December 2009
 NAHR AL-BARED (North Lebanon) (IPS) - The hip-hop beats ringing through the muddy, unlit streets of this burnt-out Palestinian refugee camp seem incongruous. But the rhymes are camp-grown -- and courageous. Farhan Abu Siyam, 21, is Nahr al-Bared's first and only rapper. Going by the name of MC Tamarrod, he grew up in the Palestinian refugee camps of Nahr al-Bared and Burj al-Barajne. [MORE]
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Podcasts
EI's Nigel Parry on Free Speech Radio News (17 August 2006)
EI discusses "diplomacy" in Lebanon on Flashpoints, Audio, Flashpoints.net (26 July 2006)
EI's Laurie King-Irani on CBC discussing Canada and Lebanon, Audio, CBC (23 July 2006)
EI's Ali Abunimah appears on KPFK discussing Lebanon, Audio, KPFK (20 July 2006)
EI's Ali Abunimah on WBAI 99.5, Audio, "Middle East Exploding!", WBAI, New York City (17 July 2006)
EI's Laurie King on KPFK Pacifica, Audio, Middle East in Focus, KPFK, CA (14 July 2006)
EI on KPFK to discuss Israel's invasion of Lebanon, Audio, KPFK (13 July 2006)
EI's Ali Abunimah speaks about the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Audio, Flashpoints.net (13 July 2006)
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