Elie H. Abouaoun

October 23, 2016

Unlocking Refugees Economic Potential

Over the past four years, the Zaatari refugee camp [1] along Jordan’s border with Syria has undergone a jarring transformation. What was once a desolate desert settlement has become a bustling, oddly vibrant city of 80,000.
May 27, 2016

أزمة اللاجئين بين التزامات لبنان وهاجس التوطين

http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/258585
May 20, 2016

Comments on the naturalization of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

The officials and most of the public opinion in Lebanon don’t bother reading a document they want to criticize or comment. The report attributed to the UNSG, subject of today’s controversy, is nothing but a set of recommendations in preparation for a meeting that will take place in New York in Sep 2016.
May 3, 2016

بيروت مدينتي ما لها و ما عليها

تكثر التعليقات حول مبادرة "بيروت مدينتي". و في حمى الانتخابات تكاد لا تجد الا من يؤيد المبادرة حتى الموت أو من ينعتها بأبشع الصفات.
April 5, 2016

الفصل التثقيف في مجال حقوق الإنسان في الجامعات العربية

الفصل التثقيف في مجال حقوق الإنسان في الجامعات العربية

February 8, 2016

It is not too late to renounce violence and think creatively of a win-win solution

The region today faces riddles that go even beyond the fate of Assad, ISIS and other terrorist groups. It's time for a new approach, Dr. Elie Abouaoun writes.

January 23, 2016

Comments on the agreement between Michel Aoun and Samir Geagea

A friend asked me why I did not comment on the recent “reconciliation” between Aoun and Geagea. My answer was that there is no “reconciliation”

January 16, 2016

Comments on the article: The Ottoman Empire

In December 2015, the Economist published an article about the Ottoman Empire and how the remaining offspring of the then Caliph looks at the behavior of the “Caliphate”.

January 10, 2016

Radio Interview about Syria’s humanitarian crisis

Mexico begins the process of extraditing El Chapo to the United States, how scientists plan to photograph a Black Hole, Lemmy is laid to rest, and the greatest Elvis era and song is the subject for tonight's Virtual Jukebox.

January 8, 2016

Peace Building in the Middle East

2015 was the year of the further disastrous turn in the Syrian civil war, and the year of the rise of the terror state ISIS. As 2016 begins, what are the prospects, amidst the air strikes, terror and counter-terror attempts, and city-by-city militia battles, for peacemaking in the terror-afflicted states of the Middle East and North Africa?
October 27, 2015

Q&A The Russian Intervention in Syria

Russia's military involvement in Syria has further complicated a four-year-long civil war that the United Nations says has killed more than 250,000 people and driven half the population from their homes.
August 24, 2015

Comments on the waste management crisis in Lebanon

Comments Lebanon (waste management) crisis – August 2015 (as of 24 Aug)

July 22, 2015

تعليق عن عقوبة الاعدام في لبنان

تعليق عن عقوبة الاعدام في لبنان

July 9, 2015

Beating the Islamic State wont fix Iraq problems

The country's extremist problem goes way beyond ISIS. And unless the state fixes its governance troubles, it will have to fight this war all over again