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  • 2 Sep 2011
    Why the Lebanese Church has not spoken out against Assad

    Events in Syria, though making headlines across the globe, and impacting the lives of everyone inside the country have left the Church in Lebanon tongue-tied it appears. Aline Sara, news editor of NOW Lebanon reflects on the political, religious, social and cultural issues which have led many Lebanese and Syrian Christians to refrain from criticising the regime for its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

  • 4 Jun 2011
    The situation of Christians in Syria

    A few days ago Aline Sara wrote a significant piece for NOW Lebanon, entitled 'Should Syrian Christians be afraid?' Sara starts off with a chilling reminder.

  • 18 Apr 2011
    Lebanon urged to investigate people missing from civil war

    The Lebanese authorities are being urged to establish an independent commission to investigate fully the fates of thousands of missing since the civil war.

  • 1 Apr 2011
    Critical Arab thinking and cultural malaise

    Elizabeth Kassab is a scholar of philosophy, and taught for many years at the American University in Beirut and Balamand University in Lebanon. Here she is interviewed about the “Arab malaise” from a political, rather than cultural perspective, and in a post-colonial, rather than exceptionally Arab, context.

  • 26 Dec 2010
    European Parliament backing for hard pressed Christians in Iraq

    The European Parliament has officially welcomed a delegation of Christian leaders from Iraq and Lebanon at its last plenary session of the year.

  • 16 Aug 2010
    Lebanese broadcasters cancel controversial Jesus programme

    A programme about Jesus filmed from an Islamic perspective was cancelled by two Shi'ite Muslim television stations in Lebanon last week.

  • 16 Jul 2010
    Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon and the Middle East

    Lebanon provides fecund ground for diverse proxy influences, plots and even wars in disguise, says Harry Hagopian. It is a mistake to ignore it in the context of wider Middle East and global concerns

  • 7 Apr 2010
    Remember Lebanon's heritage and trials

    This text and podcast is the third of five reflective radio talks for Easter from Harry Hagopian, focusing on the presence, life and witness of the often-forgotten historic Christian communities across the Middle East. Today, attention turns to the beautiful country of Lebanon, a cradle of faith, yet buffeted by one crisis after another.

  • 26 Jun 2009
    Report reveals vital role of refugees

    Palestinian refugees inject US$350 million into Lebanon’s economy every year despite being barred from many highly-paid professions, says a report by Association Najdeh

  • 18 Apr 2008
    Welcoming migrants is not optional, says world church body

    Migration is a fact of life, an instinct to survive and an inevitable consequence of globalization - something we can neither turn our backs on it nor control, declared a statement of participants at a faith-led public hearing in Beirut.