October 2013

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Eugene Rogan

Dr. Eugene Rogan’s spoke about his recent book ‘The Arabs: A History’ (published by Allen Lane November 2009). Dr. Rogan is a Faculty Fellow and University Lecturer in the Modern History of the Middle East at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, where he serves as Director of the Middle East Centre. The book is an authoritative…

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Tim Llwellyn

Tim Llwellyn, whose book ‘Spirit of the Phoenix: Beirut and the Story of Lebanon’, published by I.B. Tauris, spoke about the dangers for Lebanon and about the British media’s continued lack of enterprise and balance in reporting on Lebanon in particular – and its neighbours in general – in covering Hezbollah, the Lebanese South, the…

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Rami Khoury

Rami’s appointment in 2005 as the Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut follows a long career in journalism in the Middle East, especially in Jordan and Lebanon where he still serves as editor at large of the Beirut- based Daily Star newspaper. His…

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Philip Mansel

Dr. Mansel, who made his reputation as a historian and authority on nineteenth century France, and later wrote two excellent works on Constantinople and the Ottoman Empire, has very recently published a highly acclaimed book entitled ‘Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean’ where the Levant is seen through the history of three key cities,…

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Nadim Houry

Nadim Houry is Human Rights Watch’s senior researcher for Lebanon and Syria and the director of the Beirut office. His talk was entitled ‘Is Lebanon Reformable?’ In the course of his work Nadim has documented violations of international humanitarian law during the July 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. He has also researched human rights…

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Lord Michael Williams

Lord Michael Williams talked about “Lebanon and the UN After the 2006 War”. Lord Michael Williams was the UN Special Coordinator in Lebanon from 2008 to 2011 appointed by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. He will offered his perspectives on the latest developments in the region, especially relating to Lebanon. Lord Williams is very…

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H.E. Ambassador Tom Fletcher

DINNER LECTURE H.E. AMBASSADOR TOM FLETCHER HELD AT THE SLOANE CLUB, ON 16th SEPTEMBER 2012 AT 7:30 PM Our guest of honour was  Ambassador Tom Fletcher, who is currently serving as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Lebanon. He shared his insights on the current situation in Lebanon, and offered his perspective on the conflict in Syria…

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Prospects

The Demobilisation of the Lebanese Militias Elizabeth Picard/ ISBN 1 870552 64 4 The Waters of the Litani in Regional Context John Kolars and Thomas Naff/ ISBN 1 870552 19 9 The Reconstruction of Beirut Oussama Kabbani/ ISBN 1 870552 34 2 The Questions of South Lebanon Fida Nasrallah/ ISBN 1 870552 39 3 The Document of National Understanding:…

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List of Books

Rethinking Education for Social Cohesion – Edited by Maha Shuayb Breaking the Cycle – Civil wars in Lebanon – Edited by Youssef M Choueiri / ISBN 10:1905299532 – ISBN 13: 9781905299539 Distant Relations – Iran and Lebanon in the last 500 years – Edited by H.E. Chehabi and Hassan Mneimneh / ISBN 9781860645617 Lebanon and Arabism, 1936-1945 –…

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