Tag: Lebanon

  • Nation & World

    Resolving ethnic, religious violence

    The roughly three-year initiative is designed to further understanding of ethnic and religious violence while advancing solutions.

    4–5 minutes
    Assaad Chaftari,.
  • Nation & World

    Perilous plight for Syrian refugees in Lebanon

    Syrian refugees struggling in Lebanon are on the edge of catastrophe, according to a new report from the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights.

    5–8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Spotlight on the international

    Harvard is one of the world’s most international universities, with students and faculty from around the world. Overseas research and study abroad opportunities abound.

    5–7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    An ‘extraordinary moment’

    The protests that have rocked the Arab world in recent weeks have left many observers wondering if the region’s citizens will achieve self-government after decades of dictatorial rule. As Egyptians continued to demonstrate, a crowd flocked to the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Institute of Politics Feb. 3 to hear several Harvard analysts’…

    4–6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A friend in the Middle East

    If American leaders want help disentangling — and possibly even solving — complex problems in the Middle East, they should look to Saudi Arabia for leadership, said Prince Turki Al Faisal, former ambassador to the United States, in a talk at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics on Friday (Nov. 19).

    3–4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Doctor examines torture

    Author and Harvard doctor Atul Gawande explored the practice of solitary confinement in a lecture at Harvard Law School.

    3–4 minutes