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.

    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.

    7 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.

    6 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’…

    5 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).

    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 minutes