Scholars argue that consociationalism has become the preferred institutional tool of choice
for the international community when seeking an end to civil war. This paper argues that …

Abstract Although Iraq and Lebanon are deeply divided societies, they have followed
varying political trajectories. Whilst Lebanon has accommodated sectarianism within a …

Social movement studies have addressed the issue of nostalgia within two perspectives,
focusing, respectively, on emotions and on memory. Our contribution looks at nostalgia in …

The purpose of this Special Issue is to examine the nature, causes, and consequences of
the Middle East's current sectarian surge. Specifically, how might sectarianism and regime …

Analyzing the confluence between coloniality and activist art, Art Activism for an Anticolonial
Future argues that there is much to gain from approaching contemporary politically …

Psychological factors that encourage—as well as discourage—participation in social protest
are often overlooked in the social sciences. In this article, we draw together recent …

The modern state of Lebanon, created after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, is home to
eighteen officially recognised different religious communities (or sects). Crucially, political …

This article examines the material-discursive assemblages at work in Security Force
Assistance (SFA) programs. Departing from the idea that SFA follows a patron-client type …

This paper argues that consociational power‐sharing in the Arab world is intrinsically
counter‐revolutionary. The academic debate on consociational power‐sharing has largely …

In Visions of Beirut Hatim El-Hibri explores how the creation and circulation of images have
shaped the urban spaces and cultural imaginaries of Beirut. Drawing on fieldwork and texts …