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"Nadim Houry",
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Tripoli From the Brink? Addressing the Underlying Challenges , May, 7, 2014
Wed, May 7th, 2014
Beirut
Tripoli has become the focal point for much of the conflict in Lebanon, with the locus of this conflict centered in the Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen neighborhoods. Due in part to the ongoing fighting and deep-seated hatred between these two communities, as well as the effective absence of the Lebanese state, the instability has had a far more pronounced impact on Tripoli than most areas of Lebanon.
The Carnegie Middle East Center and Human Rights Watch hosted a public conference focusing on the sectarian dynamics and the socioeconomic challenges influencing the conflict in Tripoli in the Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen neighborhoods. It sought to evaluate the Lebanese state’s response to the Tripoli conflict in terms of security provision, protection of civilians, and socioeconomic relief. During this conference, experts presented the challenges of the internal conflict in Tripoli while juxtaposing it with the larger Lebanese and regional context.
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Event Speakers
Ahmad Al Ayoubi
Samer Annous
Samer Annous is chairman of the English department at the University of Balamand.
Sahar Atrash
Adib Eit
Khaldoun El Sharif
Lama Fakih
Lama Fakih is Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa director and the director of the Beirut office.
Fawaz Hamdi
Nadim Houry
The executive director of the Arab Reform Initiative.
Nadim Houry is the executive director of the Arab Reform Initiative. Previously, he was at Human Rights Watch where he opened and ran the Beirut office, before taking on the role of director of HRW’s Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Program.
Rashid Jemali
Lina Khatib
Former Director, Middle East Center
Khatib was director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Previously, she was the co-founding head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.
Raphaël Lefèvre
Former Nonresident Scholar, Middle East Center
Raphaël Lefèvre was a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research focuses on Sunni Islamist movements in Lebanon.
Chamseen Mohammad
Nabil Sari
Yezid Sayigh
Senior Fellow, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
Yezid Sayigh is a senior fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he leads the program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States (CMRAS). His work focuses on the comparative political and economic roles of Arab armed forces, the impact of war on states and societies, the politics of postconflict reconstruction and security sector transformation in Arab transitions, and authoritarian resurgence.