Commentary
The decision of Lebanon’s parliament may look exceptional, but in reality it is not.
Issam Kayssi
{
"authors": [
"Ghida Tayara"
],
"type": "commentary",
"blog": "Diwan",
"centerAffiliationAll": "dc",
"centers": [
"Carnegie Endowment for International Peace",
"Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center"
],
"collections": [
"Three Question Time"
],
"englishNewsletterAll": "menaTransitions",
"nonEnglishNewsletterAll": "",
"primaryCenter": "Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center",
"programAffiliation": "MEP",
"programs": [
"Middle East"
],
"projects": [],
"regions": [
"Levant",
"Lebanon",
"Middle East",
"Syria"
],
"topics": [
"Political Reform"
]
}
Source: Getty
Commentary
The Meaning of Gone
In an interview, Lyna Comaty talks about Lebanon’s wartime disappeared and the difficulties faced by their families.
By Ghida Tayara
Published on Sep 9, 2020
Lyna Comaty holds a Ph.D. in development studies from the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies in Geneva. She is the author of Post-Conflict Transition in Lebanon: The Disappeared of the Civil War, published by Routledge in 2019. Comaty also lectures at the university level. Her research interests include political reform, peace building, and development. She is active politically and in civil society and regularly consults with local and international organizations. She is a founding member of the Act for the Disappeared nongovernmental organization and a member of the National Bloc Party. Diwan met with her in early September to discuss the wartime disappeared and how the postwar Lebanese state has dealt with their families.
About the Author
Ghida Tayara
Senior Digital and Web Coordinator
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
More Work from Diwan
- An Extension Under Fire
- Firepower Against WillpowerCommentary
In an interview, Naysan Rafati assesses the first week that followed the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran.
Michael Young
- What Is Israel’s Plan in Lebanon?Commentary
At heart, to impose unconditional surrender on Hezbollah and uproot the party among its coreligionists.
Yezid Sayigh
- Axis of Resistance or Suicide?Commentary
As Iran defends its interests in the region and its regime’s survival, it may push Hezbollah into the abyss.
Michael Young
- The Jamaa al-Islamiyya at a CrossroadsCommentary
The organization is under U.S. sanctions, caught between a need to change and a refusal to do so.
Mohamad Fawaz
