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Michael Young
Editor, Diwan, Senior Editor, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

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Michael Young is a senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and editor of Diwan, Carnegieโ€™s Middle East blog.

Previously, he was opinion editor, as well as a columnist, for the Daily Star newspaper in Lebanon. He writes a biweekly commentary for the National (Abu Dhabi) and is author of The Ghosts of Martyrs Square: An Eyewitness Account of Lebanonโ€™s Life Struggle. The book was selected by the Wall Street Journal as one of its ten notable books of 2010, and won the Silver Prize in the Washington Institute for Near East Policyโ€™s book prize competition of 2010.

He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut and of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

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Lebanonโ€™s Inescapable Realities

As the country prepares for a presidential election, its margin of maneuver is very narrow.

ยท January 8, 2025
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Lebanonโ€™s Future in a Handful of Words

An important measure of Hezbollahโ€™s strength will be whether the next government adopts an old formulation.

ยท December 17, 2024
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A Lot of Gray in Going Green

In an interview, Yezid Sayigh discusses how military-managed projects in Egypt can advance environmental objectives.

ยท December 6, 2024
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