In a single week of June 2026, Lebanese citizens were confronted by a succession of pivotal moments: an American–Iranian memorandum of understanding that named Lebanon in its very first clause; a provocative statement by the speaker of Iran's parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf...

Within Lebanon’s Shiite community, it is not only political positions that have changed; the very standards by which positions are formed have also been transformed. What counts as dignity? What is tolerated as humiliation? How is victory understood? And when, if ever, is it permissible to acknowledge defeat?

Selective reporting is a form of disinformation that relies on highlighting certain information while omitting other relevant facts in a way that serves a pre-established narrative. This type of disinformation does not necessarily depend on outright fabrication; rather, it operates by rearranging reality itself, emphasizing some aspects while marginalizing others.

In his recent address, Mohammad Raad, head of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc, presents a crisis that extends far beyond the realm of war itself. It is a crisis of meaning, identity, function, and historical purpose.Despite its heavily mobilizational language, saturated with religious and ideological references....

Once these economic, service-related, healthcare, educational, and other pillars begin to erode, remaining becomes greater than what people can bear. At that point, displacement is no longer a choice, but rather the natural outcome of an increasingly harsh and collapsing reality.

My mother woke up, and I imagine that in her mind were images of the gunfire that used to accompany threats and airstrikes during the war. She asked whether there had been some new threat. “Is there anything on the news?”

The people of southern Lebanon waited anxiously for the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel to come into effect—a temporary ten-day truce that, according to Donald Trump, could pave the way toward a comprehensive agreement...

My mother was in Hayy al-Sellom—also known as Hayy al-Karama—on Black Wednesday, when Israel targeted a building just one hundred meters away from the one where my family lives. My mother was there with some of my brothers, sisters, and grandchildren...

And yet speaking remains a necessity—even at the level of individuals, and even in its most minimal form—as a way of confronting the dominant narrative and breaking the “echo chambers”...

Did Lebanese Shiites truly possess the ability to choose? And can choosing between the bad and the worse really be considered a free choice? If options are absent or severely limited, does that absolve people of responsibility?

Running parallel to this collective migration into history—which becomes especially visible during occasions dominated by emotional and affective dimensions—we can observe a growing interest within Hezbollah society in the history of the Shiites in Lebanon.

I carried nothing with me but a single bag on the day people were driven out of the southern suburbs of Beirut—the day of the great threat. Just one bag, too small to hold my first wish: that I could somehow squeeze this entire home into it.

What everyone feared has happened. Thisat reckless party, which for decades has mortgaged our fate to metaphysical command, to the interests of others, and to calculations beyond our borders, has taken its most dangerous decision...

As Lebanon approaches its parliamentary elections, debate is once again intensifying over the position of Shiite women in political life.

Relocation from the southern suburb does not constitute a mass displacement phenomenon, despite the fact that some families—especially those with children—are seeking safer areas.

Al-Aamili believes that the distortion of the Karbala uprising began with the rise the Islamic political movements.

In the context of Hezbollah, the economy that it has sought to build over the years can be seen as an ideological fantasy, presenting itself as an entity resisting imperialism...

Women's dress, especially in religious or «resistance» contexts, becomes a mechanism for reproducing the social and gender system...

In the eastern part of Lebanon...

It is illogical for a person to continue with his intellectual approach and follow its dictates if the resulting consequences, in reality, lead to undesirable outcomes.

“Oh Nawaf, listen carefully... At your service, O Nasrallah,” with these words, a significant number of fans of the Lebanese Nejmeh club greeted Prime Minister Nawaf Salam....

On February 18, 2025 the Israeli army withdrew from the southern border villages in Lebanon while maintaining its presence in five strategic points....

Between human being and art, there is some sort of connection that it is difficult to accurately date its beginning, but it goes back...

The Taif Agreement, in one way or another, marked a new beginning for internal Lebanese coexistence and external relations. Since then, one could say—though this statement is tinged with a degree of illusion

The concepts of state and authority have evolved through various phases, transitioning from overlap to separation. The state can be broadly defined as a network of institutions responsible for organizing the affairs of society or the people.

"Thank God who liberated us," was a phrase uttered by an elderly woman from Southern Lebanon in 2000 following the Israeli army’s withdrawal from the South and Western Bekaa. This statement, which reflected the Southern accent of the woman...

Power, in all its forms, constitutes one of the most essential foundations of politics. Those involved in politics and its language often distinguish between the "power of logic" and the "logic of power," the latter being synonymous with violence.

The year 2005 was not an ordinary one in Lebanese history. On February 14, amid Valentine's Day celebrations, the motorcade of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was struck by a massive explosion near the St. George Hotel...

Experts in human development studies almost unanimously agree that childhood is the most critical and sensitive stage of human life.

Despite the lack of legal and official authorization for Hezbollah—since forming political parties or associations within the Islamic Republic framework is considered theologically a "Western heresy" ...