Lebanon. Lebanon’s Student Movement: A New Political Player? (Kareem Chehayeb, Tala Majzoub, Arab Reform Initiative)

September 10, 2021

Students of Secular Club of the American University of Beirut (AUB) hold banner reading in Arabic ‘education right for all’ during a protest in front AUB building in Beirut, Lebanon, 29 December 2020. © EPA-EFE/NABIL MOUNZER

The victory of independent student groups in student council elections in late 2020 was hailed as a milestone in the fight against the influence of traditional sectarian political parties in Lebanon. This paper examines the significance of these student elections and the renewed mobilization of the student body. It aims to better understand the politics and strategies of the new student groups, notably their understanding of notions like independence, and attempts to address the role that these student groups can eventually play in national politics.

Lebanon’s Student Movement: A New Political Player? – Arab Reform Initiative (arab-reform.net)

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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