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A new Europe after Brexit! …?

In haze of the wake of events following a Brexit that actually became real, there are a lot of thoughts floating around. Mostly, there are fears and questions, sure, but there is also a bit of hope out there –

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On Gay Pride and Homophobia

The annual Sofia Gay Pride took place on the 18th of June this year and as usual, the event was surrounded by controversy, negativity and backlash from the public.

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The tentacles of sectarianism

In a talk about his recent book The Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon, Bassel Salloukh introduces the country’s peculiar consociationalism, its sectarian political elite and how failed postwar policies serve the clientelist logic of the systems resilience.

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The Banana Republic of Lebanon

The political fallout between Lebanon’s political groups over withdrawn Saudi funding exposed a dysfunctional state in which citizens suffer from a corrupt political elite and a deteriorating quality of life.

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Mehrere Leben gleichzeitig leben

Mit dem Roman Other Lives lieferte Iman Humaydan-Younis einen Denkanstoß dazu, was es bedeutet, sein Land während eines Krieges zu verlassen. Im Fokus steht zwar der Libanon, die Erfahrungen und Emotionen der Protagonistin lassen sich aber auf jedes andere Land und

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