This article uncovers the interactions between Greek War of Independence and Ottoman district Mount Lebanon. forces made corsairing raids on Syria-Lebanon coast, sometimes leading governors to retaliate against local Christians. A more substantial attempt was draw district’s quasi-autonomous ruler, Emir Bashir al-Shihabi, into an alliance with revolutionary Greeks, a major assault Beirut in 182...

Unemployment hysteresis of Middle East and North African (MENA) countries is investigated under a battery unit root testing frameworks in the extant literature, including recently proposed Panel SUR Dickey-Fuller-like test with Fourier Exponential Smooth Transition Regression (ESTR) nonlinearities. The function allows for smooth nonlinear breaks, while ESTR nonlinearity instantaneous breaks. tw...

This article takes the autofictional trauma cinema created by Lebanese artists and film-makers Joana Hadjithomas Khalil Joreige in their Je veux voir [‘I want to see’] (2008) as a case study that demonstrates potential value of film-analytical methodology grounded concept cinéma-monde. A Franco-Lebanese co-production starring Catherine Deneuve, occupies hybrid generic position between documenta...

BACKGROUND Lebanon is faced with a particular challenge because of large socioeconomic inequality and accelerated demographic transition. Rural residents seem more vulnerable because of limited access to transport, health and social services. No information is available regarding health, nutrition and living conditions of this specific population. The purpose of the AMEL (Aging and Malnutrition...

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that higher multi-morbidity rates among people with low socioeconomic status produces and maintains poverty. Our research explores the relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and multi-morbidity among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, a marginalized and impoverished population. METHODS A representative sample of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon was surveyed, ...