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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - MAY 12: U.S. Presidåçent Donald Trump boards Air Force One on May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Saudi Arabia, the first stop on his four-day Middle East visit and the first international trip of his second term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

DAWN Statement on President Trump's Scheduled Visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 09: Mohsen Mahdawi speaks at a protest on the Columbia University campus on November 9, 2023 in New York City. Mahdawi, a Columbia University student and green card holder, was arrested in Vermont by immigration officials on April 14, 2025. (Photo by Mukta Joshi/Getty Images)

Mohsen Mahdawi: The Peacemaker They Failed to Silence

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - MAY 12: U.S. Presidåçent Donald Trump boards Air Force One on May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Saudi Arabia, the first stop on his four-day Middle East visit and the first international trip of his second term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

DAWN Statement on President Trump's Scheduled Visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Authoritarian World Order: Impacts on the Middle East's Autocrats

Tag: Lebanon

Democracy In Exile

Assad's Fall Threatens to Reignite Decades of Sectarian Strife in Northern Lebanon

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A visitor tours the Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture at the National Museum of Beirut on November 7, 2024. The pavilion has chosen to open its doors to the public and provide a an environment of hope for all those wishing to discover its space dedicated to art and culture, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah group. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

In Lebanon, Art and Culture Respond to Another Moment of Intense Upheaval

December 27, 2024

Syrian Red Crescent rescuers attend to displaced people arriving from Lebanon at the Jdeidat Yabus border crossing in southwestern Syria on October 7, 2024. The head of the UN refugee agency warned on October 6 that civilians in Lebanon were caught in the crossfire as Israel's intensified bombardment campaign forced many to flee while others were trapped under fire. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Democracy In Exile

There Are No 'Safe Zones' in Syria for Refugees Forced to Return Home

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Democracy In Exile

War Again Shatters Life in Beirut, a Cultural Hub Constantly on Edge

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BEIRUT, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 27: A view of damaged area as Lebanese civil defense teams conduct search and rescue operation following the Israeli attacks as around 10 explosions are heard in the southern area of the capital Beirut, Lebanon on September 27, 2024. (Photo by Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images)

DAWN Statement in Response to Israel's Ground Invasion of Southern Lebanon

September 30, 2024

People check the rubble of buildings which were levelled on September 27 by Israeli strikes that targeted and killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs, on September 29, 2024. Israel killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in a huge air strike in Lebanon, dealing the movement a seismic blow that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 28 called a "turning point" for his country. (Photo by AFP)

Democracy In Exile

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