Panel discussion with
Mohammed Almahfali, CMES, Lund University
Mark LeVine, CMES, Lund University, University of Californa Irvine, UCLA
Kholoud Mansour, iMMAP
Maria Malmström, CMES, Lund University
Charlotta Sparre, Director of the Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa
Moderator Karin Aggestam, CMES, Lund University
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Street Solidarity: A Report on Lebanon’s ‘October Revolution’
Author: Erin Cory (Malmö University)
2020
FIELD
Abstract
A report from November 2019, when the revolution was at its beginning.
“The sit-ins and dance parties feel long ago indeed in the face of mounting desperation. Lebanese politics has never lent itself to neat conclusions. Modes of dissent and solidarity, too, quickly change in color and scope in Lebanon, depending on what the moment calls for. We might expect the revolution – and the protests that carry it – to continue in some form, even if only, for the moment, online.”
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