Essays about: "The Lebanese civil war"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words The Lebanese civil war.

  1. 1. Remembering the Lebanese Civil War

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Simon Nissen; [2022]
    Keywords : Lebanese civil war; memory; belonging; identity; discourse.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examines the memory of the Lebanese civil war, and the sense of belonging to contemporary Lebanon by interviewing Lebanese immigrants residing in Sweden. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with Lebanese who have personal experiences and interests in the war. READ MORE

  3. 2. Divide and rule : A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Hassan Nasrallah’s speech about Christians after the clashes on 14 October 2021

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

    Author : Annie Wernersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Hezbollah; Hassan Nasrallah; Christians; Muslims; 14 October 2021; Lebanon; Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of how sectarian tensions can be harnessed, nourished and spread in Lebanon. It does so through a case study on the speech delivered by Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, on 18 October 2021, where he accused the Christian party, and former militia, the Lebanese Forces for killing seven Shia Muslims in a protest four days earlier. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gender relations and sexuality in Arab women’s writing: A narratological reading of Hanan al-Shaykh’s novel Ḥikāyat Zahra

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier

    Author : Mary Zaia; [2021]
    Keywords : Gender; Sexuality; Lebanon; Arabic literature; Narratology; Hanan al-Shaykh;

    Abstract : This thesis examines gender relations in the war novel Ḥikāyat Zahra (1989) by the Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh. The analysis focuses on interpersonal relations among male and female characters in the novel as well as perceptions of gender and sexuality within a patriarchal order as depicted in the writing of Hanan al-Shaykh. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Art of Reconciliation - Understanding art from the October revolution through multimodal discourse analysis as a part of a reconciliation process in Lebanon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hanna Bergman; [2020]
    Keywords : reconciliation; multimodal discourse analysis; Lebanon; the October Revolution; art and peacebuilding; societal beliefs; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The art of the October revolution 2019 in Lebanon expresses narrative processes that this thesis argues can be understood as a part of the Lebanese reconciliation process relating to the civil war of 1975-1990. Following an understanding of reconciliation as a process focused on transforming relationships on mainly a societal level, and emphasizing the connection between art and shaping narratives, these findings illuminate ongoing reconciliatory change in Lebanon. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Right to Know: A case study of the truth-seeking process of missing and forcibly disappeared person’s contribution to reconciliation in Lebanon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ulrikke Dyrholm; [2019]
    Keywords : Transitional justice; unofficial truth-seeking; thin reconciliation; Lebanon; missing and forcibly disappeared persons.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : When the Lebanese civil war ended in 1990, the government estimated 17,415 persons missing or forcibly disappeared, of which most fates remain unknown. This thesis examines the truth-seeking process of the missing and forcibly disappeared people and its contribution to the reconciliation process in the context of Lebanon. READ MORE