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Nahas on the State of #Lebanon’s Political #Economy
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/23806

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One result of the commodification of education, according to former Labor Minister Charbel Nahas, is seeing young people resort to private higher education, thinking that they are buying “a degree from the university” and they will surely succeed since they followed society’s prescribed path. After all, “without a degree, they cannot follow in their parents’ footsteps at work or migrate elsewhere.” Nahas pointed out that the decline in public education has been accompanied by an increase in the cost of education by 200 percent and an increase in the cost of living by 120 percent in just a decade and a (...)

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Striking Lebanese faculty: “We are sick of your games”
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Striking #Lebanese_University (LU) lecturers gathered outside the Grand Serail Thursday to call on the cabinet to approve their full-time contracts. The part-time faculty, threatening to continue with their boycott of classes and exams, gathered in defiance of their university’s president who had urged them to return to class in a statement issued the previous day. “We are sick and tired of your games!” cried out a lecturer, speaking to LBCI, who had been commuting from the Bekaa to Beirut and back for the last six years to see his contract finalized. read more

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#Lebanese_University #lecturers to protest Thursday for contracts
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Lebanese University (LU) lecturers renewed calls Wednesday for full-time contracts and the appointment of new deans to the state-run university in a statement carried by the National News Agency. The striking faculty members also announced a protest outside the Grand Serail — the prime minister’s headquarters — to urge the government to respond to their demands. read more

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#Lebanese_University lecturers renew calls for contracts
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanese-university-lecturers-renew-calls-contracts

Holding up banners that condemned politicians’ “disregard” and “neglect,” striking Lebanese University (LU) faculty and their student supporters gathered Wednesday morning outside the Dean’s office near the capital to demand full-time contracts. In a statement carried by the National News Agency, a committee of faculty members urged lawmakers to return to Parliament and end the political stalemate which has stalled legislation to provide the lecturers with “occupational stability.” read more

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#Lebanese_University Study: Special Tribunal for #Lebanon (STL) has no authority over the Lebanese
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanese-university-study-special-tribunal-lebanon-stl-has-no-aut

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STL officials at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) #STL officials at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

In a legal study conducted with the aim of defending the “existence of the Lebanese justice system as a whole,” the Faculty of Law and Political and Administrative Sciences concluded that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has no authority over the Lebanese population. The study judged that any body must first be established by law to acquire a judicial capacity; otherwise, it would not have the power to issue rulings restricting freedoms. The study highlighted irregularities in the establishment and funding of the STL, calling on parliament to pass laws regulating the work of (...)

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#Ashura Rituals and #amal Oaths on #Lebanese_University Campus
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/ashura-rituals-and-amal-oaths-lebanese-university-campus

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The circular has not been enforced. At the Faculty of Information, the place is wrapped in black for Ashura, while slogans for the religious occasion are everywhere and recordings mourning Hussein can be heard in every corner. (Photo: Archive - Alia Haju) The circular has not been enforced. At the Faculty of Information, the place is wrapped in black for Ashura, while slogans for the religious occasion are everywhere and recordings mourning Hussein can (...)

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