CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY IN LEBANON™

This page is dedicated to Opinions and Editorials by members of the CDL, by invited guests and by thinkers from around the world.

From time to time Don Quixote may jump in with an idea.

EDITORIALS

• July 25, 2005 --    Analyzing the Politics of Lebanese Society and the Importance of Dialogue (by Mohamad El-Zaatari)
• May 09, 2005 --    Rafic Hariri and Mahatma Gandhi
                            Three months with the promise of non-violence for the Middle East (by Chibli Mallat)
• May 04, 2005 --    From Yaron to Yale (by Carl Y. Saab)
• April 27, 2005 --    After Liberation: Time to Rebuild our Democracy (by Elie Al-Chaer)

Special Series:

• Nov 22, 2005 --    Beyond the Ceremonies
                           Lebanon's Independence: A work in Progress (An Independence Day Address by Elie Al-Chaer)
• Oct 23, 2005 --    The Road to Damascus: Perdition or Rebirth? (by Elie Al-Chaer)
• Oct 15, 2005 --    Son of a "Gone" - Survival of the Assad Regime (by Elie Al-Chaer)
• June 19, 2005 --   Congratulations to the Winners! Time to Elect a New Speaker (by Elie Al-Chaer)
• April 13, 2005 --    Thirty Years and Counting (by Elie Al-Chaer)

Opinion Articles:

• Dec 26, 2005 -- How can we establish a better Lebanon? (by Dr. Abdallah Hayar)
• Dec 15, 2005 -- العدل الإلهي والعدالة الإنسانية - شبلي ملاّط
• Nov 10, 2005 -- خواطر رئاسية (بقلم مروان ي. صادق)
• Oct 28, 2005 -- What the giraffe saw (by Carl Saab)
• Oct 15, 2005 -- ماذا تريد الادوات ويقول المريدون ؟ محمد سعيد الرز
• Aug 03, 2005 -- نحو انطلاقة جديدة للاقتصاد اللبناني (by Kamal Al-Chaer, Annahar)
• May 22, 2005 -- Lebanon's Election: Free but Not Fair (by Annia Ciezadlo, The Washington Post)
• May 18, 2005 -- Know Thy Enemy (by Carl Saab)
• Fall 0f 2003   --  Democracy in Lebanon: Anatomy of a Crisis (by Ghassan Tuéni)

Around the World:

• June 5, 2006 -- Apologie de la liberté d'expression (par Michel HAJJI GEORGIOU)

• Feb 11, 2006 -- By such little things is a man betrayed (by Robert Fisk)

• Jan 21, 2006 -- خطاب الأسد في المحامين بعيون لبنانية - إيلي الحاج

• Oct 09, 2005 -- US seeks new Syrian leader as pressure mounts. (by Guy Dinmore, The Financial Times)   
• Sep 29, 2005 -- Lonely leader amid swirling rumors: Bashar Assad is in a pickle, and has no easy way out (The Economist)
• July 25, 2005 -- When denial can kill (by Irshad Manji)
• July 12, 2005 -- Another terrorist explosion! A sign of a Lebanese power struggle? (Reform Lebanon)
• May 18, 2005 -- Le Liban, un État bananier? (by Marie Nassif Debs, L'Humanité)
• Apr 27, 2005 --  LEBANON'S HOLLOW VICTORY: Mission accomplished? Lebanese didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
                         (by Robert Fisk, The Independent)

DON QUIXOTE
{To read a translation of the "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes, visit The Literature Network}

• Aug 3, 2006 --      Birth Pangs or Last Rites
                                  Democracy in Lebanon: Between the Hammer of Israel and the Anvil of Hezbollah (by Don Quixote)
• Jan 15, 2006 --    The Shiites versus Lebanon
                        A strategic Plan or a Case of Misunderstanding? (by Don Quixote)
• Dec 19, 2005 --    The Birth of Outrage
                            Dedicated to the Memory of Gebran Tueini (by Don Quixote)
• Oct 12, 2005 --    Ghazi Kanaan’s Mysterious Death
                           An Organic Problem or a Threat to the Assad Regime? (by Don Quixote)
• Sep 15, 2005 --    A New War in Lebanon or a Coup d’état in Syria… Necessary Alternatives for Calm in Iraq? (by Don Quixote)
• Aug 23, 2005 --    From New Jdeideh to Zalka… Over Nahr el-Mot.
                           Terrorism, Federalism or a Petty Theft? A Theoretical Approach (by Don Quixote)
• June 13, 2005 --   The Secular Dimension of the "General's Victory" (by Rabih Lubnan)
• May 15, 2005 --    Bkerki’s Revolt and the Establishment’s Star Wars: Attack of the Clones or Return of the Jedi (by Don Quixote)