Article: LEBANON, THE CRUCIBLE

Article: The rise and decline of Lebanon's Shi'ites.
The New Leader;  February 22, 1988 ;     700+ words ...The Rise and Decline of Lebanon's Shi'ites MARINE Lieutenant Colonel ... fringe element. To appreciate Lebanon's Shi'ite community as a whole ... following the 1982 Israeli invasion, Lebanon's Shi'ites in fact started to shake ...

Article: Lebanon's Shi'as: a long march out of the shadows: ...
History Today;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... interest in Hezbollah, and the Shi'a of Lebanon. Never before has a clear understanding ... perhaps did most to bring the Shi'a of Lebanon into the political mainstream ... the Arab inheritance of the Shi'a of Lebanon, and also the long standing ...

Article: A third option for Lebanon's Shi'a?
The Arab American News;  May 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... advisor for the High Shi'a Religious Court ... dialogue efforts across Lebanon, added that opposition ... Why does the Shi'a community in Lebanon need an alternative ... Lebaneseness of the Shi'a. So we are also celebrating Lebanon's independence ...

Article: LEBANON: SHI'A ISLAMIC COUNCIL LEADER EXTENDS ...
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  March 15, 2004 ;     572 words ...According to IINA, Abdul Ameer Qablan, the deputy head of Lebanon's Supreme Shi'a Islamic Council, has added its condemnation of the explosions that were perpetrated in Madrid, capital of Spain. He said ...

Article: The Shi'a of Lebanon.(The Shi'a of ...
The Middle East;  November 1, 2005 ;     668 words ...THE SHI'A OF LEBANON Clans, Parties and Clerics ... sterling] hardback The Shi'a of Lebanon have emerged in the last ... Israeli forces from South Lebanon in 2000. The author explores ... development of a unique Shi'a political consciousness ...

Article: LEBANON: An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in ...
The Middle East Journal;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon, by Lara Deeb. Princeton ... kind of timeless reality among Lebanon's Shi'ite population. Rather, Deeb ... populations (e.g., within Lebanon; among Shi'a; across the Middle East ...

Article: Between Palestine and Lebanon: Seven Shi'i Villages ...
The Middle East Journal;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... of the only seven Shi'i villages in Mandatory ... between Palestine and Lebanon (1919-1924) and ... on the only seven Shi'i villages in Mandatory ... became refugees in Lebanon in 1948, together ... Palestinian refugees in Lebanon from 1948-1994 ... increasing strength of the Shi'i community ...