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Saliba, Tarek (2022)

Between guest and intruder: The political agency of the Palestinian community in Lebanon

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

Scholars commonly analyze Lebanon in terms of fragility or weakness. However, its history says that it is also a refugee country where multiple communities have settled after facing persecution. One of these communities is the Palestinian, which arrived in Lebanon in the mid-20th century. Over the years, Palestinian refugees have developed multiple and intertwined means of political agency in this country. This research aims to understand which have been these means, how they have been used, and what have been their potential effects on Lebanon’s domestic politics.

Lebanon, refugees, Palestinians, political agency

Author

Saliba, Tarek

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Global Conflict in the Modern Era

Supervisors

Schonmann, Noa

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en