A newsletter by Lebanon Support
Lebanon Support is a multidisciplinary space creating synergies and bridging between the scientific, practitioner, and policy spheres. Lebanon Support aims to foster social change through innovative uses of social science, digital technologies, and publication and exchange of knowledge.
1- Read “Crafting the good citizen, streaming the good king: Notes on press freedom, hegemony, and social contention in King Abdallah II’s Jordan”
Paper | Jordan
Protesters shout slogans during a protest in Amman, Jordan, June 3, 2018 (Reuters. Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/protests-jordan-all-you-need-know)
Press freedom in Jordan experienced a significant contraction during the mandate of king Abdallah II. How did the imposed restrictions contribute to shape and frame contentious events and actions in the Hashemite Kingdom over the last two decades? Written by Dr. Rossana Tufaro, this paper aims to provide a preliminary assessment of the role played by the enforcement and the strategic application of restrictions on media freedom in consolidating King Abdallah II’s rule, by scrutinizing how the cumulative strategic application of press restrictions succeeded or failed to validate King Abdallah II's international reputation of a moderate and progressive leader, and legitimize the neoliberal upgrading of the authoritarian bargain with his domestic constituencies.
Read the paper
2- Register for our upcoming webinar: Decolonising Access to Health, Addressing Vaccine Inequity in MENA.
Webinar | MENA
Save the date for our next webinar “Decolonising Access to Health, Addressing Vaccine Inequity in MENA” on Thursday September 2nd at 11am (Beirut time) via Zoom.
This webinar aims to address vaccine inequity in the MENA region, and will look into challenges specific to local contexts, such as slow vaccination campaigns, difficulties in securing vaccine supplies, and challenges in the vaccination process.
With:
Dr. Ayat Nashwan (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
Dr. Rouham Yamout (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
Dr. Steven L. B. Jensen (The Danish Institute of Human Rights, Denmark)
Dr. Belqassem Sabri, (Tunisian Association for Defending the Right to Health Tunis, Tunisia)
Hiba Wanis (King’s College, United Kingdom)
Register and send your questions to the speakers
3- Endorse our statement on the Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) of the International Monetary Fund: “SDRs should be used for the people in Lebanon, and not to ensure the permanence of the ruling class”
Statement | Lebanon
The Arab NGO Network for Development and Lebanon Support have released this statement, available in Arabic and English. The statement calls on the Lebanese Government to earmark the Special Drawing Rights allocations, to co-create participatory mechanisms including civil society actors and independent experts to monitor the transparency of expenditures, and calls on civil society actors to act as a watchdog and monitor this process.
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