The study evaluates deviations in Rorschach indices, usually related to effects of exposure to trauma, in three samples of Israeli adult non-patients. Data collected from 41 Israeli undergraduates in 1996-1997, during a period of increased rate of terror attacks in central cities of the country (Tibon, 2007), are compared to those of two similar samples of 49 and 30 undergraduates collected in ...

This summer I stood with a group of American university professors on a mountain in Israel overlooking the border with Lebanon. Through the telephoto lenses of our cameras, we could see plainly Hezbollah’s yellow flags and installations on the Lebanese side. An Israeli Defense Forces spokesman—a New York-born major in the reserves—had told us earlier in the day of the estimated ten thousand roc...

Lebanon has many migrant domestic workers, most of whom are women. While workers’ contracts prohibit pregnancy and childbearing, a substantial number women give birth in Lebanon, their children at risk statelessness. Through our examination nationality laws registration regulations, implementation both migrants’ origin countries, this article offers an intersectional, gender analysis conditions...

The revival of Lebanon involves regaining trust in its banking system. Starting by highlighting the main sector’s inefficiencies Lebanon, as well bad investment practices that have led to current financial crisis, a full business model could restore confidence Lebanese sector, and increase profitability foreseeable future is proposed. This new structure tackles three areas including, cost reduc...

Transport related emissions have been long associated with adverse impacts on air quality particularly in densely populated urban areas. This paper evaluates the contribution of the road transport sector, in a typical small developing country, to air pollutants emissions. The Motor Vehicle Emission Inventory (MVEI) computer based model, with inputs adjusted to the fleet and conditions at hand, ...

The future of food value chains has increasingly been reliant on the wider adoption sustainable farming practices that include organic agriculture. Organic in developed countries is standardized and occupies a niche agro-food systems. However, such standard model, when transferred to developing countries, faces difficulty implementation. This study aims investigate factors affecting expansion a...

The widespread popularity of microfinance as a "win-win" solution to global poverty alleviation has significantly limited debate and dialogue around contesting viewpoints, program structures, and implementation norms. The present microcredit industry in Lebanon offers an authoritative space for practitioners to explore a differing microcredit model as implemented by a Hezbollah affiliated NGO, ...