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Makram Rabah

Makram Rabah is a lecturer at the American University of Beirut's Department of History, and at the Lebanese American University. He is the author of A Campus at War: Student Politics at the American University of Beirut, 1967-1975. He tweets @makramrabah.

Assad’s land grab has Lebanese allies worried

Makram Rabah 31 May 2018

For years, the Syrian regime’s allies in Lebanon have spread crackpot conspiracy theories about plots to prevent the country’s more than 1 million refugees returning. Now they belatedly realize Assad’s own actions may turn their scarecrow into reality.

For Syrian refugees in Lebanon, love is not free for all

Makram Rabah 19 February 2018

With Lebanon’s authorities now obliging Syrian refugees to sign pledges not to have relationships with Lebanese women, the country has further debased its once-proud tradition of human rights, argues Makram Rabah.

In “Butcher’s” killing, a reminder for Syria’s Druze

Makram Rabah 24 October 2017

The death of prominent Druze general Issam Zahreddine should remind the community Assad is not their savior, argues Makram Rabah.

In Lebanon, “it’s the Syrians’ fault”

Makram Rabah 26 September 2017

At the UN last week, Lebanese President Michel Aoun made a dishonest case for the safety of Syrian refugees’ return.

Nassim Taleb, the DNA Demagogue

Makram Rabah 12 September 2017

How a once-celebrated author descended into sinister racial politics and pro-Assad propaganda

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