Assistant Professor @CU_NPSIA | migration, local governance, Middle East politics, Lebanon, research ethics | #FirstGen | she/her | Personal account & opinionshttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3lkvmbrv3zs2mI'm honoured to be serving on the committee for the Lee Ann Fujii Article Award for Innovation in the Interpretive Study of Political Violence as part of the @apsa.bsky.social Interpretive Methodologies and Methods group. Send us your articles! The deadline is March 30. Full details here: https://www.interpretivemethods.com/fujii-article21 Mar 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvmbrv3zs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3lfumjfznas2vWhat a month it has been for the region! New piece out in @foreignpolicy.com with Reva Dhingra on the implications of the fall of the Assad regime for Syrian refugees around the world. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jan 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfumjfznas2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3ldgpifxjk22kI spoke to @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social @reuters.com last week about how much of the focus on the US-Canada border right now is mostly about *showing* that we (i.e. Canada) take the border issue seriously (& much less so about whether or not the policies themselves are effective). @npsia.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Dec 2024 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldgpifxjk22khttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3lbugqchnss2sWhile all are focused on the "imminent" ceasefire, Israel is threatening and waging its largest assault on central Beirut yet. This is absolute horror. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2024 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbugqchnss2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3l7q6jxkgj52gAs the Biden administration continues to call the war in Lebanon a “limited incursion," entire villages in the South are being blown up, and just today the city of Baalbek and surrounding areas are being threatened with shelling and forced to evacuate - forcing tens of thousands to flee again. https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-village-detonated-mhaibib-0d1220d7f23ca2ca66e9030b36fefa9c?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share30 Oct 2024 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7q6jxkgj52ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3l6b5kx5t2w2oThese last weeks, adding to this horrible year, have been beyond imaginable for Lebanon and its people. I feel like I've been screaming into the void but at least, with this, I hope that @separkinson.bsky.social and I's screams get out a bit louder. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Oct 2024 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6b5kx5t2w2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3l5rjn6okte2zThere are times when words really fail you & @warghetti.bsky.social is still able to write with such force. I have not been posting much, but this is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I have read in a while. Even its rhythm so powerfully expresses how I'm feeling. https://themarkaz.org/a-year-of-war-without-end/05 Oct 2024 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5rjn6okte2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3l4tvdz3xeq2vThis is the single deadliest day in Lebanon since the end of the civil war. Just the reported numbers so far (as always in a situation of this scale, we know these are underreported) places today's death toll at nearly 1/3 of total deaths in the entire 2006 war (which was 33 days).23 Sep 2024 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4tvdz3xeq2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3kmnjditien2wI've been away from here for a little bit but just in case this reminder hasn't reached folks! Still time to apply - deadline today for APSA Migration & Citizenship awards. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Mar 2024 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmnjditien2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3keqd4fmx4d2bI'll be joining colleagues this year for @cdsn.bsky.social The Year Ahead conference, and moderating a sadly ever-more-relevant conversation around evacuations. More info & ticket details below. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2023 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3keqd4fmx4d2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3kepyfvt7bl2eThere are so many things to be worried about amid the ongoing horror we're seeing in Gaza, @stephrschwartz.bsky.social & I take up why we think it's so dangerous to advocate for the right to flee when politicians are openly discussing an intent to expel. In @globeandmail.bsky.social today https://t.co/NV6kcW9X0P21 Nov 2023 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3kepyfvt7bl2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3k5slhywxus26& now for the depressing stuff: Attacks on LGBTQ+ in Lebanon have escalated rapidly, in what is clearly an effort to displace people's attention away from the absolute failure of authorities to address the real issues in the country & their continued collusion and corruption with the banking sector.25 Aug 2023 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5slhywxus26https://bsky.app/profile/lmourad.bsky.social/post/3k5slerx34n2aFirst post here, and since I'm here thanks to @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social, I'll start off similarly by saying: follow me for Middle East politics (& lots of Lebanon) and refugee issues, but since all of that is pretty depressing at the moment - here's a pic of the wonderful Basha.25 Aug 2023 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:sysyc67lpmuoaysgdc4jqjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5slerx34n2a