XCEPT ProgrammeThe Rise of Soldiers of God: Is Beirut Back to the Time of the Militias?
Read moreBy Mohamad El Kari Members of Soldiers of God. Credit: An-Nahar They are a group of Lebanese muscular tattooed men…
XCEPT Programme‘These Statues Are Not Just Pieces of Stone’: How Sculpture Helps Mosul Heal
Read moreBy Ali Al-Baroodi The city of Mosul in Iraq encloses the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh, which was…
XCEPT ProgrammeUnderstanding the Role of Unconscious Bias in Conflict Dynamics
Read moreBy Emma Ciccarella Standing before members of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in 1977, then President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, declared that…
XCEPT ProgrammeWaiting for War: Escalation on Lebanon’s Southern Border and Conflict Memory
Read moreBy Brontë Philips *This was written in December 2023, before the targeting of a senior Hamas commander in Beirut. Information…
XCEPT ProgrammeFour Years On from Lebanon’s 17 October Revolution
Read moreBy Mohamad El Kari Visiting Lebanon today, it is difficult to escape the feeling that a collective sense of hopelessness…
XCEPT ProgrammeWhat Do We Mean When We Talk About ‘Resilience’ to Violent Extremism?
Read moreBy Federica Calissano Speaking at a memorial event 10 years on from 9/11, then President of the United States, Barack…
XCEPT ProgrammeMen and Psychosocial Support Services Programming
Read moreBy Dr Heidi Riley This Briefing Note explores humanitarian responses to conflict-related trauma amongst men and boys, and finds that…
XCEPT ProgrammeMartyrdom in Lebanon: An Evolution of Memory-Making
Read moreBy Bronte Philips In a speech given on Hezbollah’s 11 November Martyrs’ Day in 2021, the group’s Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah,…
XCEPT ProgrammeCan Uncertainty Make Us Violent? The Role of Uncertainty in Encouraging Violent and Extremist Ideologies
Read moreBy Federica Calissano Uncertainty is a condition that all individuals experience, and it is something that we all, to differing extents,…
XCEPT ProgrammeTranslation in Conflict: An Instrument of Power or a Place of Neutrality?
Read moreBy Mohamad El Kari Credit: Shutterstock/igor kisselev. Within the realm of conflict zones, translators play a complex role in representing, and…
