XCEPT ProgrammeIsrael’s Bombardment of Lebanon: Reopening Lebanon’s Sectarian Wounds
Read moreBy Mohamad El Kari Thanks to the ceasefire deal agreed with Israel, Lebanon has recently entered a state of fragile…
XCEPT ProgrammeUnravelling Conflict: The Power of Predictive Modelling
Read moreBy Sam Hibbs Over the past decade, the number and intensity of both inter- and intrastate conflicts has been rising.…
XCEPT ProgrammeThe Status of Iraqi Children of ISIS-Affiliated Families Outside of Jeddah 1 Rehabilitation Center
Read moreBy Dr Joana Cook Iraq currently hosts over one million internally displaced persons (IDPs). The majority of these IDPs were…
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…
