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Coastal Pollution Threatens Fisherfolk
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Pollution, oil spills and difficult living conditions are some of the challenges that fishermen in this eastern Mediterranean country face daily.
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Dubai Debts Prompt Review of Islamic Finance
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - 'The World’, a manmade archipelago off the coast of Dubai, developed by the Nakheel real estate company - which partly relied on the issuance of Islamic bonds, or sukuk, to finance the ambitious project - has come to symbolise for many the vulnerability of the Islamic financial market.
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Dubai Crisis Casts Shadow On 2010
By Mona Alami
AMMAN - Surrounded by oil-rich nations Jordan has been able to make do with its modest resources over the years. In 2010, however, the country will have to face challenges associated with global economic slowdown and the crisis in Dubai.
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Palestinian Refugees Live Out Lives in Limbo
By Mona Alami
AMMAN - Music enlivens the yellow taxi as it traverses the Jordanian capital. A small Palestinian flag hangs from the rearview mirror. Jihad, the cab driver, says his father fled here from the Palestinian West Bank in 1948.
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Hizbullah Fortifies Frontier Against Israel
By Mona Alami
NABATIYEH - In the mountains towering above this southern city, Hizbullah (Party of God) is building a new line of defence on lands where a fierce war was once fought between the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Israel.
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Skewed Policies Widen Urban-Rural Divide
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - The luxury brands and fashion powerhouses that line the streets of the Lebanese capital seem to suggest that this country is enjoying an hour of glory as the world is in the throes of a severe recession.
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Global Warming Makes Mischief Worse
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - With its long, dry summers, Lebanon's diminishing woodlands are devastated by wild fires every year - and this year is no exception.
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No Law for Detained Palestinians
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Palestinian refugee Youssef Shaaban was released from prison early this month - after serving 16 years in a Lebanese prison for a crime he did not commit.
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Stepping Nearer the WTO
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Lebanon could be stepping closer to joining the WTO following years of political instability that have held up reforms.
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How Not to Oppose an Opposition
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Christian heads of both the majority and the opposition have raised their stakes ahead of the imminent formation of the Lebanese government headed by Sunni leader Saad Hariri.
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Defeated Shias Ponder Uncertain Future
By Mona Alami
TYRE - A large highway cuts through the green hills connecting Lebanon's south to the Mediterranean Sea. Here, nestled amid banana trees and colourful bougainvillea bushes, lies the city of Tyre, a bastion of the Shia community and a significant base of the Lebanese opposition. Now, following the parliamentary elections and the victory of the March 14 political group, Shias of the south are asking what lies in store for them.
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Law to Stop Violence Against Women Takes Time
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - There was some good news for women’s activists in Lebanon last week.
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March 14 Marches Ahead
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - The Jun. 7 election in Lebanon has provided another dramatic turn of events in the country's tumultuous political arena. While early opinion polls had pointed to a landslide sweep for the March 8 opposition that prominently includes Hizbullah, the Western and Arab backed March 14 coalition won the majority of parliamentary seats in a surprise victory.
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Mona Alami, a French-Lebanese journalist based in Beirut, brings IPS exclusive and incisive reports on the challenges that armed conflict poses for the Lebanese people's daily lives. Mona took to reporting after a law degree and an MBA. Her reporting spreads across the canvas from the pressing news of the day to a close look at broader issues that others have mostly forgotten.