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In the News: It's grim, but at least there's a GIF

September 8, 2017

A round-up of recent religion news.

Review

The Great God Pan Still Lives

January 25, 2016

Ed Simon reviews Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East by Gerard Russell.

From Antelias to Bzoummar

November 6, 2013

Irina Papkova takes us on a tour of the religious centers that lie at the heart of Lebanon's Armenian...

Secular Lebanon

April 22, 2013

From Beirut, Irina Papkova reports on an anti-sectarian movement for a more secular Lebanon, and a marriage that's...

Lebanon: War, Peace and Pluralism, Part 2

November 8, 2012

From Beirut, Irina Papkova describes in the second of two posts how former political opponents are maintaining Lebanon's fragile...

Lebanon: War, Peace and Pluralism

November 6, 2012

"The relationship between Lebanon and Syria is intricate and complicated, and the chaos in Syria presents serious challenges for...

Punk Protest, Bad Video Art, and "Religious Insult"

September 27, 2012

by Irina Papkova there's an eerie similarity between the reaction of some Orthodox believers to Pussy Riot and the...

Balancing Act: Sectarian Leaders in Lebanon

July 25, 2012

by Irina Papkova Last week marked twenty-two years since the signing of the Taif Accords put an end...

In the Shadows of Syria: Defusing Sectarian Tensions in Lebanon

June 25, 2012

by Irina Papkova For two weeks, Lebanon lived on the knife edge of a sectarian civil war. And here...

Taking Gaga Off the Lebanese Shelves

June 7, 2011

Ashley Baxstrom: Not even a celebrity shout-out is enough to satisfy some. The Los Angeles Times reported on...

Death Comes for the Ayatollah

July 4, 2010

The New York Times reports that Lebanon's Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, a Shiite Islam holy figure with...