I find myself writing these words no longer from Beirut, but about it – my professional home. It is a city to which I am deeply bound, one that was the subject of my doctoral thesis over twenty-five years ago,…

Ich schreibe diesen Text leider nicht mehr aus, sondern über Beirut, meine berufliche Heimat. Die Stadt, der ich tief verbunden bin, über die ich vor über 25 Jahren meine Doktorarbeit schrieb und in der ich seit September 2023 das Orient-Institut…

People have been living in Lebanon for over seven thousand years. It is home to Muslims and Christians, as well as leaders in trade and culture. And so obviously it has been home to some disputes. I have always wanted…

Amal Clooney is an international human rights lawyer known for representing victims of mass atrocities, journalists prosecuted for their reporting, survivors of genocide and sexual violence, political prisoners, and marginalised communities. Through strategic litigation before international, national, and regional courts,…