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Michael Young is the editor of Diwan and a senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center.
Michael Young is a senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and editor of Diwan, Carnegie’s Middle East blog.
Previously, he was opinion editor, as well as a columnist, for the Daily Star newspaper in Lebanon. He writes a biweekly commentary for the National (Abu Dhabi) and is author of The Ghosts of Martyrs Square: An Eyewitness Account of Lebanon’s Life Struggle. The book was selected by the Wall Street Journal as one of its ten notable books of 2010, and won the Silver Prize in the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s book prize competition of 2010.
He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut and of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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In an interview, Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens discusses a new book on Islamic State attacks in the United States.
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In an interview, Makram Rabah discusses his new book on the Druze-Maronite conflict in Lebanon’s civil war.
In an interview, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff recalls the movie he shot in Lebanon at the height of its civil war.
In an interview, Salim Adib discusses Lebanon’s management of Covid-19, and expresses some hope for the future.
In an interview, David Linfield argues that international donors are benefiting existing power structures in the Middle East.
As the Biden administration enters office, several assumptions about the Middle East will have to be abandoned.
In an interview, Sylvie Braibant discusses the late Soviet double-agent George Blake’s ties with the Middle East.
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