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  • The political economic pre-requisites of the 2011 Arab uprising. (c2015) 
    Dagher, Khalil F. (Lebanese American University, 2015-08-21)
    Popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt launched the Arab Spring in 2011. Many experts have tried to explain the root causes of these uprisings and predict their democratization prospects. This thesis claims that the economic ...
  • Lebanon and refugees between laws and reality. (c2014) 
    El Helou, Hala A. (Lebanese American University, 2016-05-06)
    The Republic of Lebanon is, by its own terms, not a country of asylum and therefore not a final destination for refugees. However, it has been a host country for them for a long time. Moving from the premise that this ...
  • Child labor in the modern era. (c2014) 
    Harbie, Micheline (Lebanese American University, 2016-05-06)
    The employment of children in adult fields has long been an issue in countries across the globe, including the United States, and it has been brought to the attention of the international arena time and time again. However, ...
  • UNIFIL's successes. (c2014) 
    Chidiac, Farah Elias (Lebanese American University, 2016-05-11)
    First deployed to southern Lebanon in 1978 to observe the pullout of Israeli invasion, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been a heavily criticized peacekeeping organization. Its goals have changed ...
  • The role of non-governmental organizations in affecting national policies. (c2014) 
    Matta, Nicholas-Georges G. (Lebanese American University, 2016-05-06)
    At a time when the theory of trans-nationalism has become most relevant, the 2011 “Arab Spring” stands as a turning point in the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. From Tunisia, to Egypt, ...
  • Causes leading Lebanese teachers to burnout. (c2014) 
    El Helou, Maya Charles (Lebanese American University, 2016-05-06)
    Teaching is one of the most challenging professions due to different stressors teachers are exposed to sometimes leading to teachers’ burnout: a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal ...
  • Constructivism and Lebanon's foreign policy following Syria's uprising. (c2014) 
    Naoum, Rita (Lebanese American University, 2015-06-10)
    This thesis examines the role of both domestic and foreign forces in the incapacity of Lebanon to draft a unified and coherent foreign policy. It argues that domestic actors go into alliances with regional as well as ...
  • The role of ideology in the U.S. foreign policy of George W. Bush in Iraq and Barak H. Obama in Syria. (c2015) 
    Gharib, Maya Sami el (Lebanese American University, 2015-04-16)
    Iraq and Syria have been at the heart of US Middle East foreign policy for some time. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 were followed by a fundamental shift in US foreign policy that emanated from the neo-conservative ...
  • Oil in divide society. (c2015) 
    Soweidan, Hiyam Moussa (Lebanese American University, 2016-05-10)
    National resources and the energy industry are two strong and critical sectors of the economy for many nations. This is especially true for nations that are dependent on natural resources for their economic development and ...
  • The planar connected face-dominating set problem. (c2015) 
    Hage-Ali, Dina Y. (Lebanese American University, 2016-01-28)
    In the Planar Connected Face-Dominating Set problem, we are given a plane graph G and asked to find a connected subgraph T of minimum weight, or order, such that the boundary of every face of G contains at least one element ...
  • US foreign policy in the Middle East. (c2015) 
    Tohme, Tracy Sahyoun (Lebanese American University, 2015-02-27)
    The Middle East region has long been an area of interest to the United States. In the last two decades, the United States' interventions in the Middle East and North Africa region have been associated with a claimed ...
  • Exploring leaderships capabilities and implication on teachers' performance. (c2014) 
    Azar, Alice Z. (Lebanese American University, 2015-02-27)
    The purpose of this study is to identify the leadership capabilities needed for effective educational leadership and consequently set the standards for the knowledge, skills, and personal qualities needed for school ...
  • The persistence of clientelism in Lebanon. (c2015) 
    Geadah, Joey (Lebanese American University, 2015-02-26)
    How does clientelism implicate the political, economic and governance foundation of a developing nation? This thesis examines clientelism as it coincides with sectarian consociational power sharing arrangement in a fragile ...
  • Sensitivity of colorectal cancer cells to the recombinant Anthrax lethal toxin and the Urokinase-activated Anthrax lethal toxin. (c2014) 
    Kasbo, Zein Jean (Lebanese American University, 2015-02-26)
    In this study, we attempt to simultaneously target the major hallmarks of colorectal cancer (CRC), the MAPK pathway and the urokinase plasminogen activator system using a dual-selective, Urokinase-activated, recombinant ...
  • Code switching in the language classroom. (c2014) 
    Attieh, Nicole Barbara (Lebanese American University, 2015-02-19)
    This paper is a study dealing with code switching in the beginner Spanish classroom. The aim of the study was to explore teachers’ attitudes and practices regarding the use of code switching in beginner Spanish classes ...
  • Ego identity statuses of the Lebanese youth in late adolescence. (c2014) 
    Kaddoura, Nadya (Lebanese American University, 2015-02-19)
    This study had three purposes: To examine Marcia’s ego identity paradigm in a sample of Lebanese youth in late adolescence, to investigate gender differences, and to examine the relationship between individuals’ ego ...
  • Syria and the region. (c2014) 
    Harake, Jamilah A. M. Al (Lebanese American University, 2015-02-19)
    Much of the media hype has portrayed the conflict in Syria as solely based on ideological and sectarian motivated calculations, specifically a Sunni-Shia conflict. The involvement of regional actors in Syria, mainly Saudi ...
  • Teachers' views on empowerment and its impact on commitment. (c2014) 
    Sadek, Elizabeth (Lebanese American University, 2016-05-06)
    This study explores teachers’ empowerment and its impact on their commitment to school by eliciting participants’ perceptions of the matter. Empowerment takes place when teachers and staff are provided with the opportunities ...
  • Decision making. (c2013) 
    Dalati, Valerie (Lebanese American University, 2016-02-16)
    This thesis aims to show how decision making is a critical success factor in the European Union (EU) unification process. The research elaborates on the unique interests of European member states as they at times contradict ...
  • Interregionalism. (c2014) 
    Audi, Hiba (Lebanese American University, 2016-02-02)
    Interregionalism is a recent phenomenon that emerged during the mid-20th century as a direct consequence of the movement towards regional blocs. The European Union (EU) came to being following the end of World War II as ...

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