Ex-combatants working for peace and the lebanese civil society

Ouaiss, Makram; Rowayheb, Marwan

Ex-combatants working for peace and the lebanese civil society

Ouaiss, Makram; Rowayheb, Marwan

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10725/7759

URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13698249.2017.1393282

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2017.1393282

Date: 2018-05-03

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Abstract:

This article investigates the factors that made few Lebanese ex-combatants, who fought each other during the Lebanese civil war of 1975 and who believed they were fighting for a just cause, able to work together to establish the Fighters for Peace (FFP) association to preach peace and peaceful coexistence. It demonstrates that ex-combatants, who are cause-oriented individuals, can overcome their differences and hatred towards each other and work together for the purpose of civil peace. This can happen, if ex-combatants gradually reintegrate back into society following a two-phase model proposed by the authors.

Citation:

Ouaiss, M., & Rowayheb, M. (2017). Ex-combatants Working for Peace and the Lebanese Civil Society: A Case Study in Non-communal Reintegration. Civil Wars, 1-22.