John Maxwell once said that leadership is influence. Whether good or bad, leaders are defined by the power to influence change in the lives of their followers and the communities they lead. Unfortunately, leadership in the Middle East is often skewed towards one of 
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  Earlier this month the UNHCR told the Lebanese Foreign Ministry that it hopes they will act quickly to reverse the decision to allow Syrians to have refugee status. Syrian refugees now account for more than a quarter of the population of Lebanon – around 
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  With the rise of globalization and the demand for instant around-the-clock news, people from different countries are increasingly aware of events that occur far away from their country’s borders. One very recent example is that of the rescue mission to save a Thai boys’ 
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  In the soccer-loving country of Lebanon, streets, coffee shops, restaurants and homes were all recently decorated with flags in support of the various countries competing in the FIFA world cup. Although many of the favorites were already out, the excitement in the streets was 
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  The Syrian civil war has driven more and more refugees into Lebanon, living in poverty, with more and more Syrian refugee children out of school, many young Syrian girls find themselves subject to early marriage. In refugee communities in Lebanon, early marriage has become 
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As a result of the Syrian civil war, many Syrian children have been deprived of an education. The violence in Syria is not only causing the destruction of bridges, roads and buildings, but it is also the cause of educational gaps that put the future 
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  In the beginning… In January 2011, Syrian Pres. Bashar al-Assad was asked in an interview with The Wall Street Journal if he expected the wave of protest then sweeping through the Arab world—which had already unseated authoritarian rulers in Tunisia and Egypt —to reach Syria. Assad acknowledged 
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