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 …

  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’ …

  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 …

  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 …