Digital technology has made our lives much easier, more open and just. But at the same time, it has affected our privacy, choices and liberty. The internet...
With the murder of French teacher Samuel Paty by an 18-year-old terrorist Abdullakh Anzorov, followed by a series of attacks across France, many people around...
The lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic has reassessed the value of online learning and services platforms in our daily lives, with people also considering...
People in Lebanon are enduring a dreadful crisis: Many people have lost their jobs with unemployment surpassing 35 percent, while others have faced a salary...
Each year, 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted around the world. That’s an astonishing one-third of all food produced, according to the United Nations...
Our world’s cultural heritage is becoming extinct. Through the destruction of historical sites, or the illicit trafficking of “blood antiquities,” the very...
In the working environment, ongoing learning has become more and more important. Organizations are increasingly realizing, however, traditional ways of...
Civil society has been defined as the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that reflect the interests and will of citizens. The U.N....
As stated in its Constitution, “Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic.” The key element for democracy rule is the elections and the practice of...
Sunday April 22, millions of people received a cellphone message from the Telecommunications Ministry announcing that it was the “National Day for Students...
Humanity is shaped by our propensity for risk-taking or risk aversion, but the one strategy that is certain to fail is not to take a risk. Had human beings...
The World Economic Forum 2018, held in Davos Jan. 23-26 under the theme “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World,” gathered many political, business and...
At the end of each year, Google, the “king of search engines,” announces the most popular searches during the whole year to see what significantly influences...
Many of us cannot understand why people get addicted to drugs. It is seen as a social problem resulting from moral weakness. In fact, drug addiction is a...
International development as a concept is mainly related to the level of development and the international scope. Originally, it was largely linked to...
Today marks the U.N. International Day of the Girl, a day that celebrates her potential, her power and her unique place in the world. It is a day to recognize...
During the United Nations Summit on Sept. 25-27, 2015, the U.N. has endorsed 17 Sustainable Development Goals to direct the role of public and private sectors...
Democracy is not what we are witnessing today. It is not just a right to be exercised every few years. It is a whole cultural process in which all the people...
“With each and every end comes a brand new story.” This is not Aristotle, nor Confucius. It is not even Jobs nor Gates nor Mandela It’s Nancy Slim, a...
“Mom ... I hate Arabic! It is difficult and it’s not nice,” my 6-year-old daughter keeps saying every time we sit to do the Arabic homework. And the reply...
In 2017, every job is a tech job. We are living in a world where every second sees 2,603,135 sent emails; 7,670 tweets; 2,655 Skype calls; 69,862 YouTube...
We live in a digitalized world with massive ideas and values emanating from and affecting our human lives. In every part of the world, people in power are...
A new documentary by ScienceInsider published on May 31, 2017, has just revealed a bleak reality to humanity as a whole: We are so careless that there may no...
Prior to 1881, the United States of America used to have a “patronage government system” whereby the political party who won the election gave public posts to...
Every year on May 9, “Europe Day” is celebrated – not just in Europe, but also in many other parts of the world, to remind us about the values of peace and...