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Nizar Hassan
Birth Name:Nizar Hassan
Birth Place:Lebanon
Nationality:Lebanese
Fields:Political Economy, Social Movements
Alma Mater:SOAS University of London, American University of Beirut
Known For:Co-founder of LiHaqqi
Awards:Open Society Foundations fellowship, International Labor Union Migration Journalism fellowship, Chevening Scholarship

Nizar Hassan is a Lebanese activist, journalist, podcaster and social researcher, focused on political economy and social movements, especially concerning Lebanon. He is co-founder of the Lebanese political organization LiHaqqi,[1] which ran candidates for the Lebanese general elections of 2018[2] and 2022,[3] having served as its spokesperson on multiple occasions.[4] [5] [6] He has been a regular author analyzing Lebanese political affairs for the newspapers L'Orient-Le Jour,[7] [8] [9] The New Arab,[10] [11] [12] The Daily Star[13] [14] [15] and Al-Arab,[16] [17] [18] with contributions to ROAR magazine,[19] Bretton Woods Project,[20] Al Bawaba,[21] [22] BirGün[23] or Green Left.[24]

Education and research

Hassan studied Political Sciences and Media at the American University of Beirut and Paris Sciences Po.[25] He holds a master's degree in "Labor, Social Movements and Development" from SOAS University of London. His dissertation analyzed class and power in the 2015-2016 Lebanese protests.[26] [27] He has research works analyzing Lebanese political platforms,[28] [29] workers exclusion,[30] the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon,[31] the 2019 Lebanese uprising,[32] and several short research analyses on various Lebanese issues.[33] [34] [35] He has worked as a researcher for several civil society organizations, such as the Arab NGO Network for Development[36] [37] or the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies,[38] and was selected as panel moderator at the World Bank's Civil Society Policy Forum.[39] For his work, he has received the Open Society Foundations fellowship, the International Labor Union Migration Journalism fellowship[40] [41] and the Chevening scholarship.[42]

Activism and social engagement

He is co-founder of the Lebanese political organization LiHaqqi, the first organization to call for protests that triggered the 17 October Revolution.[43] LiHaqqi also ran candidates on the Lebanese general elections of 2018 and 2022. He has served as its spokesperson in multiple occasions. Within LiHaqqi, he served on the Public Affairs Committee, Organizational Council, and Economic Justice Working Group. He is the co-host[44] of the Lebanese Politics Podcast[45] [46] and the host of the YouTube channel Tafkeek,[47] funded by the Open Society Foundations.

Political views and analyses

His political analyses have often been cited worldwide when analyzing Lebanese events,[48] [49] [50] especially after the Lebanese 17 October Revolution.[51] [52] Referred to as a "protagonist in the contemporary Lebanese scene"[53] and "a central part of the grassroots movement in Beirut",[54] he supports progressive policies on multiple topics.[55] He considers current Lebanese financial crisis a "total economic and financial collapse"[56] because of the lack of access to "basic necessities". He speaks critically of the Lebanese political system, calling it "corrupt sectarian political establishment"[57] and "political clientelism",[58] criticizing the banking sector as "financial oligarchy"[59] and Hezbollah armed strength.[60] He has also been a critic of multiple Lebanese politicians, such as prime minister Saad Hariri,[61] prime minister Hassan Diab,[62] or Druze leader Walid Jumblatt.

When discussing the aims of the 17 October Revolution, which he called "uprising of dignity",[63] he expressed support for an interim[64] government of independents from traditional parties to fight corruption[65] and save the country, "not save capital".[66] He also supported taxing millionaires to alleviate the financial crisis. He argues "the revolution has not failed" although it did not "achieve a lot".[67]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nizar Hassan Open Society Fellowship . 2022-08-01 . www.opensocietyfoundations.org . en.
  2. Web site: 2022-02-04 . The possibility of a single alliance: Lebanon's opposition groups ponder how viable a united front is in upcoming polls . 2022-08-02 . L'Orient Today.
  3. Web site: As Lebanon's political class fails, Beirut's streets are stirring once again . 2022-08-02 . Middle East Eye . en.
  4. News: 2019-10-21 . Lebanon agrees reforms after days of protests . Financial Times . 2022-08-02.
  5. Web site: Azhari . Timour . Saad Hariri renamed as Lebanon PM a year after stepping down . 2022-08-01 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
  6. News: Weeks after blast, Lebanon patronage system immune to reform . en-US . Washington Post . 2022-08-02 . 0190-8286.
  7. Web site: Nizar HASSAN . 2022-08-01 . L'Orient-Le Jour.
  8. Web site: 2020-02-20 . Diab's government is not what Lebanon needs . 2022-08-02 . L'Orient Today.
  9. Web site: 2020-10-31 . Le retour de Hariri, ou la promesse d'un échec annoncé . 2022-08-02 . L'Orient-Le Jour.
  10. Web site: Hassan . Nizar . 2021 . Nizar Hassan articles . 2022-08-01 . english.alaraby.co.uk . en.
  11. Web site: Hassan . Nizar . 2020-07-28 . Oligarchs crashed the economy, Lebanese are paying the price . 2022-08-02 . english.alaraby.co.uk . en.
  12. Web site: Hassan . Nizar . 2019-10-18 . Lebanon burns with hope and fury . 2022-08-02 . english.alaraby.co.uk . en.
  13. Web site: Hassan . Nizar . 2021-05-07 . Nizar Hassan Author's Page . https://web.archive.org/web/20210507070532/https://www.dailystar.com.lb/Nizar-Hassan.ashx . 2021-05-07 . 2022-08-01 . www.dailystar.com.lb.
  14. Web site: 2021-04-17 . Officials warm to garbage plan, residents still cold . 2022-08-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417050833/https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Sep-19/315871-officials-warm-to-garbage-plan-residents-still-cold.ashx . 2021-04-17 .
  15. Web site: 2020-11-08 . Protest ongoing as police clear Ministry of Environment . 2022-08-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201108104049/https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Sep-01/313556-you-stink-campaign-protesters-storm-into-ministry-of-environment-building-in-downtown-beirut.ashx . 2020-11-08 .
  16. Web site: Hassan . Nizar . 2019 . Nizar Hassan articles . 2022-08-01 . The Arab Weekly . en.
  17. Web site: China opens new shipping line to Tripoli Jacob Boswall . 2022-08-02 . AW . en.
  18. Web site: Lebanon's reform hopes remain elusive despite blast, protests . 2022-08-02 . AW . en.
  19. Web site: Hassan . Nizar . 2019-10-26 . A look at Lebanon's ongoing historic uprising ROAR Magazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20220326204705/https://roarmag.org/essays/lebanon-historic-protest-uprising/ . 2022-03-26 . 2022-08-01 . roarmag.org.
  20. Web site: 2020-10-06 . An IMF bailout for Lebanon can make things worse . 2022-08-01 . Bretton Woods Project . en-US.
  21. Web site: Lebanon: Political Scandals, Chouf Fires and Mass Protests . 2022-08-02 . Al Bawaba . en.
  22. Web site: Searching for home? Infamous Lebanese croc moves to the UK . 2022-08-02 . Al Bawaba . en.
  23. Web site: Ayaklanan Lübnanlılar ümit ve öfke dolu . 2022-08-02 . birgun.net . Turkish.
  24. Web site: Hassan . Nizar . 2019-11-01 . Behind Lebanon's historic uprising . 2022-08-02 . Green Left . en.
  25. Web site: Nizar Hassan Linkedin . 2022-08-02 . Linkedin.
  26. Web site: Webinar: Activism and Social Movements in Lebanon after the 2019 Uprising Finnish Institute in the Middle East . 2022-08-02 . en-US.
  27. Hassan . Nizar . Lebanon's 2015 Protest Movement: An analysis of class (and) power . Academia.
  28. Web site: LCPS - Where do Lebanese Political Groups Stand on Policy Questions? An Analysis of Electoral Platforms . 2022-08-02 . LCPS . en.
  29. Web site: LCPS - Analysis of Platforms in Lebanon's 2018 Parliamentary Election . 2022-08-02 . LCPS . en.
  30. Book: Hassan . Nizar . The Effects of Workers' Exclusion: Building the Case for Abolishing Article 7 of the Labour Law . Barjas . Elham . Oxfam GB Lebanon . 2019 . English.
  31. Book: Introductory Chapter: Analytical Framework for Improving Urban Resilience in Lebanon's Districts Impacted by the Syrian Refugee Crisis . Atallah S, Sánchez DG, Hassan N, Mahdi D, Mourad J . Lebanese Center for Policy Studies . 2018 . Beirut . English.
  32. Book: Hassan, Nizar . The Lebanon Uprising of 2019: Voices from the Revolution . Bloomsbury Academic . 2022 . 978-0-7556-4442-1 . Karam JG, Majed R . English . The Power and Limits of Blocking Roads: How the October Uprising Disrupted Lebanon.
  33. Web site: LCPS - How Has the August 4 Explosion and its Aftermath Affected the Revolution? . 2022-08-02 . LCPS . en.
  34. Web site: LCPS - What Are the Main Challenges and Opportunities Lying Ahead for the October 17 Movement? . 2022-08-02 . LCPS . en.
  35. Web site: LCPS - Why Did the October 17 Revolution Witness a Regression in Numbers? . 2022-08-02 . LCPS . en.
  36. Web site: (www.dw.com) . Deutsche Welle . Lebanon: New aid package is unlikely to lead to reform DW Learn German . 2022-08-27 . DW Learn German . en.
  37. Web site: An IMF bailout for Lebanon can make things worse . Bazzi . Zahra . Hassan . Nizar . 2024-03-12 . Arab NGO Network for Development.
  38. Web site: Connecting Resistances - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung . 2022-08-02 . www.rosalux.de . de-DE.
  39. Web site: 2020 . Civil Society Policy Forum 2020 . 2022-08-02 . World Bank.
  40. Web site: Law . Tom . 2017-10-08 . ILO Migration Journalism Fellowship Programme 2017/18 . 2022-08-01 . Ethical Journalism Network . en.
  41. Web site: 2018-03-09 . ILO Migration Journalism Fellowship Programme . 2022-08-01 . www.ilo.org . en.
  42. Web site: 2019 . Nizar Hassan's profile . 2022-08-02 . researchgate.net.
  43. Web site: Interview with Lebanese activist Nizar Hassan: Beirut's ruling elite may be down, but they are not yet out - Qantara.de . 2022-08-01 . Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World . 11 December 2019 . en.
  44. Web site: Lebanon Protests Human Rights Watch . 2022-08-02 . www.hrw.org.
  45. Web site: The Lebanese Politics Podcast . 2022-08-02 . SoundCloud . en.
  46. Web site: Lebanon's Revolution Started a Year Ago, and It's Not Over Yet . 2022-08-02 . www.vice.com . 19 October 2020 . en.
  47. Web site: Tafkeek - YouTube . 2022-08-02 . www.youtube.com.
  48. News: Osseiran . Sune Engel Rasmussen and Nazih . 2020-08-13 . Beirut Explosion Unleashes Public Anger at Hezbollah, Lebanon's Most Powerful Group . en-US . Wall Street Journal . 2022-08-02 . 0099-9660.
  49. News: Analysis Just when it seemed Lebanon couldn't get worse, it did . en-US . Washington Post . 2022-08-01 . 0190-8286.
  50. Web site: 2021-01-06 . Lebanese outrage over Soleimani statue unveiled in Beirut . 2022-08-01 . Middle East Monitor . en-GB.
  51. News: Yee . Vivian . 2019-10-23 . Lebanon Protests Unite Sects in Demanding New Government . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-08-02 . 0362-4331.
  52. Web site: Kareem Chehayeb . Abby Sewell . Why Protesters in Lebanon Are Taking to the Streets . 2022-08-02 . Foreign Policy . en-US.
  53. Web site: Incontro-Intervista con Nizar Hassan . 2022-08-02 . casa del contemporaneo . it-IT.
  54. Web site: Jørgensen . Emil . 2019-10-26 . Uofficielt talerør for Libanons oprør: "Eliten gør alt for at splitte os" Globalnyt . 2022-08-02 . globalnyt.dk . da-DK.
  55. Web site: Lebanon's protests continue to gain momentum - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East . 2022-08-01 . www.al-monitor.com . 20 October 2019 . en.
  56. Web site: 2021-12-18 . Lebanon is on the verge of a 'total economic and financial collapse' . 2022-08-02 . Il manifesto global . en-GB.
  57. Book: Ahwach, Diala . The struggle over narrative in Lebanon post the October uprising . . 2021.
  58. Web site: Kristensen . Mai Valentine . 2020-07-27 . Grupper som Hizbollah står i vejen for Mellemøstens demokratibevægelse. Desværre er folk som Ali afhængige af dem . 2022-08-02 . Zetland . da.
  59. Web site: Lebanon's crisis could end up empowering Hezbollah . 2022-08-01 . Lebanon's crisis could end up empowering Hezbollah . en.
  60. News: Off . Carol . Howden . Chris . 2020-10-26 . October 23, 2020 Episode Transcript . CBC Radio . 2022-08-02.
  61. Web site: deutschlandfunk.de . Inflation, Hunger und Staatskrise - Der Libanon vor dem Kollaps . 2022-08-27 . Deutschlandfunk . de.
  62. Web site: Een revolutie, maar wat dan? 'We vechten met een zeskoppig monster' . 2022-08-02 . MO* . nl.
  63. Web site: Yee . Vivian . 2019-10-26 . Lebanese shake off sectarianism to sing a song of revolution . 2022-08-02 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  64. Web site: United by Disgust, Lebanon Demos Search for Shared Future . 2022-08-02 . Asharq AL-awsat . en.
  65. News: Neumann . Julia . 2019-12-10 . Aktivist über Krise im Libanon: "Die Parteien schützen das System" . de . Die Tageszeitung: taz . 2022-08-02 . 0931-9085.
  66. Web site: 2019-11-26 . Hariri refuses to head new Lebanon government as tensions rise . 2022-08-02 . Arab News . en.
  67. Web site: LCPS - Has the October 17 Revolution Accomplished Anything At All? . 2022-08-27 . LCPS . en.

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