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2020 Edition

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If you are interested in accessing an article in particular, please refer to the Table of Contents below. 

Table of Contents

Editorial Note
By the JMEPP Editors in Chief

Protests, Not Geopolitics, Will Shape the Middle East in the New Decade
By Dr. Rabah Arezki

Comprehensive, Contentious, Convulsive, and Continuing: Some Observations on the 2010–2020 Arab Uprisings
By Rami G. Khouri

Trump’s “Deal of the Century” Is Not the Reversal of US Policy toward Israel–Palestine—The Reversal Is What We Need
By Sadiq Saffarini

Interview with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
By Sarah Mousa 

Memes and Collapse: An Alternative View of Lebanon’s October 17 Protests
By Joey Ayoub

Why a Traditional Austerity Plan Would Exacerbate Lebanon’s Woes
By Mounir Mahmalat

Education in Egypt: A Conversation with Nelly ElZayat
By Nourhan Shaaban

Back to Economics: How Socially Innovative Business Models Can Be a Pathway to Jobs and Stability in the Middle East
By Dina H. Sherif and Salma El Sayeh

The Eye of the Storm
By Dr. George G. Namur

Making Sure the Lebanese Revolution Does Not Devour Its Own Children
By Christophe Abi Nassif

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