Martyrs at the Margins

The Politics of Neglect in Lebanon's Borderlands

Bibliographic Data

ID5765809
AuthorsLucia Volk (0009-0002-2003-2600, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume45
Issue2
Pages263-282
Publication date2009-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00263200802697365
OpenAlexW2164721327
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Events in Lebanon are primarily interpreted through the lens of sectarianism and religious difference. Yet if we look at Lebanon through the lens of politics of space, significant similarities emerge among populations that are otherwise considered different. For instance, communities in Lebanon's geographical borderlands are home to disproportionate numbers of martyrs. As a result of a policy of neglect by elites at Lebanon's political centre, communities of Sunnis and Shiites in North and South Lebanon similarly identify as disenfranchised and oppressed (al-mahrumīn or al-mazlumīn). My research is supported by interviews with families of martyrs of recent violence, analysis of newspaper articles, as well as a reading of roadside martyr images in North and South Lebanon

Martyr · Sectarianism · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East Politics and Society · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub