Ex-combatants Working for Peace and the Lebanese Civil Society: A Case Study in Non-communal Reintegration |
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Authors: | Makram Ouaiss |
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Institution: | Department of Social Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon |
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Abstract: | AbstractThis article investigates the factors that made few Lebanese ex-combatants, who fought each other during the Lebanese civil war of 1975 and who believed they were fighting for a just cause, able to work together to establish the Fighters for Peace (FFP) association to preach peace and peaceful coexistence. It demonstrates that ex-combatants, who are cause-oriented individuals, can overcome their differences and hatred towards each other and work together for the purpose of civil peace. This can happen, if ex-combatants gradually reintegrate back into society following a two-phase model proposed by the authors. |
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