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Hannah Arendt’s banality of evil has a new face in 2026

Throughout history, intellectuals have struggled to come to terms with the arrival of violence and the sudden discarding of values and morals once considered foundational

Asala Lamie 06 April 2026

Unemployment, poverty and a bleak outlook have recently led many Gazans to take their own life. These conditions are unsustainable and put the recent outbreak of war into context.

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Outbreak of war sheds light on Gaza's dire conditions and rising suicide rate

Unemployment, poverty and a bleak outlook have recently led many Gazans to take their own life. These conditions are unsustainable and put the recent outbreak of war into context.

Houssam Marouf 08 October 2023

In this file photo taken on August 9, 2020, shows a noose and a gallows hanging from the Martyrs' Statue along with Lebanese national flags, at the Martyrs' Square in the center of Lebanon's capital Beirut.

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Spike in suicides points to growing despair in Lebanon

Lebanon has been recently grappling with a surge in suicide cases, which can be attributed to the dire economic situation as well as Hezbollah's stifling grip over the country

Shadi Alaa Aldin 03 April 2023

The Next Epidemic: Suicide Among the Young

If desperation is a spectrum, suicide is at its gut-wrenching extreme. Thankfully, as with most extremes, it is rare. Yet a raft of official statistics emerging from health authorities in different…

Luisa Markides 29 July 2022

The Last Goodbye — Assisted Dying in Switzerland

Unlike any other country in regard to this issue, Switzerland has the longest history of the legal practice of non-physician assisted suicide. Assisted dying is legally allowed, as controversial as…

Luisa Markides 28 May 2022

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