Sex, Social Reproduction and the Civil War in Lebanon

I am currently working on a major research project that examines how militias and foreign armies used sex and intimacy as tools of governance during Lebanon’s Civil War (1975-1990). Based on oral history interviews with militia and army veterans, and with civilians who interacted with them in their everyday life during the war, combined with reading Lebanese war-time novels and visual media, the project asks, what happens to intimacy in a context of militarized violence?

Related Publications

“What’s Sex Got To Do With It? Traffic and Protection in Lebanon’s Civil War”, International Journal of Middle East Studies, issue 57.2, fall 2025.

“Life Under Siege in Lebanon’s Civil War”, Rethinking the Lebanese Civil War edited volume, forthcoming.

Still from “Cinema Fouad” (Mohammed Soueid, 1993)