The war generation and student elections at the American University of Beirut. From: Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) | Date: March 22, 1996| Author: Harik, Judith; Meho, Lokman | COPYRIGHT 1996 Association of Arab-American University Graduates and Institute of Arab Studies. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Jan. and Dec. 1994 student elections at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon can be used to study the effects of civil war on student politics. Shortly before civil war erupted in the mid-1970s, politics at the AUB was motivated by issues, such as calls for social and political justice, the strengthening of Arab identity and resistance to Western and Zionist imperialism. However, as the civil war subsided, student politics in the 1980s was characterized by the use of threats...

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