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Karim Safieddine

In Beirut, reporting on politics

Karim Safieddine is a political writer and organizer in Lebanon. He's currently pursuing his PhD in sociology at the University of Pittsburgh.

A Hezbollah flag is seen in a destroyed car after an Israeli airstrike in Nabi Chit (Al-Nabi Shayth), Lebanon, on March 26, 2026. In the first week of March, the Israeli army carried out an unsuccessful nighttime commando operation there to recover the remains of Ron Arad, a pilot missing since 1986, triggering airstrikes and destruction in the area that forced residents to flee their homes. (Photo by Fabio Bucciarelli / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Displacement and dissent: Hezbollah’s war with Israel splits Lebanon’s Shiites

Karim Safieddine

Karim Safieddine

In Beirut, reporting on politics

A Shiite Muslim cleric holds a picture of Hassan Nasrallah.

Analysis

Hezbollah still dominant among Lebanon's Shiite, but ground is shifting

Karim Safieddine

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