Nabih Berri and Lebanese politics
By: Omri Nir
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Middle East in focus
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780230105355
Subjects: Politics and government; Shiites; Politicians; Biography; Amal (Movement); Political activity
Description: Nabih Barri is a key figure in the Lebanese and Shi'ite politics for the last three decades. As the leader of the Shi'ite Amal movement since 1980 and as the Lebanese Speaker since 1992, Barri played a major role in all political events and processes in Lebanon between the early 1980's and today, including the current severe Lebanese crisis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nabih Berri's early chapters; title: From a marginal militia leader to a key man; title: A fight for survival : leading Amal and the Shiites in the jungle of the civil war; title: Serving as speaker : reaching national status, losing Shiite hegemony; title: Berri's political stands.