{"id":68229,"date":"2020-08-06T10:26:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T14:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=68229"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:29","slug":"carleton-experts-beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2020\/carleton-experts-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Experts Available: Beirut Explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Experts Available: Beirut Explosion\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>As details of the tragic explosion in Beirut continue to emerge, Carleton experts are available to speak about the political and economic consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nahla Abdo<br>\n<\/strong>Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology<br>\n<strong><br>\nEmail: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:nahla.abdo@carleton.ca\">nahla.abdo@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdo can reflect on the history of the storage of Ammonium Nitrate in Beirut Port, and the debate around it. She can discuss the role(s) of the different governments since then and provide updated statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ruby Dagher<\/strong><b><br>\n<\/b>Instructor, School of Public Policy and Administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Email<\/b>: <a title=\"mailto:ruby.dagher@carleton.ca\" href=\"mailto:ruby.dagher@carleton.ca\">ruby.dagher@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dagher\u2019s expertise is in areas related to donor programming, foreign aid policy, fragile states, legitimacy, the Middle East, performance measurement and post-conflict development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><b>Media Contact<\/b><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div>Steven Reid<\/div>\n<div id=\"Signature\">\n<p>Media Relations Officer<\/p>\n<p>Carleton University<\/p>\n<p><a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"tel:613-265-6613\">613-265-6613<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>COVID 19 Updates:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/coronavirus-covid-19\/messages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/coronavirus-covid-19\/messages\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As details of the tragic explosion in Beirut continue to emerge, Carleton experts are available to speak about the political and economic consequences. Nahla Abdo Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology Email: nahla.abdo@carleton.ca Abdo can reflect on the history of the storage of Ammonium Nitrate in Beirut Port, and the debate around it. 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