issue number 128 |March 2013 POLL ON CIVIL MARRIAGE PROSTITUTION “THE MONTHLY” INTERVIEWS DR. MAHMOUD KREIDIEH www.iimonthly.com Published by Information International sal
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN LEBANON
Lebanon 5,000LL | Saudi Arabia 15SR | UAE 15DHR | Jordan 2JD| Syria 75SYP | Iraq 3,500IQD | Kuwait 1.5KD | Qatar 15QR | Bahrain 2BD | Oman 2OR | Yemen 15YRI | Egypt 10EP | Europe 5Euros March INDEX 2013
4 MENTAL HEALTH IN LEBANON
8 INTERVIEW: DR. MAHMOUD KREIDIEH
10 POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: DR. HANNA SAADAH
11 ASSASSINATIONS IN LEBANON
15 PREVALENCE OF CRIME
17 FOREIGN LABOR FORCE P: 8 P: 19 19 PROSTITUTION
21 POLL ON CIVIL MARRIAGE
23 HEPATITIS C: DR. HANNA SAADAH
24 KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY: A LONG WAY TO GO: ANTOINE BOUTROS
25 ATTAINING GOOD MENTAL HEALTH: DR. MICHEL NAWFAL
26 INTERVIEW: SHEREEN KREIDIEH P: 28 28 NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION
30 POPULAR CULTURE 43 THIS MONTH IN HISTORY- ARAB WORLD 31 DEBUNKING MYTH#67: CARTHAGE’S SALTY DEFEAT 44 SYRIAN CRISIS SPILLS OVER INTO THE ECONOMY 32 MUST-READ BOOKS: A LIFE THROUGH MEMORIES 45 IRAQI ECONOMY
33 MUST-READ CHILDREN’S BOOK: BEIRUT IN 46 A SPRING NOT SO ROSY FOR WOMEN WORDS, PICTURES AND COLORS
34 LEBANON FAMILIES: LEBANESE FAMILY NAMES 47 REAL ESTATE PRICES IN LEBANON - DENOTING COLORS JANUARY 2013
35 DISCOVER LEBANON: WADI EL-SIT 48 FOOD PRICES - JANUARY 2013
36 THE LEBANESE DETAINED IN SYRIA 50 DEPRESSION AROUND THE WORLD
37 JANUARY 2013 HIGHLIGHTS 50 BEIRUT RAFIC HARIRI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - JANUARY 2013 41 THIS MONTH IN HISTORY- LEBANON 51 LEBANON STATS |EDITORIAL
KNOW THY HISTORY
“Why did we defeat the Israelis and the Palestinians didn’t?”, the nine-year-old converging into one single answer.
First, who are “we” and who are the Palestinians? And why did the girl assume we emerged victorious, at a time when a considerable number of Lebanese and Arabs believe otherwise? ! " # " $ R Shimon Peres?
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