Title: From My University in Lebanon, I See a Society Under Fire That Refuses to Quit
Author: Fadlo R. Khuri
Publication: The National
Date: 17 April 2026
UNICEF/UNI356240/Baz/AFP
Summary: Fadlo Khuri, President of the American University of Beirut, describes the impact of the widening regional war on Lebanon, where over one million people — including 300,000 children — have been displaced, and more than 2,100 killed. On 8 April, Israeli forces fired over 100 missiles across Lebanon within ten minutes; the AUB Medical Centre received 68 casualties within the hour, many of them children. Despite the devastation, AUB is mobilising volunteers to support displaced families, maintaining academic programmes, and pressing towards a June graduation.
Author: Fadlo R. Khuri
Publication: The National
Date: 17 April 2026
UNICEF/UNI356240/Baz/AFP
Summary: Fadlo Khuri, President of the American University of Beirut, describes the impact of the widening regional war on Lebanon, where over one million people — including 300,000 children — have been displaced, and more than 2,100 killed. On 8 April, Israeli forces fired over 100 missiles across Lebanon within ten minutes; the AUB Medical Centre received 68 casualties within the hour, many of them children. Despite the devastation, AUB is mobilising volunteers to support displaced families, maintaining academic programmes, and pressing towards a June graduation.
Quote: "Yet again, a people who have learnt to live with disaster and uncertainty look to the American University of Beirut for hope, for excellence and for certainty amid the uncertain. No matter the challenges, the limited resources and dangers, we will never let them down."
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