The Open Library Project
The Open Library Project is an online resource library with readily available reference books, reports, studies, guides and tools, and fact sheets relevant to civil society and civil society organisations’ work in Lebanon.
Dossiers are sub-libraries specific to certain events or themes
Cover Title Publisher(s) Publishing Year Synopsis Dossier Theme
The Refugee Crisis in Lebanon and Jordan: The Need for Economic Development Spending Forced Migration Review (FMR) 2014

The entry of Syrian refugees into Lebanon and Jordan has resulted in unprecedented social and economic challenges to both countries. These are felt on a day-to-day basis by all Lebanese and... [read more]

Migration, Mobility and Circulation Refugees, Economic Development, Humanitarian Financing & Resources
Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon: A Snapshot from Summer 2013 The Institute for the Study of International Migration, The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies 2013

This report points out a number of salient issues that should be further addressed by... [read more]

Migration, Mobility and Circulation Refugees, Conflict Resolution
Syrian Refugees in Lebanon between Resilience and Vulnerability Institut des Sciences Politiques 2017

The goal of this study is to measure the impact of the legal status policy on refugee... [read more]

Migration, Mobility and Circulation Refugees, Quality of Life, Human Rights & Protection
Precarity in Exile: The Legal Status of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Refugee Survey Quarterly 2016

Lebanon has had an ambiguous approach to the more than one million Syrians seeking protection in the country since 2011. The country is neither party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status... [read more]

Migration, Mobility and Circulation Refugees, Legal Issues
Reconfiguring Relief Mechanisms: The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs 2014

This paper highlights the specificity of the refugee crisis in the unstable Lebanese landscape... [read more]

Migration, Mobility and Circulation Relief Services, Refugees
Higher Education and Syrian Refugee Students: The Case of Lebanon Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 2017

This report presents issues within tertiary education for young Syrian refugees in Lebanon. It... [read more]

Migration, Mobility and Circulation Refugees, Education
Citizens’ perceptions of security threats stemming from the Syrian refugee presence in Lebanon International Alert 2015

This paper focuses on the outcomes of a nationwide survey on the Lebanese public’s... [read more]

Migration, Mobility and Circulation Refugees, Safety & Security
The Consequences of Limited Legal Status for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Norwegian Refugee Council 2014
In December 2013, NRC launched a report entitled ‘The Consequences of Limited Legal Status for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: NRC Field Assessment in Aarsal and Wadi Khaled’ (Part One) based on the... [read more]
Migration, Mobility and Circulation Refugees, Legal Issues
Living on hope, hoping for education: The failed response to the Syrian refugee crisis Overseas Development Institute 2014
The crisis in Syria has entered its fourth year. Children have been on the front-line from the outset. They have experienced or witnessed horrific acts of indiscriminate
violence.... [read more]
Migration, Mobility and Circulation Refugees, Education
Fleeing the Violence in Syria: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) 2012

MSF’s objective in carrying out this study was to better understand the conditions facing Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. With the aim of adapting the organisation’s response to the evolving... [read more]

Migration, Mobility and Circulation Refugees, Health

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