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Razan El Helou

PhD researcher on peace education, storytelling, and politics
Razan El Helou

PhD researcher on peace education, storytelling, and politics

- How aesthetic becomes power and power becomes aesthetic
  
  How beauty, taste, and appearance quietly define identity, gender roles, and social expectations in Lebanese society.
  
  How beauty, taste, and appearance quietly define identity, gender roles, and social expectations in Lebanese society.
  
  March 17, 2026
- Why learning to see beauty matters
  
  In this opening essay on transrational peace, an educator explores how cultivating the ability to perceive beauty is a vital step toward nonviolence, dignity, and social cohesion in Lebanon.
  
  In this opening essay on transrational peace, an educator explores how cultivating the ability to perceive beauty is a vital step toward nonviolence, dignity, and social cohesion in Lebanon.
  
  February 14, 2026