📰 3 sources 4 articles · 29 Sep 2026, 12:41 → 17 days ago

Lebanese University professors' tenure file: postponement, referral to Cabinet, then sit-ins

This story concerns the tenure file for hourly contracted professors at the Lebanese University, after a decision on it was postponed and referred to the Council of Ministers to discuss the final formula and selection criteria, and after the visit of the Maronite Patriarch's envoy to the President. Later, professors and students stressed the file could no longer wait and held a sit-in at the Lebanese University in Zahle demanding its approval.

📍 Where things stand: The file remains before the Council of Ministers after a decision was postponed, amid demands to approve it in the Cabinet's first session and calls to adhere to the strike until the demands are met.

⏱️ Timeline

29 Sep 2026, 12:41 Education Ministry sources said the tenure file for Lebanese University professors saw a sudden pause after a decision on it was postponed and referred to the Council of Ministers to discuss the final formula and criteria for selecting the professors included. The sources indicated that the visit of Bishop Elias Nassar, envoy of Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, to President Joseph Aoun was an influential station that pushed toward re-examining the file carefully with greater attention to balance.
29 Sep 2026, 18:55 Professors and students at the Lebanese University stressed that the tenure file could no longer tolerate further delay, in an explicit demand to address it, amid continued debate over the status of contracted professors at the university.
1 Oct 2026, 15:33 Professors and students at the Faculty of Law and Political Science – Fourth Branch in Ksara, Zahle, held a sit-in at the Lebanese University in Zahle demanding approval of the tenure file for hourly contracted professors. Dr. Myra Moussa called for approving the file in the first session of the Council of Ministers, affirming that professors demand fairness, not exceptional privileges, and called for unifying the position and adhering to the strike until the demands are achieved.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

How the sources covered it

Coverage ranged from focusing on the background of the file's postponement and referral to the Council of Ministers and the visit of the Patriarch's envoy to the President (Lebanon Debate), to highlighting the demands of professors and students (الديار), to a brief report on the Zahle sit-in (LBCI).

Lebanon Debate It provided information on the sudden pause in the tenure file and its referral to the Council of Ministers, citing Education Ministry sources, and highlighted the visit of Bishop Elias Nassar, the Patriarch al-Rahi's envoy, to President Joseph Aoun and its impact on re-examining the file with greater attention to balance; it then reported details of the Ksara Zahle sit-in and Dr. Myra Moussa's call to approve the file in the first Cabinet session and adhere to the strike until the demands are met.
الديار It focused on the position of professors and students at the Lebanese University that the tenure file could no longer tolerate further delay, and on their explicit demand to address the file, while noting continued debate over the status of contracted professors.
LBCI It carried a brief report on a sit-in at the Lebanese University in Zahle demanding approval of the tenure file, without additional details on speakers or their demands.

AI comparison of what each outlet emphasized. It describes emphasis, not accuracy.

Lebanon DebateالديارLBCI

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📅 2026-10-01

Lebanon Debate 16:14

Promises Are No Longer Enough… Full-Time Status File Ignites Movement at the Lebanese University

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LBCI 15:33

Sit-in at the Lebanese University in Zahle to demand approval of the full-time status file

Participants staged a sit-in at the Lebanese University in Zahle to demand the approval of the full-time status (tafrugh) file, according to LBCI.

📅 2026-09-29

الديار 18:55

Professors and students of the Lebanese University: The tenure file can no longer wait

Professors and students at the Lebanese University stressed that the tenure (full-time employment) file can no longer bear further delay, in an explicit demand to address the issue…

Lebanon Debate 12:41

Sudden Freeze on the Full-Time Employment File... Visit of al-Rahi's Envoy Reshuffles the Cards

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