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Middle East Socioeconomic Overview

Report: May 2025

Trump’s visit to the Middle East marked a historic shift in the Middle East as the President spoke of new horizons for the region. The US President declared that there will be more cooperation in existing dimensions, especially when it comes to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Moreover, certain measures will be taken to ascertain regional leaders that economic relief will happen for countries like Syria and Lebanon. In short, he declared that it is time for a new shift and most observers and commentators are hoping for the best.  The region really needs a new beginning.

Service with Dignity! What are the most prominent humanitarian programs of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)? What is its field relief role?

The answer is with Nina Hallak, the Director of the MECC Diakonia and Social Service Department, Lebanon’s Office, and the Nurse Roula Al-Sahwi, the Coordinator of the Home Care Program at MECC, in a special episode of "Don't Be Afraid" program on Télé Lumière and Noursat TV Channel, prepared and presented by Father Charbel El Khoury.

Future Intellectual and Cultural Cooperation Was Discussed

What Are the Details?

The Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) Professor Michel Abs received the President of the Romaian Cultural Society Professor Najib Jahshan, at the head of a delegation that included Professor Elie Abdelhak, the Head of the Publishing and Documentation Committee, and Mr. Roland Khairallah, the Rapporteur of the Public Affairs Monitoring Committee, and Member of the Media and Heritage of Light Committee. The visit took place on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at the MECC headquarters in Beirut.

Attendees were the Journalist Lea Adel Maamary, the Media Officer and the Coordinator of the Church and Media Relations at MECC, and the TV Director Johnny Antoun, the Social Media Officer at MECC.

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On Sunday, June 15, 2025, the Journalist Lea Adel Maamary was appointed Secretary of the Eastern Club For Civilizations Dialogue in its new administrative board, following the Club's General Assembly meeting in accordance with the legal quorum and the election of a new administrative board.

Professor Laure Abi Khalil was also appointed a member of the Eastern Club For Civilizations Dialogue.

“Momentum”

13-6-2025

This issue includes reports, videos, news, articles, and a full coverage of the latest developments, especially the launch of the Satellite and Radio Broadcast of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), as well as the Church, Ecumenical, and social events…

This is in addition to the weekly word of the MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs which is entitled in this issue “Lest Darkness Overtake Us”. It is the word that he delivered at the press conference to launch the MECC Satellite and Radio Broadcast

You can check the issue via the following link: https://mailchi.mp/f7fc3f86f67c/momentum-mecc-weekly-newsletter.

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A weekly program featuring spiritual, cultural, intellectual, youthful and environmental, segments, produced by the Middle East Council of Churches.

Watch it and listen to it, every Tuesday, on MECC TV and Radio, at the following times:

MECC FM: 10 am Beirut time

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She Says: "We are messengers, and the mission is not complete without building bridges of cooperation with all colleagues in the Christian Ecumenical media and platforms dedicated to spreading the Gospel to the ends of the earth"