UMAM Documentation and Research (UMAM D&R) is a Lebanese non-governmental organization that believes in the need to confront Lebanon's strained past if the country is to ever move out of endless cycles of violence and instability towards the establishment of lasting and enduring peace. In the years since its foundation, particularly after the unfolding of the Arab Spring, UMAM D&R has broadened its focus to include regional affairs, although its core commitment is to Lebanon. Only through an open and honest historical reckoning can the country better understand contemporary issues and prepare itself to deal with future problems.