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Aerial view of a part of the human chain formed by protesters in Lebanon on October 27. (Omar El Imadi)
Chloe Khoury

From Tripoli to Tyre: Protesters in Lebanon form first ever nationwide human chain

More than 170,000 people held hands to cover a 171-kilometer distance along Lebanon’s coastal roads, from Tripoli in the North to Tyre in the South.
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Protests in Beirut, with demonstrators demanding their rights while it rains (Eva Mahfouz)
Laudy Issa

Lebanon Protests: Leaderless and decentralized, but superbly well-organized

"Even if it rains fire, we’re staying until we get what we want."
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Protests in Jal El Dib, where demonstrators occupy the new bridge in Jal El DIb. (Firas El Khoury)
Carl Khoury

Lebanon Protests: What makes this revolution different

Sectarian allegiances are finally being questioned in the Lebanese protests happening across the country.
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Lebanese protest from October 21 (Firas El Khoury)
Joseph Helou

The 18 October Revolution: Moving Forward in Lebanon

Protesting crowds in Lebanon need to start advancing realistic demands and mobilizing further than leaderless indignation.
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Laudy Issa

Hariri to Protesters: Lebanese Cabinet agreed on reforms and 2020 state budget

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced that the Lebanese Cabinet has agreed to all points of his economic reform package...
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Shot from the Jbeil protests in Lebanon. (Eva Mahfouz)
Karim El Mufti

Lebanon Protests: The End of the Longstanding Resilience?

Both celebrated and cursed, the Lebanese resilience –or capacity to endure the toughest of situations and contexts, is engraved in the known saying: “Like a Phoenix, Lebanon shall always rise from its ashes.” For the past 50 years, the Lebanese have overcome wars, terrorism, security clashes, and Israeli aggressions, managing...
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Laudy Issa

Security forces and sectarian “thugs” crack down on protesters in Lebanon

Today marks the third day of the Lebanese protests. Yesterday night, a festive atmosphere took over the nationwide demonstrations. But...
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Laudy Issa

Thousands of Anti-Government Protesters Take To The Streets In Lebanon

From Saida to Beirut to Tripoli, spontaneous protests have broken out in Lebanon. Here’s a summary of what’s happened so...
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Beirut Today

Beit El Baraka gives free food, shelter, and medicine to Lebanese retirees

With Beit El Baraka, Lebanese retirees in financial distress can eat and live with dignity. Video by Lujain Jo...
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Laudy Issa

Beirut Pride suspends opening night until further notice

Statements from both the queer community in Lebanon and religious authorities called for its boycott, but for vastly different reasons.
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Performing No Demand No Supply: A Re-reading of Lebanon’s 2016 Sex Trafficking Scandal,” a documentary theatre performance under the patronage of the AUB Theater Initiative and in collaboration with NGO KAFA. (Nataly Hindaoui)
Hadi Afif

No Demand No Supply: Bringing the sex buyer into the narrative

Three years after its raid, the ring leaders behind the largest case of human trafficking in Lebanon are still at large.
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Karim Safieddine

Alternative Media in Lebanon: In Constant Conversation Between the Old and New

What does it take to be alternative?
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