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Karim Safieddine

Civil Society Organizations in Lebanon: Little Space for Refugee Advocacy?

Civil society in Lebanon has taken different forms and passed through various phases. It includes diverse political activist movements and...
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Tamara Saade

Activists say ‘Enough!’ to violence against women

Women and men  gathered in front of the National Museum in Beirut on December 23, 2017,  to light candles in...
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Adnan Kayyali

Drug laws in Lebanon work against small users, for big dealers

To be abducted from one’s home, taken to a strange underground place, and isolated from any human contact aside from your captors for days on end is scary enough. Add to this the likelihood of being interrogated, tortured, abused, and possibly raped in that same place. This scenario is a...
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Cynthia Saghir

100 Years after Balfour Conference: An Exploration of the Past and Future of Palestine

On  December 13th and 14th, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) hosted an academic conference titled  “100...
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Tamara Saade

Water Scarcity in the Middle East as Explained by Dr. Hussam Hussein

On December 6, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs hosted a talk on water scarcity and...
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Asma El Hajal

Beirut’s Golden Crown of Polluted Air

Lebanon’s coasts have been lying under a great yellow cloud, making sure we go about our daily lives with pride — to be proud for embracing a golden crow of smog. This not-so-surprising phenomenon is obviously caused by the rise of pollutants in the atmosphere. Air pollution in Lebanon has...
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Ragheb Raad

American University of Beirut Graduate Students Protesting Scholarship Termination – A Sequel

AUB students gathered on Tuesday at 11am in front of College Hall, the campus’ main administrative building, to show support...
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Hossein Cheaito

MADA Network: What’s Next?

In the past couple of years, Lebanon has witnessed on-and-off attempts of political reform with the last (major) one being...
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Lara Mekkawi

Stitching Palestine: Resistance Comes In Many Forms

Twelve patterns, twelve regions, twelve women, twelve stories. Stitching Palestine is a documentary directed by Carol Mansour and produced and researched by Muna Khalidi. In the screening at Metropolis Sofil in Beirut, Carol Mansour was hesitant to introduce the movie: “It is not a story about embroidery”, she declared. Indeed, embroidery was...
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Beirut Today

An Interview with Joslin Kehdy, Founder of Recycle Lebanon

On the 21st  of October , Beirut Today interviewed the charismatic and passionate Joslin Kehdy, the founder of Recycle Lebanon,...
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Celine Bteish

Yalla Bus, The App Making Public Transportation Accessible in Lebanon

It’s no secret that traffic in Beirut is a nightmare. With very little access to and a lack of innovation...
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Alessa Flores Vela

How Women Entrepreneurs Are (Slowly) Changing The Middle East

In the majority of societies, men and women emphasize the importance of gender equity to achieve the same opportunities for their human development. However, the reality of this desire is sometimes harder to achieve in some societies rather than others. For this reason, the United Nations has been committed to...
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