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New Report by ACHR Documents Syrian Refugees’ lives after Deportation from Lebanon

The Access Center for Human Rights (ACHR) has released a report titled “What Happens After the Deportation of Refugees from...
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Beirut Today

A History of Migrant Worker Organization in Lebanon: Report by ARM

The Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) in Lebanon released a new report titled “Historicizing Migrant Domestic Workers’ Community Organizing and Class Struggle...
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Beirut Today

MPs Announce New App to Increase Crackdowns on Syrian Refugees

Amidst a rising death toll from the current conflict and deteriorating socioeconomic conditions, a number of Beirut Members of Parliament, led by Lebanese Forces MP Ghassan Hasbani, announced the creation of a new mobile application to report “violations” by Syrian refugees in Beirut – particularly those without legal documents. The...
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“The day never came”: Palestinian refugees reflect on a free Palestine after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

In 1948, Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes with the establishment of the Zionist occupation. Many sought refugee in...
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Refugee children are targets of institutional racism in Lebanon, highlights report by ARM

A new report by the Anti-Racism Movement in Lebanon (linked here) shed a light on the racism that refugees and...
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Celine al Jamil

The Disillusionment of Kafala: Collectivize to Escape

It is in collectives that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism. Angela Y. Davis, Freedom is a Constant Struggle The Kafala System has been a part of Lebanon since the early 1950s. As the country continues to go through economic and political fluctuations, migrant workers are often discriminated against...
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Mahdi El Amin

From Public to Private Spaces: Freedom to Discriminate in Lebanon Reigns Supreme

On May 14, a group of men approached a woman at Saida’s public beach and demanded she leave the premises...
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Migrant workers take to streets on International Domestic Workers Day

Migrant workers took to Badaro street during International Domestic Workers Day on Sunday, June 18 to march in protest of...
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Mohamed Ben Fredj

#NoShameNoBlame: ABAAD’s campaign against sexual harassment in Lebanon

December 27th, 11 am, tens of Lebanese women congregate in front of the parliament for ABAAD’s anti-sexual harassment campaign, their chanting voices reverberating in unison across Al Nejmeh square. Some kneel on the floor, painting bright red protest slogans on fresh white linen that read: I’m free, not your property. ...
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

“Weathering the Storm”: How local initiatives are helping the elderly in their time of need

Since the onset of the crisis in late 2019, vulnerable groups of people have been at the forefront of every...
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Mohamed Ben Fredj

Why Alaa Abd El Fattah’s Case is a Long History of Regional Violence  

BEIRUT  – As the world turns its gaze to Sharm-el-Sheikh, where world leaders have congregated for the UN climate negotiations,...
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Asmaa Jomha

Lebanese Citizens’ Forbidden Fruit: Seeking Asylum 

Lebanese citizens are leaving the country, or at least trying to.  In a time where allegedly immigrant-friendly countries are imposing increasingly harsher immigration rules, getting a visa alone has become a struggle for the Lebanese. While many Lebanese did manage to get a visa, they had to meet the language...
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