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Karem Monzer

Women Empowerment in Lebanese Politics: Between Obstacles and Opportunities

This documentary explores women empowerment and its obstacles in the Lebanese political scene. Where were we? Where are we now?...
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Understanding the Lebanese government’s deportation plan for Syrian refugees

President Michel Aoun announced on Wednesday that the Lebanese government will “start sending Syrian refugees back to their home country...
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Jinan Nabaa

Between Costs and Child Labor: What is the Status of Refugee Education in Lebanon?

Lebanon remains the country with the largest number of refugees per capita worldwide, according to a report released earlier this year by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The government estimates having 1.5 million Syrian refugees, in addition to around 13,715 refugees of other nationalities. The report found...
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عامر شيباني

Documenting the Syrian refugee population: Fear, hesitation & lack of support

“My son is inexistent. He is a human being of flesh and blood, but the government does not acknowledge his...
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Hanin Haidar Ahmad

Jina al Dar: Empowering women and girls

Jina al Dar, an initiative by ABAAD, tours the country with the goal of empowering women and girls to prevent...
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Jinan Nabaa

Refugees and the job market: Working against the grain

According to the last report published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) under the banner of “shelters and camps”, 57 percent of Syrian refugee families live in unsafe, impoverished, or overcrowded houses and camps.  In contrast, many have recently had to vacate their homes due to their...
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Lee el Sayed

“We do not call it what it is”: The ability of language to dehumanize

We do not call it what it is. In our conversations and calls for change, we often dismiss the meanings...
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Beirut Today

Child Abuse in Lebanon: Lifelong repercussions, and how to confront it

At least one million children in Lebanon are in danger of violence as the crisis intensifies. We talk to Himaya...
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عامر شيباني

Risk of deporting asylum-seeking Kenyan activist in Lebanon persists

After more than four months of arrest, the fate of Kenyan worker and activist NM remains unknown. She remains with General Security despite being arrested on false accusations of which she has been acquitted. The MENA Rights Group and Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) launched an urgent appeal to several United Nations...
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عامر شيباني

Lebanon’s housing crisis: On tenant rights, eviction, and the state

“We are on the verge of a displacement crisis.” It is with these words that Jana Haidar, Housing Monitor Coordinator...
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Abigail Carroll

March in Beirut unites feminist activists against social and economic violence

Feminists were marching to express anger towards state-sanctioned violence and harassment against marginalized groups in Lebanon.
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عامر شيباني

Tomorrow’s leaders access quality education with Teach For Lebanon despite crisis

Teach for Lebanon is filling in a major gap in the country's education sector, more important than ever in times of crisis.
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