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(Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom)
Dima Farran

From Hong Kong to Beirut, as Inspired by Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

While the overview of Winter On Fire is not to be wholly discredited, it does present the world with a whitewashed version of Ukraine's Maidan uprising.
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Fires in the Chouf area (Albawaba)
Laudy Issa

Fires spread across Lebanon, local firefighting planes need $450,000 maintenance

More than 104 fires have spread across Lebanon since early Monday morning, according to the Director-General of Civil Defense, Raymond...
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La Mercè 2019 celebrates Beirut heritage and culture in Barcelona. (barcelon.cat)
Aina De Lapparent Alvarez

Barcelona’s “La Mercè” festival celebrates Beirut’s customs and culture

Barcelona celebrates La Mercè, the city’s main festival honoring the Virgin of Grace (Mare de Déu de la Mercè), patron saint of the city, every year around September 24. Sometimes called the “festival of festivals” in its week-long run, it gathers between 1.5 and 2 million people. Every year since...
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Still from Interbellum's Ready To Dissolve music video, directed by Camille Cabbabé.
Laudy Issa

Interbellum takes you down a winding, nostalgic road with Dead Pets, Old Griefs

Interbellum’s Karl Mattar would much rather let his music speak for itself than sit for an interview, he lets me...
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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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At the Ramsis metro station, women usually prefer to use the ladies metro cars for fear of being harassed. (Photo by Eman Helal, one of the female journalists in Zahra Hankir's anthology.
Kareem Chehayeb

Our Women On The Ground: Arab women reporting on conflicts in their own backyards

“There is no one Arab woman, there is no one way to be an Arab woman, and there is no one Arab female experience.”
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Hammana Artist House, an art residency space situated 40-minutes from Beirut. (hah-lb.org)
Aina De Lapparent Alvarez

Cherries and Snow: Hammana Artist House breathes life back into a small Lebanese village

The history of the Hammana Artist House and its role in revitalising a village known for its cherries and climate.
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Garbage crisis: Around 85 percent of Lebanon's waste goes to open dumps or landfills, even though 88 to 90 percent of it can be composted or recycled. (Infographic by Christina Atik)
Laudy Issa

Lebanese Politicians Will Never Agree On A Sustainable Solution To The Garbage Crisis

Harsh criticism or reality?
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Beirut Today

Quickfire Questions with Kozo

Kozo (and Alfie’s pillow) sit around a mess of pedals in Tunefork Studios and talk about their debut album: Tokyo Metabolist Syndrome. Join the Lebanese post-rock / math-rock band for the launch of their new album at SoundsGood Festival on September 7. Video by Laudy Issa...
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Beirut Today

With Yo-Yo Ma and Right To Play, Beirut Becomes a Stage for Refugees

Young Syrian and Palestinian refugees recently shared the stage with world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble, playing...
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Egyptian rock band Massar Egbari. (Courtesy of Massar Egbari)
Veronica Merlo

On Egyptian Rock N’ Activism: We talked to Massar Egbari at their Beirut concert

Five Egyptian musicians walk into Bayt Em Nazih and set the crowd on fire with their unique blend of rock and social activism.
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Veronica Merlo

Beirut’s historic landmarks between resilience and destruction: the case of Vendome Stairs

In recent years, several civil society groups have fought to protect what little is left of public spaces in Beirut.
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