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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...
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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? And where does progress lie?...
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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...
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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 existence,” said a tearful Fatima S. as she spoke of her suffering as a result of her son, Ahmad’s, troubles. Fatima is a Syrian refugee that fled to Lebanon during...
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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...
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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 that our words carry and their implications in existing contexts and systems of oppression. We may do this in our relationships with each other, in our conversations with ourselves, in...
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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...
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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 at the Public Works Studio, described the status of housing in Lebanon. “There is a significant increase in rent prices as opposed to meager salaries and great greed by landlords,”...
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