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A homeless man walks past closed shops in Beirut. (PHOTO: Alhurra via REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir) | Public policy intervention article
Dima Farran

Public policy intervention: Lack of vision or visionaries?

The extended four-day shutdown in Lebanon reflects subpar public policy-making.
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Sonatrach
Nasser Khoury

On the Algerian involvement in the case of fuel oil fraud in Lebanon

This is not the first time that Algerian oil and gas company Sonatrach has been criticized for scandals by Lebanese media.
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The earlier months of Lebanon's anti-government revolution were characterised by peaceful, joyous protests. Today, protesters are hungrier, the economy is collapsing and poverty rates have skyrocketed. As such, protests are more violent. (Photo: Andre Mahfouz)
George Ajjan

The leadership problem of Lebanon’s protests

And why new leaders who possess sufficient political acumen must rewrite the script.
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Lebanese women hold candle-lit vigil in tribute to four murdered women in Beirut, Lebanon, December 23 2017. REUTERS/Isam Abdallah
Gabriella Soriano

Call toxic masculinity by its name

Mazen Harfoush’s crime is not an isolated incident. He is one of many Lebanese men who have taken the lives of their spouses to assert their dominance.
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Gabrielle Antar

He didn’t rape me: A story of self-doubt, anger, and surviving assault

These violations happen way too often for us not to talk about.
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democracy in the Arab world article
Dima Farran

COVID-19: A blank cheque for authoritarian Arab regimes

For Arab countries, the fight against COVID-19 threatens to become an excuse for the crackdown on dissent, the clampdown on freedoms and the abuse of power.
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Thalia Arawi

The Happy Rose

A thank you to sanitation workers, the invisible heroes keeping another public health crisis at bay in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Thalia Arawi

The courage to live amidst the unbearable heaviness of being

She was ten years of age when, leaving the Italian School in Beirut on a cold winter night when she...
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Wissam Saad sits at his desk in his persona at Al Jadeed
Laudy Issa

When will Lebanese television comedians learn to respect women?

Al Jadeed's Wissam Saad is the latest Lebanese media personality to make rape the punchline of a joke.
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Medusa of Modern Times, COVID-19
Thalia Arawi

How COVID-19 is the Medusa of modern times

Like Medusa, COVID-19 has two faces.
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Detail of Colossal Krater from Altamura, about 350 B.C., Greek, made in Apulia, South Italy. (Photo: The Iris) Sisyphus article
Thalia Arawi

Sisyphus was condemned to roll his rock: “We must imagine Sisyphus happy”

As I sit, work & dream from home because of COVID-19, the words of Karl Marx strike me as more realistic than ever: Capitalists are their own grave-diggers.
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Syrian refugees in a building under construction they have been using as a shelter in the city of Saida, March 2020. There are rising fears that refugee communities are at an increased risk of getting COVID-19. (AP / Al Arabiya)
Thalia Arawi

Forgetting “refugees” during COVID-19

COVID-19 has brought to the surface social inequalities for which “refugees” and the less advantaged are not morally responsible.
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