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On harassment in Lebanon. Man walking with a megaphone. In front of him, a woman runs and looks back at him while covering her ears.
Tala Ladki

Checking male privilege: On harassment in Lebanon

The other day it hit me. I was in the car with my friend and she asked me if I...
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Karem Monzer

Rebuilding Beirut’s heritage sites, without funding public institutions

Lebanese banks abroad
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Lebanese banks are robbing students of their right to study abroad

Commercial banks in Lebanon continue to deny overseas bank transfers for students living abroad, despite the new Central Bank circular.
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Freeda Chehab

How I learned to deal with expat guilt: Moving out of Lebanon in 2020

How does one begin to mourn the loss of their home when they feel removed from the chaos it had been burdened with?
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Leaving or staying? Lebanese forced to ask
Farah Ali-Ahmad

“Should I stay or should I go?” Lebanese forced to ask after blast

With the passing of time, living in Lebanon feels more and more like one sequence of survival after another. As...
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The legal residency of migrant workers in Lebanon remains tied to sponsors under the new Standard Unified Contract.
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

New Standard Unified Contract does not abolish Kafala in Lebanon

Lebanon’s Minister of Labour recently announced the new Standard Unified Contract for migrant domestic workers. The contract, developed by a Lebanese Steering Committee in cooperation with the Office of High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), is now set in place to protect the human...
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Dima Farran

On its centenary: Lebanon celebrates a nation in shambles

On the eve of Lebanon’s centenary, French president Macron paid the country a second visit in less than a month...
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Dr. Zeina el Tibi

Op-Ed: If not France, then who can help Lebanon?

We may not appreciate President Macron’s liberal-globalism and unbridled Europeanism, but it is a very bad accusation to blame him...
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Aid distribution processes discriminate against Syrian refugees

Syrian refugees are increasingly reporting being refused aid on the basis of nationality, despite being heavily affected by the Beirut blast.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Children of Lebanese mothers & foreign fathers excluded from registering in public schools

Minister of Education and Higher Learning Tarek Majzoub has excluded the children of Lebanese mothers married to foreigners from an...
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Kenyan women protest outside of their consulate in Beirut, demanding repatriation. (Photo: Andre Mahfouz)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

General Security takes over repatriation process for Kenyan workers

General Security will be collecting the women’s passport photos on Monday, August 17 to begin preparing the travel documents.
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Resilience article (Photo: Marylin Chahine)
Marylin Chahine

After the Beirut blast, the Lebanese people have grown tired of being resilient

It is our turn to break the cycle and reject this notion of resilience, which we have inherited and has been imposed on us.
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