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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

No student elections in sight at AUB for second year in a row

Administrative decisions have harmed the ability of students to continue their studies. An AUB student council is needed now more than ever.
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Nina Bazin

“We want to go home:” One paper is holding 13 women hostage in Lebanon

13 Ivorian women have protested in front of and stormed into their consulate in Lebanon, simply because they want to...
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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 had seen the video Toufiluk had shared about the incident with his sister. I had, in fact, seen it the day before; I was enraged by it, utterly disgusted, but...
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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...
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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 where he had gone to great lengths to speak of a reality that many Lebanese cannot get themselves to accept or reconcile with. Macron said that not only is Hezbollah...
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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 issued directive on students allowed to enroll in public schools. Lebanese schools are required to prioritise the enrolment of Lebanese students over foreign ones, but they have so far been...
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