The Lebanese revolution’s success cannot only be measured by how many people are protesting.
Community Voices
In the past few months, helplessness slithered its way back into the everyday emotional luggage I carry.
To encourage dialogue along the lines of a national identity, rather than a sectarian one, is to unify citizens in support of a collective wellbeing.
"Normative social categories can be disrupted through everyday performances of resistance."
As the economic crisis keeps unfolding & corruption remains rampant, having free voices is essential to properly understanding public needs.
What will it take to sustain the workers movement on the long run?
The national currency needs to be prevented from total collapse, and this needs to be done in a pragmatic and gradual approach with a clear bias towards protecting the interests of the majority of the population against the predatory behavior of the ruling cartel.
Between October 17 and March 6, security agencies have called in at least 29 people for interrogation concerning free speech charges.
The world lost yet another activist, LGBTQ+ rights advocate Sara Hegazy, because she showed her true colors in a conservative society that feared the change she represented.
Through atrocious language and the abusive Kafala system, we degrade Lebanon's migrant workers and threaten their safety.
Before we achieve any sort of progress, we must absolve ourselves from the pretentious nature that has dug us this deep.
As coronavirus restrictions are being relaxed, the government must declare sectarianism as its number one public health emergency.