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Laudy Issa

The courage of Sara Hegazy in an unaccepting world

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.
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Farah Ali-Ahmad

Lebanese people can start supporting Black lives by not using racist words

Through atrocious language and the abusive Kafala system, we degrade Lebanon's migrant workers and threaten their safety.
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Ali Fawaz

The Lebanese Complex: On building a new Lebanon

Before we achieve any sort of progress, we must absolve ourselves from the pretentious nature that has dug us this deep.
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Sectarian support as Lebanon's public health crisis / Clashes in Beirut on June 6, 2020 (Photo: Reuters / Aziz Taher)
Dima Farran

Sectarianism: Lebanon’s public health emergency

As coronavirus restrictions are being relaxed, the government must declare sectarianism as its number one public health emergency.
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Migrant workers demand the abolishment of Lebanon's Kafala system during the Women's March in 2019. (Photo: Laudy Issa)
Amr Jomaa

Our silence is proof that black lives don’t matter in Lebanon

We will not effectively reform our parliament, our government, or our institutions while we allow some humans to be dehumanized.
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Friends and relatives carry the coffin of slain Lebanese journalist Samir Kassir in Beirut in June, 2005. (AP Photo / Hussein Malla)
Karim Safieddine

Samir Kassir in Lebanon’s October 17 uprising

In light of the 15th anniversary of his assassination, young activists filled the online space with quotes and statements said and written by the late journalist and intellectual Samir Kassir. As a journalist, Kassir played a role in breaking the cycle of fear with his critiques against both the establishment...
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Beirut Today

Harassing refugees harms Lebanon’s COVID-19 efforts

When refugees fear racism, harassment, and the possibility of deportation, they are less likely to report cases of COVID-19. To...
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Protesters face riot police in Beirut on April 28, 2020. (PHOTO: Patrick Baz / AFP via Getty Images)
Jad Safwan

Lebanon’s Protests: On Leadership, Decentralization and Hope

Leadership and coordination would be important, not necessarily in a rigid hierarchy, to officially unify the demands of those who seek change.
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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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Man in face mask walks past a mural that reads "We Are Tired" in Tripoli, Lebanon. (Photo: AFP)
Karim Safieddine

Counter-hegemony in Tripoli: Dispelling years of militarism & demonization

The neoliberal economic planning and militaristic hegemony Tripoli is resisting today is deeply rooted in perceptions of Tripoli since the 1990s.
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Students protest the tuition dollarization in front of the Ministry of Education in Lebanon in early 2019. (Facebook | @madanetwork)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

University tuition fees susceptible to more increase

Despite not having the same services and quality of education, students are still expected to pay full tuition fees as the economy plummets.
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