As women, we need to normalize our presence in this vital urban space, and we need to shift the terms of debate from fears over our safety to a shared commitment to our right to the city.
Community Voices
Encountering Westerners in Beirut is just as common as facing traffic in Ras Beirut. Within these encounters, conversations take place,...
Lebanon was recently struck with the devastating loss of eight of its soldiers who were held captive by Islamic State militants over three years ago in the outskirts of Arsal. Hussein Youssef, father of the martyr Mohammed Youssef, writes to his late son: “1120 perfectly full days, in all their...
Despite the Lebanese constituting less than 5% of the foreign population in Mexico in the 1930s, they owned more than 50% of economic activities in the country.
During my round in a hospital during a few months back, presented to the Emergency Department an old, obviously religious...
Disclaimer: This article is in no way justifying or supporting any of President Donald J. Trump’s actions and practices. A variety of talk show hosts, political commentators, and comedy skits on shows like Saturday Night Live have seemingly made it a point to devote at least a couple of minutes...
Though Lebanon’s civil war ended in 1990, the issue of post-war reconciliation still exists; for starters, the sectarian and xenophobic...
It’s a rare occasion for my dad to invite me to the movies; to go to the movies at 10:30...
Every 2.5 days, Lebanon loses an individual to suicide, and 1 in 4 people in the country will experience a mental health problem at a point in their lives.
The Lebanese Parliament has recently abolished the penal law 522 which allows a rapist to marry his victim with no...
Addressing struggling economies and social distress is no longer a priority in countries where taking public transportation safely is a...
Where do you get your news from? Who influences the information you receive? Who decides what gets to be published and communicated? We live in a world where media is fundamentally being redefined by money, political influence, and technology. Digital revolutions have allowed us to access information on all devices,...