In southern Beirut’s Al Kadam, the air blends scents from cleaning products and the tempting aroma of homemade falafel from...
Community Voices
The Access Center for Human Rights (ACHR) has released a report titled “What Happens After the Deportation of Refugees from...
The Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) in Lebanon released a new report titled “Historicizing Migrant Domestic Workers’ Community Organizing and Class Struggle in Lebanon”, containing decades of migrant domestic worker (MDW) community organizing and includes reflections upon such experiences by MDW rights activists. The report is “the first historical overview of community...
Amidst a rising death toll from the current conflict and deteriorating socioeconomic conditions, a number of Beirut Members of Parliament,...
“The day never came”: Palestinian refugees reflect on a free Palestine after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
In 1948, Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes with the establishment of the Zionist occupation. Many sought refugee in...
Stepping into the iron gates of the Mar Mtir graveyard in Beirut, the sound of car engines and honking horns filled the air. The cemetery, situated in the city, is nestled between old village-style houses that have been occupied by residents for generations. The juxtaposition between the ceaseless hum of...
A new report by the Anti-Racism Movement in Lebanon (linked here) shed a light on the racism that refugees and...
It is in collectives that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism. Angela Y. Davis, Freedom is a Constant Struggle...
On May 14, a group of men approached a woman at Saida’s public beach and demanded she leave the premises due to her wearing a bikini, which they deemed to be “inappropriate.” This event was met with wide-scale controversy across Lebanon, but the Municipality of Saida’s only response was to...
Migrant workers took to Badaro street during International Domestic Workers Day on Sunday, June 18 to march in protest of...
Beirut Today Agreed not to report the full names of the persons interviewed in this piece due to concerns about...
N.B.: Community contributions do not reflect the views of the team at Beirut Today. Shortly after the Beirut Port explosion, French president Emmanuel Macron visited Lebanon to show support and meet with the politicians and citizens. He promised aid to Lebanon and the Lebanese people1 with visa applications for migration,...