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Marwan Issa

Nour Hajjar Leaves Custody, Broader Implications Remain

Comedian Nour Hajjar was released on Tuesday evening after Judge Ghassan Oueidat retracted his decision – for now. Having been...
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Marwan Issa

The Call to Investigation of Nour Hajjar: Is it legal?

Last week, the military police summoned comedian Nour Hajjar over a joke he made about how soldiers are now working...
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Marwan Issa

“Ahla Bhal Talleh!”: New report sounds alarm on airport safety

Last week, a pre-audit report by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) highlighted a number of safety issues to be urgently dealt with at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport. The country’s airport has witnessed considerable activity during the last few weeks as...
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Marwan Issa

Dissecting Gender-Based Violence in Lebanon and the MENA Region

The last few years saw a dramatic increase in the number of women killed by their partners, family members or...
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Marwan Issa

Cabinet Approves 2023 Draft Budget Eight Months into the Year

The Lebanese caretaker government has approved the draft of the 2023 budget after six sessions of examinations starting late July,...
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Chhavi Mehra

Artist spotlight: Zaynab Mourad

Zaynab Mourad is an artist, social activist, and storyteller at heart who moved to Beirut in late 2018. Born and raised in Tripoli, north of Lebanon, Mourad had artistic tendencies for as long as she could remember. “My mom used to forget that she had a daughter. I would just...
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Celine al Jamil

The Disillusionment of Kafala: Collectivize to Escape

It is in collectives that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism. Angela Y. Davis, Freedom is a Constant Struggle...
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Marwan Issa

“Barbie” ban indicates deeper paradoxes in Lebanon

Any outside observer who takes a look at Lebanon’s state of affairs would immediately assume that raging public discussions and...
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Marwan Issa

The Kahhaleh Incident – What We Know so Far

On Wednesday, a truck loaded with weapons flipped on the Kahhaleh turn, an area notorious for its hosting of recurrent accidents and dangerous design, as well as for its old history of hosting conflicts between warring factions. The incident made national headlines, as it was followed by violent fighting between...
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Marwan Issa

Warnings of Further Shortages as Eyes are on New Acting Central Bank Governor Mansouri

Last week, Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned that by the end of the month, there will be an inability to...
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Marwan Issa

The Scramble for a Lifeline: On the Three Government Sources of Revenue and the Lebanese Political Elites

With the country entering new levels of its accentuating crisis, Lebanon’s way out depends on the resolution of its current...
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Marwan Issa

Three Years after the August 4 Blast, the Struggle for Justice Continues

Friday of this week marks three years since the 2020 Beirut Port explosion, which led to at least 218 deaths and 7,000 injuries and left an estimated 300,000 homeless.  Families of the victims and several activist and political groups are preparing for Friday in assertion of their unwavering search for...
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