Your weekly roundup of news from Lebanon. What happened between Dec. 21 and Dec. 27? Fighter jets causing panic on Christmas, the new COVID-19 strain in Lebanon, and more.
Reflecting upon these experiences of student insurgency in the 1970s can help us pave the way forward on many levels.
Quelling freedom, which is the reason Lebanon exists in the first place, is no less dangerous than the economic collapse.
Leader of the Marada Movement Suleiman Franjieh openly threatened protestors live on national television during an episode of Marcel Ghanem’s “Sar el Waqt.”
French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for the coronavirus, days ahead of his scheduled trip to Lebanon.
The USJ Secular Club's Taleb campaign won 85 out of 101 seats of the university's student representative council –a first for independents in a country where politics are monopolized by sectarian parties.
Militarization has become central to the dystopian COVID-19 reality, escalating needless violence, jeopardizing lives & undermining liberties.
Although often perceived to be the “only way forward,” politicians know that the crisis-inducing model they are reproducing cannot end well.
Beirut is notorious for having both little-to-no green spaces and a distressing trash crisis. GROBeirut is changing that.
As Lebanon gradually eases its two weeks of national lockdown, the number of COVID-19 cases is still on the rise.