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The legal residency of migrant workers in Lebanon remains tied to sponsors under the new Standard Unified Contract.
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

New Standard Unified Contract does not abolish Kafala in Lebanon

Lebanon’s Minister of Labour recently announced the new Standard Unified Contract for migrant domestic workers. The contract, developed by a...
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Mustapha Adib (Banner: Laudy Issa)
Freeda Chehab

Mustapha Adib, Who? A Look at Lebanon’s New Prime Minister

Anti-government chants echoed down the streets of Beirut on Monday, August 31 as newly-appointed Prime Minister Mustapha Adib navigated his...
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Khalde, Loubieh, and "national unity" in the eyes of the Lebanese regime
Karim Safieddine

Khalde, Loubieh, and “national unity” in the eyes of the Lebanese regime

What do the incidents of partisan violence in Khalde and Loubieh mean for Lebanon's politicians and how did they respond?
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Michael Avanzato

Between Beirut and Port-au-Prince: The failures of international aid

It would be a critical error to view international aid as “neutral” in any important sense.
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The Beirut Port, the site of a deadly ammonium nitrate explosion on August 4, following the blast that killed at least 150 and injured thousands more across the Lebanese city. (Photo: Marylin Chahine)
Michael Avanzato

Beirut Explosion: A crisis of Lebanese (and global) capitalism

On every level –international, national, and local– there was horrific, unforgivable failings and negligence that led to the Beirut blast.
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People ride past a destroyed car following the large explosion on August 4, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo: Arabian Business via Daniel Carde/Getty Images)
Antonia Williams

Government weakened as more ministers resign after Beirut blast

Resignations began over the weekend, when authorities also violently cracked down against protesters in the Lebanese capital.
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Jad Chaaban

How do we prevent the total collapse of the Lebanese Pound?

The national currency needs to be prevented from total collapse, and this needs to be done in a pragmatic and gradual approach with a clear bias towards protecting the interests of the majority of the population against the predatory behavior of the ruling cartel.
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An anti-government protester throws back tear gas at riot policemen with a tennis racket in Beirut, Lebanon on June 6, 2020. (Photo: Al-Jazeera via AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Lebanon’s security forces will only get more violent, protesters say

As security officials increasingly turn against the people, a police state is slowly taking hold across the country.
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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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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Understanding who opposes the Amnesty Law and why

The amnesty law has been met with fervent rejection in the streets because it pardons Lebanese people who fled to and collaborated with Israel.
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Migrant workers article main header, green background (Original photo taken from The Daily Star / Mohammad Azakir)
Farah Ali-Ahmad

Migrant workers trapped with Lebanese abusers in COVID-19 outbreak

Their rights, already denied by the country’s Kafala system, are further threatened by COVID-19 movement restrictions.
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Marijuana article: Syrian refugees work in cannabis field in Bekaa. (Patrick Baz / AFP / The Guardian)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Legalizing marijuana will not save the Lebanese economy

Who will benefit from legalizing marijuana? Similar to the tobacco industry, it most certainly is not the cannabis farmers.
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