Ardkon.com is an independent grassroots initiative designed to bring communities together while aiding social development. In this video, we sat...
We asked people on the streets of Beirut how they’re coping with the current situation. Watch the video to listen...
Lebanon has never been in worse shape. The economy has collapsed, political paralysis has become the norm, and social unrest is increasingly on the rise. A much understudied aspect of the Lebanese crisis is the rising polarization among the different social, political, and religious groups of the country. This has...
The crisis that hit Lebanon in late 2019, crippling many sectors of the country’s societies, has had disproportionate impacts on...
Minister of Information Ziad Makari informed Megaphone co-founder Jean Kassir on Tuesday that Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat had retracted his...
Editors from two independent media outlets were summoned for questioning by different Lebanese security agencies this week. Jean Kassir, co-founder of Megaphone, was intercepted on Thursday by members of Lebanon’s State Security while driving his car, instead of being notified at his home or workplace. After Megaphone’s lawyer attended the...
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed how state actors and private individuals across the Middle East...
At approximately 4 AM on Monday, February 7, a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and Northern Syria, causing...
In the past few months, a group of a few hundred men roaming the streets of Achrafieh made headlines in Lebanon. They called themselves “Jnoud Al-Rab”, which roughly translates to “Soldiers of God”, and identified themselves as a newly-established Christian militant group. The group set out to openly wage war...
On Monday December 19, 2022, the streets of Beirut saw new, modern public buses for the first time in years. ...
For the past few months, Qatar has been in the spotlight of the West’s media, and not necessarily in a...
On Tuesday, December 6, Morocco became the first Arab team to ever reach the FIFA World Cup’s Quarterfinals. After the team defeated Spain in an impressive penalty shoot-out, Moroccan players started their celebration with an act that has become all too familiar to viewers of this year’s tournament: raising the...