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...
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed how state actors and private individuals across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have been using dating apps, such as Tinder and Grindr, and social media to entrap lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The report revealed that...
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...
On Monday December 19, 2022, the streets of Beirut saw new, modern public buses for the first time in years. Indeed, 50 buses given from the French government were finally dispatched by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. French transportation company CMA CGM also reconditioned 45 state-owned buses which...
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...
In June 2022, residents of Mar Mkhayel and Gemmayze began organized action against what they describe as unlawful acts by local pubs, valet parking corporations, and crooked realtors. Their first direct action scheme was setting up a banner over a local pub, which says “Residential area, your noise is a...
December 27th, 11 am, tens of Lebanese women congregate in front of the parliament for ABAAD’s anti-sexual harassment campaign, their...
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27 for short is the 27th edition of the UN-led conference to tackle global warming. It is being...
BEIRUT – As the world turns its gaze to Sharm-el-Sheikh, where world leaders have congregated for the UN climate negotiations, Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El Fattah gasps his last breath in an open hunger strike in prison. Alaa’s case is an emblem of Egypt’s repressive history of targeting activists and...