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Fiftyfifty demands gender quota for parliamentary elections in Lebanon

The Lebanese NGO proposed a women’s quota to ensure female participation in parliament, demanding a minimum of 26 seats.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

A decade of slavery: Sajita forced to work without pay since 2012

Sajita Lama, a Nepali domestic worker, is demanding release from the employers who reportedly failed to reimburse her for 110 months of work.
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Karem Monzer

For Profit, Not People: How Beirut Lost Its Public Green Spaces

Since the Civil War and through the efforts of consecutive municipalities, Beirut's accessible green spaces vanished.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Israeli fighter jets fly over Lebanon at low altitude

Israel launched aerial attacks on Damascus, Syria by violating Lebanon’s airspace last night. Loud jets were heard and spotted.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Security forces confiscate fuel from Animals Lebanon

Police confiscated 50 liters of fuel belonging to Animals Lebanon, the organization said on social media.  As per their tweets,...
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

No quorum for parliamentary “session of shame”

With only 39 MPs attending at the UNESCO palace, today’s Parliamentary session was cancelled for failing to meet the 59 MP quorum following pressure from the families of Beirut blast victims. Prior to the session, hundreds of demonstrators and families of the victims of the Beirut blast gathered facing the...
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Collage: One side shows four prisoners sleeping side by side in a small room, and the other is an exterior shot of a barred window with Roumieh prisoners standing behind.
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Roumieh prison: A graveyard for the living

Inedible food. Severe electricity rationing. No medical services. Prisoners recount harrowing stories of hardships in a Lebanese prison.
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Dima Abou Abdou

Lebanon: The era of “morbid symptoms”

Why does a revolution seem almost impossible in Lebanon? The answer lies in the system.
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Karem Monzer

How are you, Beirut? | كيفك بيروت؟

Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Human Rights Watch: Lebanese officials “criminally negligent” in port blast

HRW also said some evidence suggests government officials foresaw and ignored the possible destruction the explosive material could cause.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Dreading August 4: On triggers and remembrance

Both a deeply personal experience and a collective trauma, the Beirut blast has marked our minds, bodies and calendars in unfathomable ways.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Lebanon’s weekend of tragedy: Revenge, scorpion bites, and stray bullets

From medicine shortages caused by the crisis to revenge killing, Lebanon witnessed multiple tragic deaths this weekend.
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