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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...
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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.
عامر شيباني

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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Rayan Zrein

Gas queues from Lebanese hell

Accompanied by a symphony of honks, layers of sweat in the scorching heat, and phones with drained batteries, these motorists...
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Parliament ready to lift immunity from members, says Berri

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday that Parliament was ready to lift the immunity of its members so that the investigation into the Beirut port blast may proceed. “The priority of parliament was and will continue to be complete cooperation with the judiciary,” said Berri in a statement, following...
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Ghassan Mogharbel

Lift the immunity: A look into the Beirut blast investigation so far

Lifting immunity from MPs threatens the core of a mafia system that Lebanon’s politicians are fighting to maintain.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Najib Mikati to head next government

Najib Mikati last headed a Lebanese government between 2011 and 2014.
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In this 1899 cartoon published, Uncle Sam lectures his new students: The Philippines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and, Cuba. Past and potentially future U.S. acquisitions fill the rest of the classroom.
Michael Avanzato

Uncle Sam vs. Cuba: America’s Hot and Cold War

Understanding the long arm of US reach in Latin America lays bare the reasons for Cuba’s current difficulties.
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