It would be a critical error to view international aid as “neutral” in any important sense.
15 years later, what sort of justice has the Special Tribunal for Lebanon served the people of this country?
Moving forward, Beirut's reconstruction must rethink the inequalities & weaknesses that stemmed out from urban planning before the explosion.
Unpacking Gebran Bassil’s speech earlier this week, his argument for why the Free Patriotic Movement is not to blame seemed weak at times and contradictory at others.
“Their existence is legalized, but they are a militia,” says Maher Abou Shackra about Lebanon's parliamentary guards.
General Security will be collecting the women’s passport photos on Monday, August 17 to begin preparing the travel documents.
The Beirut explosion is an act of terror, one with a collective responsibility that falls on a corrupt sectarian power-sharing system.
And how do we move forward?
The army's power poses a serious threat to the freedom and safety of both protesters and the media.
More protestors have hardened themselves to face violent security forces who lack empathy towards the anger and pain of the people.
On every level –international, national, and local– there was horrific, unforgivable failings and negligence that led to the Beirut blast.
Resignations began over the weekend, when authorities also violently cracked down against protesters in the Lebanese capital.