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Beirut, Lebanon. (Karl Bou-Rjeily)
Ali Chalak

Revolution in the Neoliberal Wilderness

On a revolutionary event without revolutionary subjects, the reconfiguration of Lebanese capitalism, and the hydra-like Lebanese ruling oligarchy.
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Lebanese protest from October 21 (Firas El Khoury)
Joseph Helou

The 18 October Revolution: Moving Forward in Lebanon

Protesting crowds in Lebanon need to start advancing realistic demands and mobilizing further than leaderless indignation.
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Karim Safieddine

Austerity Budget 2020: What Were Lebanon’s Political Forces Pushing for?

“The people want the fall of the regime” has been echoing between hundreds of thousands of protesters who have been occupying Lebanese streets for the past five days. Protests started on October 17 after Telecommunications Minister Mohamed Choucair announced yet another austerity tax to be taken by the Lebanese government:...
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Laudy Issa

Hariri to Protesters: Lebanese Cabinet agreed on reforms and 2020 state budget

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced that the Lebanese Cabinet has agreed to all points of his economic reform package...
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Shot from the Jbeil protests in Lebanon. (Eva Mahfouz)
Karim El Mufti

Lebanon Protests: The End of the Longstanding Resilience?

Both celebrated and cursed, the Lebanese resilience –or capacity to endure the toughest of situations and contexts, is engraved in...
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Laudy Issa

Security forces and sectarian “thugs” crack down on protesters in Lebanon

Today marks the third day of the Lebanese protests. Yesterday night, a festive atmosphere took over the nationwide demonstrations. But before that, protesters faced violence from security forces and “thugs” defending the political parties that people on the streets are looking to dismantle. Video by Lujain Jo...
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Laudy Issa

Thousands of Anti-Government Protesters Take To The Streets In Lebanon

From Saida to Beirut to Tripoli, spontaneous protests have broken out in Lebanon. Here’s a summary of what’s happened so...
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(Phil Roeder/Flickr)
Carl Khoury

Trump and the Media are Responsible for A Politicized Youth

The news has created a simpler way of discussing global matters which allows the youth –and Donald Trump– to understand politics.
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The Gherbal Initiative conference on September 27 at the National Library in Sanayeh. (Sandra Abdelbaki)
Sandra Abdelbaki

Gherbal Initiative tackles transparency in Lebanese public administrations

On the occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information, Gherbal Initiative (GI), an initiative that works on fighting corruption in the Lebanese public and private sectors, released two reports that deal with transparency in Lebanese public administrations and their expenditure reports for 2017. In collaboration with the...
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Students protest the tuition dollarization in front of the Ministry of Education in Lebanon. (Facebook | @madanetwork)
Karim Safieddine

How University Student Activists are Protesting Tuition Dollarization in Lebanon

"Our voices are as high as our tuition."
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Protest in Lebanon following the death of prominent political journalist Samir Kassir in 2005. Since 1992, nine journalists have been killed in Lebanon.(Ramzi Haidar | Getty Images)
Veronica Merlo

Exiled Journalists in Lebanon Usually Fear For Their Safety And Seek Refuge Elsewhere

“I do not feel safe here. After receiving too many threats on social media or over the phone, I stopped publishing.”
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Panel discussion at the first Refugees=Partners conference. (Refugees=Partners)
Laudy Issa

Refugees=Partners: Better refugee policies can benefit both Syrians and Lebanese host communities

That's not all: Syrian refugees are actually filling some of the gaps in the Lebanese economy, as opposed to competing with the Lebanese workforce.
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