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Creative industry in Lebanon struggles after blast
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

3 initiatives supporting Beirut’s creative scene after the blast

To rebuild and restore Lebanon’s creative industries, individuals and NGOs are seeking aid from anyone capable of contributing.
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15 years later, what sort of justice has the Special Tribunal for Lebanon served the people of this country?
Dima Farran

1559, 1757, 1701 and … : In pursuit of justice

15 years later, what sort of justice has the Special Tribunal for Lebanon served the people of this country?
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Still from "She Was Not Alone" (2020) by Iraqi director Hussein Al-Asadi.
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Iraq’s first independent film festival launches tomorrow

With the creation of the IIFF, filmmakers, directors, actors, and other creatives will be given a much-needed channel to showcase their work.
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Reconstruction article: The Beirut port as seen through the shattered window of a nearby home after the explosion that decimated the Lebanese capital (Photo: Michael Abounabhan)
Marylin Chahine

Not For Sale: Beirut’s reconstruction must prioritize people and not profit

Moving forward, Beirut's reconstruction must rethink the inequalities & weaknesses that stemmed out from urban planning before the explosion.
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Dima Farran

Revisiting the past & revisioning the future: Justice served by the court of public opinion

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.
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Karem Monzer

Militia vs. The People: Lebanon’s parliamentary guards protect a collapsing system with blood

“Their existence is legalized, but they are a militia,” says Maher Abou Shackra about Lebanon's parliamentary guards.
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Kenyan women protest outside of their consulate in Beirut, demanding repatriation. (Photo: Andre Mahfouz)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

General Security takes over repatriation process for Kenyan workers

General Security will be collecting the women’s passport photos on Monday, August 17 to begin preparing the travel documents.
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Dima Farran

Beirut Blast: Lebanon’s model of consociationalism explodes at the port

The Beirut explosion is an act of terror, one with a collective responsibility that falls on a corrupt sectarian power-sharing system.
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Hassan Diab
Karim Safieddine

A post-Diab dilemma and ruling class maneuvers: How do we fight back?

And how do we move forward?
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Army granted alarming power under state of emergency

The army's power poses a serious threat to the freedom and safety of both protesters and the media.
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(Photo: Boston Globe via Ibrahim Amro / AFP / Getty Images) Violent security forces and protesters after Beirut blast
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Protestors fight back against Lebanon’s thriving police state

More protestors have hardened themselves to face violent security forces who lack empathy towards the anger and pain of the people.
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The Beirut Port, the site of a deadly ammonium nitrate explosion on August 4, following the blast that killed at least 150 and injured thousands more across the Lebanese city. (Photo: Marylin Chahine)
Michael Avanzato

Beirut Explosion: A crisis of Lebanese (and global) capitalism

On every level –international, national, and local– there was horrific, unforgivable failings and negligence that led to the Beirut blast.
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