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Mental health article visual, outline of a face facing the insides of the face against a blue, watery background
Natali Farran

What can be done to lessen mental health difficulties during Lebanon’s economic crisis?

The full impact of the current economic crisis on mental health in Lebanon remains to be seen, but reports of negative effects have already emerged.
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Anti-government protesters break the window of a bank in Beirut. January 2020. (Marwan Tahtah / AFP / Asia Times)
Samer Talhouk

How the Lebanese economy came crashing

Lebanon’s economy is at its worst since the Civil War, and politicians have made sure that the financial model that made it this way benefits them.
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Marijuana article: Syrian refugees work in cannabis field in Bekaa. (Patrick Baz / AFP / The Guardian)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Legalizing marijuana will not save the Lebanese economy

Who will benefit from legalizing marijuana? Similar to the tobacco industry, it most certainly is not the cannabis farmers.
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Hezbollah's article: The protests in solidarity with the Syrian revolution in Beirut in 2015. (Facebook / @SRC.Lebanon)
Karim Safieddine

Has solidarity with Syrians become taboo in Hezbollah’s Lebanon?

More often than not, vocal critics within Hezbollah's local community are harassed and pressured into issuing formal and public apologies.
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Beirut Today

Beirut Talks: Environmental and Waste Management with Ziad Abi Chaker

In another episode of Beirut Talks, activist and environmental engineer Ziad Abi Chaker discusses the pressing environmental issues that will...
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"Louteh Mesh Msabbe," words seen spray painted across Beirut's walls during the ongoing anti-government revolution, translate to "Gay is not an insult." - LGBTQ+ article
Murad Odeh

LGBTQ+ In Lebanon: Double burdens and double realities

LGBTQ+ realities in Lebanon are so disparate that it is both one of the most liberal countries in the Arab World & one where human rights are stagnating.
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Syrian refugee children chant slogans behind a fence at a refugee camp in Turkey. (Lefteris Pitarakis / AP / The Telegraph)
Laudy Issa

100 years of refugees, war, and a looming climate change displacement crisis

While the history of refugees in the MENA is one of war and conflicts, the future of displacement is rooted in climate change.
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Moments after Melhem Khalaf was elected as the independent head of the Beirut Bar Association for lawyers in November. (Ahmad Azakir/Annahar)
Timour Azhari

Elected during the uprising, Khalaf pledges to work for all

“I am the head of this association for the entire country, all lawyers and all people."
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Onlooker watching Kozo perform at the first Onomatopoeia "On Shuffle" concert. (Laudy Issa)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

On Shuffle: Musicians faced with shrinking spaces in Lebanese economic crisis

“Any time one of these places suffer, we all suffer as a community and that's why we all work together to keep them afloat and keep ourselves afloat."
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An employee wearing a protective mask near the ward where the first coronavirus case in Lebanon is being treated, at the Rafik Hariri University Hospital. (AFP / Arab News)
Antonia Williams

Coronavirus, hospital fees, and medicine shortage: Lebanon’s healthcare sector under threat

Is the Lebanese medical field prepared for both coronavirus and the ongoing economic crisis?
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Charbel Khoury ordered to be detained by Judge Ghada Aoun criticizing FPM
Laudy Issa

FPM continues judicial crackdown against journalists and activists

Instead of taking on political corruption cases, the Lebanese judiciary has systematically targeted journalists and activists to silence them since the start of the anti-government October 17 Revolution.
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A giant "Stop Solidere" sign drapes over the St. Georges Hotel for all to see. (Allan Leonard)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

St. Georges Hotel wins license to rebuild after decades of Solidere struggle

The Beirut municipality granted the owner of the famous St. Georges Hotel a license to renovate the damaged landmark after decades of dispute with Solidere.
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