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Passengers before going through security checks at Beirut's airport. (AFP/Alarabiya)
Samer Talhouk

Rethinking the role of remittances inflows in the Lebanese Economy

While economic research proved that remittances ease poverty, most studies failed to establish a causal relationship between them and economic growth. 
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La Mercè 2019 celebrates Beirut heritage and culture in Barcelona. (barcelon.cat)
Aina De Lapparent Alvarez

Barcelona’s “La Mercè” festival celebrates Beirut’s customs and culture

Barcelona celebrates La Mercè, the city’s main festival honoring the Virgin of Grace (Mare de Déu de la Mercè), patron...
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Still from Interbellum's Ready To Dissolve music video, directed by Camille Cabbabé.
Laudy Issa

Interbellum takes you down a winding, nostalgic road with Dead Pets, Old Griefs

Interbellum’s Karl Mattar would much rather let his music speak for itself than sit for an interview, he lets me know on the day he’s filming a music video for “Ready to Dissolve.” On that day, he goes from sneaking into and walking around Beirut’s Grand Theatre in a black...
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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...
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Laudy Issa

Beirut Pride suspends opening night until further notice

Statements from both the queer community in Lebanon and religious authorities called for its boycott, but for vastly different reasons.
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Performing No Demand No Supply: A Re-reading of Lebanon’s 2016 Sex Trafficking Scandal,” a documentary theatre performance under the patronage of the AUB Theater Initiative and in collaboration with NGO KAFA. (Nataly Hindaoui)
Hadi Afif

No Demand No Supply: Bringing the sex buyer into the narrative

Three years after its raid, the ring leaders behind the largest case of human trafficking in Lebanon are still at large.
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At the Ramsis metro station, women usually prefer to use the ladies metro cars for fear of being harassed. (Photo by Eman Helal, one of the female journalists in Zahra Hankir's anthology.
Kareem Chehayeb

Our Women On The Ground: Arab women reporting on conflicts in their own backyards

“There is no one Arab woman, there is no one way to be an Arab woman, and there is no one Arab female experience.”
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Karim Safieddine

Alternative Media in Lebanon: In Constant Conversation Between the Old and New

What does it take to be alternative?
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Hammana Artist House, an art residency space situated 40-minutes from Beirut. (hah-lb.org)
Aina De Lapparent Alvarez

Cherries and Snow: Hammana Artist House breathes life back into a small Lebanese village

The history of the Hammana Artist House and its role in revitalising a village known for its cherries and climate.
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Garbage crisis: Around 85 percent of Lebanon's waste goes to open dumps or landfills, even though 88 to 90 percent of it can be composted or recycled. (Infographic by Christina Atik)
Laudy Issa

Lebanese Politicians Will Never Agree On A Sustainable Solution To The Garbage Crisis

Harsh criticism or reality?
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Beirut Today

Quickfire Questions with Kozo

Kozo (and Alfie’s pillow) sit around a mess of pedals in Tunefork Studios and talk about their debut album: Tokyo...
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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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