Tag: lebanon
Queerness in the Arab World: A tool to challenge a subversive reality?
“Normative social categories can be disrupted through everyday performances of resistance.”
ICC’s potential role in ending Lebanon’s saga of grand corruption
While Grand corruption is not in the list of core international crimes over which the ICC has jurisdiction, the Court can investigate crimes against humanity.
Sectarianism: Lebanon’s public health emergency
As coronavirus restrictions are being relaxed, the government must declare sectarianism as its number one public health emergency.
Understanding who opposes the Amnesty Law and why
The amnesty law has been met with fervent rejection in the streets because it pardons Lebanese people who fled to and collaborated with Israel.
Protests halt, but activism persists despite pandemic
Protestors have had to forgo their streets, but have substituted this for art, illustration, writing, Instagram lives and many more.
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.
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.
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.”
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?
IMF aid to Lebanon unlikely to come in anytime soon, says source
Getting an IMF loan is complicated. Lebanese officials need other solutions for the upcoming $1.2 billion due, said a source close to the IMF.