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Nader Durgham

Lebanese state attacks journalists’ freedom of speech

Minister of Information Ziad Makari informed Megaphone co-founder Jean Kassir on Tuesday that Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat had retracted his...
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Katrine Dige Houmøller

Scavenging for Survival: The Story of Seven Refugee Boys Battling Poverty

It’s a typical midsummer day in Beirut. The blazing sun hangs high over Tariq El Jdideh, and the brothers Mohammad,...
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Beirut Today

All Storms at a Time: SKF Report Highlights Challenges to Freedoms in 2023, Amid the War on Gaza

Last week, the Samir Kassir Foundation released its annual report for 2023, titled “All Storms at a Time”, marking the...
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Beirut Today

Thirteen years pass since start of Syrian revolution

On Friday March 15, protesters filled the streets across Syrian towns and around the globe to commemorate the 13th anniversary...
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Beirut Today

New Report by ACHR Documents Syrian Refugees’ lives after Deportation from Lebanon

The Access Center for Human Rights (ACHR) has released a report titled “What Happens After the Deportation of Refugees from...
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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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Serene Abdul Baki

Eviction, Discrimination, and Legality: How Lebanon and its Municipalities Are Dealing With Syrian Refugees

At least 3,664 Syrian nationals were evicted by 13 municipalities around Lebanon between 2016 and 2018. Another 42,000 remain at risk of being homeless. But some municipalities have fared better.
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Katrine Dige Houmøller and Beirut Today

Inside Assad’s Torture Prison Sednaya: Families Hunt for Hidden Cells

On the morning of Sunday, December 8, the unthinkable happened: Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime fell. For years, his iron grip...
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Beirut Today

Lebanon Prepares for Brussels Conference as Crackdowns on Syrian Refugees Intensify

With this year’s Brussels VIII Conference on the future of Syria taking place on May 27, Lebanese political parties and...
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Katrine Dige Houmøller

For Mohamed, Ramadan is the loneliest month of the year

Ramadan spreads its sacred aura throughout Lebanon – Muslims unite across the nation to observe this revered month of fasting,...
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Katrine Dige Houmøller

One Year On, Turkey’s Earthquake Haunts Survivors with Trauma

Birsen Özden found herself embraced by an early Monday morning in February 2023 when the ground beneath her suddenly stirred....
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Marwan Issa

Women are leading Syria’s As-Suwayda Protests

Protests across Syria have entered their fourth week and have witnessed increasing spread across the country. The protests took place...
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Mariam and her family, refugees in Lebanon. (Mercy Corps | Corinna Robbins)
Cynthia Saghir

Propagating a Hostile Narrative towards Syrian refugees is more harmful than helpful to the Lebanese economy

Lebanese politicians have taken Syrian refugees as the scapegoat for all the political, economic, social & environmental turmoil that predate their arrival. 
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