Beirut Today

Women’s March

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...

Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Q&A with Hayat Mirshad, a Lebanese feminist and journalist fighting injustice

Hayat Mirshad was named one of BBC’s 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2020.

Ghassan Mogharbel

A look at the Women’s March in Lebanon, 2021

Women and allies in Lebanon marched against outdated laws, harassment, inequality, transphobia, the Kafala (sponsorship) system, and more on March 8, 2021 for International Women's Day.

Illustration by Christina Atik showing three women holding megaphones. The first woman, with medium-length black hair and a crop top is saying "All the catastrophes are patriarchal." The second woman, with short hair and a loose white shirt continues "And feminism." The third woman, with a white hijab, adds "Is the solution."

Laudy Issa

On they march: Hundreds protest for women’s rights in Lebanon

Women in Lebanon are angry, and rightfully so. Nationality, criminal, personal status, and labour laws do not provide for gender...