Alexandra Kassir, researcher at the Centre for Lebanese Studies, Lebanese American University and lecturer in sociology at the American University of Beirut.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhy it’s important to see displaced people as more than just ‘refugees’Whether to evoke sympathy or stigma, the ways that Syrians in Lebanon are represented help compound exclusion and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLebanon's "October revolution" : An end to the civil war?Since October 17, the walls of fear began to crumble under the weight of the ever-growing economic crisis.
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Published in: HomeLebanese activists leave their ‘comfort zone’: how to overcome mistrust in conventional politicsIn a context where all other forms of political action seemed to be blocked in the foreseeable future, municipal...
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Published in: Home“We are here!”: a new wave of anti-sectarian mobilizations in LebanonWith this political praxis based on subjectivity, experience and prefigurative politics the activists attempt to...