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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InterviewShaping imagination in 1960s Beirut: a conversation with Zeina MaasriThe role of the visual in modern history, and the transnational nature of 1960s Beirut as a hub of politically...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisDeadly clashes in Beirut show Lebanon is a country of no accountabilityAt least six killed and dozens injured in outbreak of heavy gunfire that will also create further obstacles to port...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InterviewCan art change the world? An interview with Hanan ToukanIn her new book, Toukan investigates the relationship between Western funding and contemporary art in Beirut, Amman...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhy an IMF loan is not the solution to Lebanon’s economic crisisWith 82% of Lebanon’s population living in poverty, the country is in desperate need of political and economic reform
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhy I’ve been dreading the anniversary of the Beirut port explosionSince the explosion, Lebanon has slowly transformed into a living hell for so many
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionAfter nine months of waiting, Lebanon has neither a government nor accountabilityAs Saad Hariri steps down, anger is still growing at a political class that has led the country into an ever deeper...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn the absence of the state, people are leading Beirut’s recoveryA month after the Beirut blast, a people-centred recovery is key to peaceful change.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLebanon’s deadly blast: when corruption turned into carnageSince the massive explosion, the state has been absent, leaving people to fend for themselves – while leaders seem...
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Published in: 50.50Lebanon's refugees: resisting hegemony through cultureSeenaryo, a small independent theatre project that starts this week with Syrian and Palestinian children, seeks to...
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Published in: openSecurityBeirut's schizophrenic identityThe Syrian civil war is spilling into Lebanon and drawing Beirut’s schizophrenic sectarian identity to the surface.
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Published in: openSecurityMemories of war in the divided cityThe dilapidated buildings which dot downtown Beirut are constant reminders of what existed before, what was...
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Published in: openSecurityBeirut: the spaces in betweenFilm: A short film documenting Beirut's dwindling public spaces.
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Published in: HomeSidon’s Salafist Sheikh: the roar of the Sunni lion
Heightened security has so far managed to contain the Sheikh’s roving and provocative marches.
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Published in: HomeSpectre of the Syrian spillover haunts Lebanon
It was only a matter of time before Hezbollah would also join in the fight out of loyalty to a regime dubbed by...
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Published in: openSecurityWarspace: Geographies of conflict in BeirutThe series of conflicts that besieged Beirut during the Lebanese civil war have radically reconfigured the social...
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Published in: HomeLebanon: the right to civil marriage and the frenzied fatwa
Rather than fly to nearby Cyprus to tie the knot, Nidal Darwiche and Khouloud Sukkarieh, supported by lawyer Talal...
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Published in: HomePope’s visit to Lebanon puts spotlight on Christians in the Middle East
As sectarian tensions grow throughout the Middle East the fate of the region’s Christians is a growing cause for...
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Published in: HomeLessons from Lebanon: need for reconciliation after the Arab Spring
The revolutionaries must find a way to bond former oppressors and oppressed together in this process.
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Published in: HomePalestinians in Lebanon: Weathering Syria’s encroaching stormDespite containing both vehement (and often armed) supporters and opponents of Assad, Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee...
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Published in: openSecurityUnprecedented protests in Lebanon call for secularism
Lebanese protestors demand secularism. Thai PM rejects protestors’ offer as counter-movements gain strength. Clashes...
