What an investigation of Racism in Lebanon revealed
France24 lead an investigation in Lebanon to try and find out whether domestic workers suffer abuse in Lebanon. I’m sure you already know the answer.
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New Exhibit Highlights Struggle of Lebanese of African and Asian heritage
The ‘Mixed Feelings’ exhibit highlights stories of Lebanese of African and Asian heritage and their daily struggles.
Read MoreARM: Lebanese Beaches that openly segregate [Video]
By Joey Ayoub The Anti-Racism Movement released this video of a member calling different establishments and asking them if they would allow a migrant worker to swim if he/she paid like any customer. Check out the answers. Those that do not let migrant workers swim even if they paid like any customer are: Golden Beach: […]
Read MoreDo Not Forget Alem Dechasa
“What makes it harder is when this girl is killed and then claimed that she had committed suicide in order to protect the Lebanese employer from legal prosecution.”
Read MoreLebanon’s militarized masculinity
“It is ‘normal’ to expect outbursts of violence in Lebanon, often coupled with grand displays of toxic masculinity and, often still, with sectarian/conservative pronouncements”
Read MorePodcast Episode 2: Lebanon’s Kafala System
Associated blog post of the 2nd episode: #Lebanon’s Kafala System, the racist system controlling migrant domestic workers’ lives.
#AbolishKafala
Read MoreNotes on Syria and the Coming Global Thanatocracy
“Of course in the largely pacific global North and elsewhere many would look askance at the suggestion that Assad (and his allies) are responsible for the estimated half a million or more Syrian’s killed since 2011 as Assad certainly is.”
Read More“We are not racists, but”
“Children of color, and especially poor children of color, learn one thing very well in Lebanese schools and that is to hate themselves.”
Read MoreHummus For Thought, the Podcast
The Irrelevant Arabs – On Syria & “The Impossible Revolution” A Conversation With Yassin Al-Haj Saleh
Shadow of a Man? Understanding Masculinities in the MENA (Audio)
Audio and partial transcript of the LSE Panel I took part in with Dr. Shereen El-Faki and Dr. Courtney Freer.
Read MoreWhy I Am Not a Humanist
“It is not coincidental that the boundaries of the human seem to correspond with the West.”
Read MoreOn Beirut Pride: 5 Reflections.
Lebanon’s Migrant Domestic Workers March on Labour Day
For the eighth year in a row, migrant domestic workers from many nations marched to demand their labor rights in Beirut.
Read MoreSOAS Community Condemns Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev’s Visit
32 SOAS Student Societies and over 100 SOAS staff condemn Mark Regev’s visit as an official exercise in state propaganda
Read MoreBlack-Palestine Solidarity: Towards an Intersectionality of Struggles
Tracing the historical context of both struggles and exposing the shared components of their respective struggles in order to conclude on their relation within a politics of transnational solidarity framework today
Read MoreNetanyahu’s Hitler Speech is nothing new
Netanyahu is willing to do whatever it takes to justify ongoing Settler Colonialism in Palestine, even whitewashing Hitler.
Read MoreIs Lebanon Violating Syrian Refugee Rights?
Syria Deeply’s Mat Nashed calls for international assistance to help Lebanon deal with the refugee crisis.
Read MoreNine Lebanese Civil Society Organizations condemn expulsion of children of migrant workers
Press Release: 9 Civil Society Organizations condemn decision to not renew residency permits for children of Migrant Workers
Read MoreThe Adlieh Detention Center: A Living Hell
“Formerly an underground parking lot, this detention center is now the home of around 800 migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers”
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