“Your Right to Self Care” video by the Marsa Sexual Health Center
“In our patriarchal society, Lebanese women are still restricted by ‘moral’ guidelines that are rarely, if ever, applied to men.”
Read MoreAuthor: Elia J. Ayoub
What do AUB students think of the Civil War?
“As part of their Civil War Memorial Week, A Rupture Of Amnesia, AUB’s Secular Club went around campus to ask students about the civil war.”
Read MoreLebanese Civil War Memorial Week at AUB
“A Rupture Of Amnesia: The Lebanese Civil War Memorial Week is an event organized by AUB’s Secular Club to give you a “chance to see the Civil war, that has long been haunting us, in a new light.””
Read MoreSyrian Man thanks “brothers in Lebanon who have opened their hearts to Syrians”
“There is something truly bittersweet about this picture of a Syrian man thanking the Lebanese Anti-racist activists that are behind the “Campaign in Support of Syrians Facing Racism”
Read MoreTomorrow We Will See
“Tomorrow We Will See” offers a window into Lebanon’s flourishing creative culture through the perspective of ten Lebanese artists
Read More“Discover Monot-Huvelin” – Achrafieh 2020
“Achrafieh 2020 is bringing us its 5th Car-free day in Monot-Huvelin”
Read MoreHappy Lebanon on #HappyDay
Yesterday, I announced on Facebook and Twitter the following: Today’s International Happiness Day (Yes, it’s a thing). A group of young Lebanese will be in Hamra today at 5pm to spread some joy. Here’s their message: Fear has taken over our Lebanese life. A rational fear of war. A rational fear of death. A rational fear […]
Read MoreWitness: “I’m being held as a slave in Lebanon” – #NabatiehSlaves
Ivory Coast-based Koaci.com has learned that 6 women are currently held in slavery conditions in Nabatieh, South Lebanon within a “Mafia-like” network. The following is a rough English translation of the original article in French written 3 days ago. Two Togolese, two Burkinabé and two Ghanaian have been kidnapped for the past week [now 10 […]
Read MoreLebanon featured in All Love is Equal | Interview
A couple of weeks ago, we were all surprised to see that Lebanon was among the locations used by Braden Summers in his “All Love is Equal” photoshoot showcasing 15 LGBT couples from around the world. The Lebanese one features two beautiful women modeling as a Lesbian couple in a traditional Lebanese house. I was […]
Read MoreLeila for Syria: A Fundraising Concert
Sawa for Syria is teaming up with Mashroo’ Leila and C U NXT Sat‘s DJs to raise funds for Syrian refugees.
Read MoreArab Activists Against Domestic Violence in Lebanon #ProtectWomenLB #March8
We are 15 Arab bloggers, intellectuals, activists, and dreamers currently meeting in Amman for the #ASM2014 Social Media training and workshop organized by 7amleh in coordination with the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) and 7iber. We just have a message to all those joining the KAFA protest today at 2pm against Domestic Violence in Lebanon, […]
Read MoreKAFA protest against Domestic Violence (Photos)
I will be receiving photos from today’s KAFA protest from different participants and will add everything here. Quick reminder: It starts at 2pm in front of the National Museum of Lebanon. Event link. Many NGOs and independent activists are planning on participating Hashtags on Twitter are #ProtectWomenLB and #March8 + #Lebanon if you have space […]
Read MoreJoin KAFA’s #March8 protest against Domestic Violence
A series of Domestic Violence It’s been 8 months since the death of Roula Yaacoub, the 33 year old mother who was beaten to death. After her death, we found out that her husband regularly beat her and her 5 children throughout their marriage. Seven month later, last February the 4th, 10 days before millions […]
Read MoreSave Achrafieh from the Fouad Boutros Project
The “Save Achrafieh” protest against the Fouad Boutros Highway project took place on Saturday the 1st of March at 3pm in front of EDL Mar Mikhael. The second one will take place on Sunday the 2nd of March at 11 am near the Maronite Archbishopric of Rmeil, Achrafieh. Based on various studies done by NGOs and […]
Read MoreKhalil Gibran on Lebanon: Pity the Nation
“Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave, eats a bread it does not harvest, and drinks a wine that flows not from its own wine-press. Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero, and that deems the glittering […]
Read MoreAUB: Stop the Tuition Fees Increase
February 27th Protest I’m writing this quick post to support all AUB students demanding the immediate abolition of the plan to increase tuition fees. An estimated 1,000-2,000 students are expected to participate in front of College Hall on Thursday February the 27th. I graduated last year from the American University of Beirut and, despite some […]
Read MoreMai Ghoussoub on Lebanon: Slices of Life
“Driving with Rida Rida is a character that only Martin Scorsese or John Updike could have created. But Rida is not a fictional creation; he is a Lebanese driver and he is very real. As he takes me through the messy roads of Beirut, Rida complains. He scorns the other drivers and those who allow […]
Read MoreKafana Samtan Campaign to Restore Al-Saeh Library a Success
When unknown assailants torched his library on January 3, Father Ibrahim Sarrouj responded by forgiving them. The assailants, supposedly Muslim fundamentalists, accused Father Sarrouj of attacking Islam by publishing a pamphlet claiming that Abu Bakr, Islam’s first caliph, once beat Muhammad’s wife Aisha with a newspaper. Also Featured on Global Voices Online The library in […]
Read More#StripForJackie Campaign Gains Momentum
As part of the growing scandal surrounding Caretaker Youth and Sports Minister Faisal Karam’s call for an investigation over Lebanese Olympian Jackie Chamoun’s past photoshoot, Lebanese netizens have already come up with a creative way to support Jackie: Stripping. Started on the 12th of February 2014, the #StripForJackie campaign already gained over 15,000 followers and features models, men and […]
Read MoreIn Defense of Jackie
“Caretaker” Youth and Sports Minister Faisal Karami thinks it’s more damaging to Lebanon’s reputation that one of our best athletes, Jackie Chamoun, participated in a photoshoot where she showed as much skin – less, actually – as what we find in every lingerie shop and in every night club rather than his own refusal to sign […]
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Hummus For Thought 