Podcast: Musa Okongwa on Brexit, Fear and What Comes Next
I spoke to @Okwonga about the 2019 UK Elections, Brexit, Fear, Empire, Englishness, Race, the Youth Movement and Intersectionality.
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Syrian melancholy in Lebanon’s revolution
“Syrians in Lebanon have concerns and fears that should be addressed at a wider popular level.”
Read MoreLebanon: A Revolution against Sectarianism
A description of the Lebanese uprising in detail, exploring how it has undermined patriarchal structures and transcended religious divisions to bring people together against the ruling class.
Read MoreLaunch of new book of Syrian citizen journalism
A look at the Lebanon uprising through its chants
The uprising in Lebanon has unleashed a wave of creativity that continues to rock the very foundations of Lebanese politics.
Read MorePodcast: Andrew Arsan on Lebanon, Our Painfully Ordinary Country
Enab Baladi: Citizen Chronicles of the Syrian Uprising (Free PDF)
Hummus For Thought is pleased to announce the release of “Enab Baladi: Citizen Chronicles of the Syrian Uprising”, available as a free PDF.
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 MoreAn idea called Daraya
Sleepless Nights: Confessing Without The Confession
“We hear many of these stories in the documentary, stories that exemplify Lebanon’s extraordinary tendency to defy whatever would seem to be in its own self-interest”
Read MoreHow one mapping project is challenging Lebanon’s ‘amnesia’ towards its own past
An ambitious mapping project by Lebanon Support and forumZFD puts together over 156 initiatives dedicated to addressing the country’s past.
Read MoreWretched of the Earth: solidarity letters between Syria and Gaza
“From Gaza’s border on the Friday of Breaking the Siege, greetings to the rebellious throats in Idlib who went out and shouted”
Read MoreHow one book lover from besieged Daraya found solace in writers from Sarajevo and Palestine
“Reading about Sarajevo is to feel less alone. It’s to tell oneself that others before us went through the same challenges. In another country. Another context.”
Read MoreWhy Syrian refugees in Lebanon fear going back to an Assad-controlled Syria
Syrian refugees in Lebanon fear reprisals by the Assad regime in the form of homelessness, forced conscription, torture, or worse.
Read MoreIn Conversation with Mounia Akl, Director of ‘Submarine’
On Rohini Hensman’s ‘Indefensible’
Rohini wished to understand how something which is seemingly so ‘pro-human’ (anti-imperialism) could be used to justify that which is inherently ‘anti-human’ (state oppression).
Read MoreI Don’t Have a #MyNakbaStory, So Here Are Other People’s Nakba Stories (+Resources)
In Conversation with Ely Dagher, Director of ‘Waves ’98’
Notes on Waves ’98
Waves ’98 is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating films from postwar Lebanon so far. Moving, elegant and multi-layered, it manages to portray both Omar’s lived experience as well as showing Beirut the current monstrosity that it is.
Read MoreThe Ghosts of Lebanon’s Present
“Conflicting powers in Lebanon attempting to monopolize truth have created an environment in which “truth” cannot be determined by any recognizable social tool.”
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