In Memory of Razan Al-Najjar
Hayat Ghunaim, from Gaza, wrote this in memory of Razan Al-Najjar, the 21 year old medic and volunteer who was murdered by the IDF while helping evacuate wounded protesters.
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Lebanon’s historic Anfeh salt marshes threatened by yet another resort
The historic salt marshes of the northern town of Anfeh may become the latest casualty of Lebanon’s long history of coastal privatization.
Read MoreAssad or the Naked Lion
“As the regime applies its scorched earth policy and starves the population to bring it to heel, it insists on showing that in the regions it controls, life follows its natural course.”
Read MoreBeirut’s Dalieh: A Temporal Space of Refuge
Some activists have lost their moral compass with respect to Syria
Maher Arar writes: “The inconsistency of positions taken by these activists and their cult-like stubbornness make them look closer to religious zealots than to people who are seeking the truth.”
Read MoreRazan Zaitouneh’s “Women in The Syrian Revolution” (2013)
The Experience of Local Councils in the Syrian Revolution
“We are not less that the workers of the Paris Commune… They lasted 70 days and we are still here since a year and a half.”
Read MoreA Spot at the Kotel Won’t Save Us: A Crisis in American Judaism
“What terrifies our elders, anxious to maintain their grip on the only Jewish identity they know, is precisely that, in saying ‘no!’ to Zionism, we are saying ‘yes!’ to Jewishness.”
Read More#AbolishKafala in Lebanon: 20-year-old Lensa’s Story
What the #WomenOfGhouta Have Achieved in 7.5 Years
The Story of Hind Majaly, A Revolutionary Woman from Daraa
“I was one of the first women to organise peaceful demonstrations in Daraa and one of the first women to be detained.”
Read MoreThe Multipolar Spin: How Fascists Operationalize Left-wing Resentment
This article was originally published by Alexander Reid Ross, author of the book ‘Against The Fascist Creep’. Republished here for education purposes.
Read MoreI Interviewed Adel Karam, and Nothing He Said was Funny
رسالة من صديقك المثلي
On Beirut Pride: 5 Reflections.
Miream Salameh’s Speech at #BringThemHere Rally in Melbourne
“I am from a Christian family. I say this today because I need to explain that my family and I escaped from the Syrian regime violence before ISIS even existed in my country.”
Read MoreOmar Sabbour: Regarding statements by Syrian opposition and Western solidarity groups
Alex Shams: On Munich and Whiteness
Why aren’t we having a conversation about violence in the West, about masculinity and gun culture?
Read MoreHalim Shebaya: When Sally met Lebanon’s Personal Status laws
“What provoked Sally to initiate such an action that landed her, and the people who assisted her, in the custody of the Lebanese authorities?”
Read MoreElia El Khazen: A Message to Pseudo-Leftists on Syria
“To anyone who has continuously and consistently, over the years, denied the existence of an uprising in Syria, this message is for you.”
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