Category: archives 2012

archives 2012 kafala and racism

Risking your life on Christmas Day

Post author By Joey Ayoub
Post date December 26, 2012
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This is the 3rd time we receive photographic evidence of a migrant worker risking her life to clean a window.

archives 2012 kafala and racism

‘I Have a Dream for Justice in Lebanon’

Post author By Joey Ayoub
Post date December 19, 2012
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This video will help you to understand the slavery-like conditions that they are currently subjected to under the sponsorship system.

archives archives 2012

Tribute to Beirut Jam Sessions

Post author By Joey Ayoub
Post date December 14, 2012
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Of all the interesting projects born out of Beirut’s recent burst of creativity, few come close to being as groovy as Beirut Jam Sessions.

archives archives 2012

Celebrating one year of HummusForThought

Post author By Joey Ayoub
Post date December 10, 2012
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We just wanted to thank everyone for the support you’ve shown for our blog. We’ve had 5,352 unique visitors per month on average and our first goal is to reach 100,000 per month. Thanks again and don’t forget that everything we do is under a Creative Commons license. You can also check out our Fb […]

archives 2012 kafala and racism

What slavery looks like

This picture was uploaded on the Anti-Racism Movement’s Facebook page by Gary Lian. What more powerful reminder do we need? the conditions that migrant workers have to go through in Lebanon are horrific, barbaric and disgusting. Here is the description: “I took this picture today. It’s the building facing our own. This is how Lebanese […]