It’s Been Four Years: A Personal Letter to the Douma Four
Samira Al-Khalil, along with Razan Zeitouneh, and Wael and Nazim Hamadeh, have been kidnapped for four years now.
Read MoreCategory: archives 2017
On Yassin Haj Saleh’s Book ‘The Impossible Revolution’
“Syrian society has been without a sense of historical purpose or a ‘project’ that could unite the people and align their expectations […] Today, not only is the project devoid of any national or humane aspects: it is a killing machine.”
Read MoreNearly 300 Intellectuals Mobilize Against the Rise of a ‘Fascist Climate’ in Lebanon
Nearly 300 Lebanese intellectuals, artists, activists and journalists call for a Lebanon of freedom, pluralism and respect of human rights.
Read MoreSyrian and Lebanese: On The Conflict of Identities
“To be half Lebanese, and half Syrian means that you live the experience of a child whose parents are separated, and both of them hate you.”
Read MoreBeirut Madinati to Beirut Pride
“One hopes that subsequent movements will strive to become even more inclusive, and encompass those often ignored by Lebanese law, namely refugees, Lebanese workers and migrant domestic workers.”
Read Moreرسالة من صديقك المثلي
“انا شاب لبناني في منتصف العشرينات من العمر، ونعم، انا مثلي، وماذا يعني هذا الكلام؟”
Read MoreOn Beirut Pride: 5 Reflections.
Presenting reflections on Beirut Pride by 5+ authors
Read MoreMiream 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 MoreLebanon’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 MoreNo, the Assad regime is not ‘defending his own country’
Regime tactics are designed to overwhelm pro-democracy and secular opposition groups, forcing them into defensive mode, while empowering, directly and indirectly, more conservative and authoritarian groups.
Read MoreOmar Sabbour: Regarding statements by Syrian opposition and Western solidarity groups
What we should focus on.
Read MoreOn Nasrallah’s War Against LGBTQs (مع نسخة عربية)
Nasrallah’s recent sermon was all about promoting the same fixed gender roles that place him at the top of the hierarchy.
Read Moreحسن نصرالله، رهاب المثلية والنضال من أجل مستقبل لبنان
القاتل الجماعي حسن نصرالله يحاول أن يلهي الجميع عن ما يفعله جيشه الطائفي في سوريا نيابة عن النظام الإيراني ونظام الأسد الفاشي ليتهجم على إخواننا وأخواتنا المثليين والمثليات في لبنان.
Read MoreIn Syria, Civilian Lives Don’t Matter
Anti-war activists should be calling on all foreign forces to leave and holding the perpetrators of war crimes to account.
Read More‘That Father’. Aleppo, August 2012.
Whenever I hear ‘leftists’ engage in whitewashing or conspiracy theories, I think of that father cradling his dead daughter.
Read MoreAgainst Israel, Hamas and Fatah
“It made it very difficult for us political activists to realize our potential to end the occupation and build a Palestinian state where we can live with freedom, justice, dignity and peace and without any affiliation with any of those parties.”
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Hummus For Thought 