From ISIS to the Abortion Wars: America We Need to Talk
“I came of age at the height and heart of the “Abortion Wars”—an all-American terrorism campaign waged in the name Christianity”
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An idea called Daraya
This is the story of an idea called Daraya. It is the story of a sick world.
Read MoreListening: The Aural Resonance of a Formless Line
Norman Saadi Nikro on John Berger’s encounter with a Yasmine Hamdan performance
Read MoreSleepless 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 MoreSarah Al-Otaibi: How Jamal Khasshogi’s murder has set new precedents
Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and murder at the hands of the Saudi regime has set precedents in several ways.
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 More“But what about Yemen?”
“It’s rather despicable to use some corpses to bury others. And quite daring to oppose the martyrdom of Yemeni children to the plight of Syria’s.”
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 MorePhoenician or Arab, Lebanese or Syrian: Who were the early immigrants to America?
“As these immigrants traveled across the Mediterranean and Atlantic to “Amirka” they were required to have an ethnic/national identity if they were to gain entry to the place that they hoped would make them a handsome sum of money and afford them new opportunities.”
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 MoreThe New Battles of Lebanese Cinema
“Clichés have thick skin. During a projection of my short film last year in Brussels, a woman came to me to tell me that she likes my film but that there wasn’t ‘enough war'”.
Read MoreIn Conversation with Mounia Akl, Director of ‘Submarine’
In conversation with the director of ‘Submarine’ (2016), Mounia Akl
Read MorePLO delegation in Syria to check on the “road to Palestine”
A delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) headed on Monday for Syria to check on the resistance axis efforts to pave the “road to Palestine.”
Read MoreNotes on Syria and the Coming Global Thanatocracy
“Of course in the largely pacific global North and elsewhere many would look askance at the suggestion that Assad (and his allies) are responsible for the estimated half a million or more Syrian’s killed since 2011 as Assad certainly is.”
Read More“We are not racists, but”
“Children of color, and especially poor children of color, learn one thing very well in Lebanese schools and that is to hate themselves.”
Read MoreOn 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 MoreIn 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.
Read MoreLebanon’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 MoreI Don’t Have a #MyNakbaStory, So Here Are Other People’s Nakba Stories (+Resources)
Stories, Resources, Numbers
Read MoreIn Conversation with Ely Dagher, Director of ‘Waves ’98’
In conversation with the Palme D’Or-winning director of ‘Waves ’98’, Ely Dagher
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Hummus For Thought 