Assad 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.”
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The fall of Syria’s Eastern Ghouta
The Syrian regime and its Russian ally have taken over Ghouta. Here are some of Ghouta’s stories before its fall.
Read MoreNotes 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 MoreBeirut’s Dalieh: A Temporal Space of Refuge
Dalieh is “really the last hope for a natural open public park in Beirut”
Read MoreSome 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)
“Aren’t Syrian women the most beautiful in the world?”
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.”
Read MoreThe 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
“They tortured me and I couldn’t do anything to save myself.”
Read MoreWhat the #WomenOfGhouta Have Achieved in 7.5 Years
“I am talking about the suffering of women inside Ghouta.”
Read MoreRafiq Ali Ahmad, 1992. Suspended Dreams
“What About The Destruction Within Me?”. Suspended Dreams (أحلام معلقة), Mai Masri & Jean Khalil Chamoun
Read MoreThe 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 MoreI Interviewed Adel Karam, and Nothing He Said was Funny
Badar Salem on meeting Adel Karam. Translated by Elias Abou Jaoudeh.
Read MoreElias Khoury on the Lebanese political system and the prospects of challenging it
Megaphone’s Interview with left-wing Lebanese thinker Elias Khoury
Read MoreThe Irrelevant Arabs – On Syria & “The Impossible Revolution” A Conversation With Yassin Al-Haj Saleh
Syrian intellectual Yassin Al-Haj Saleh on the root causes of the Syrian uprising.
Read MoreFrom Syria to Palestine: Struggles Against Dictatorship, Imperialism, and Zionism (Audio)
Panel at Left Forum 2017 With Ramah Kudaimi, Shireen Akram-Boshar, Jehad Abusalim and myself, hosted by Ashley Smith.
Read MoreThe Syrian Revolution: Context and Consequences (Audio)
Audio and partial text of the talk I gave at the University of Bologna in 2017.
Read MoreShadow of a Man? Understanding Masculinities in the MENA (Audio)
Audio and partial transcript of the LSE Panel I took part in with Dr. Shereen El-Faki and Dr. Courtney Freer.
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Hummus For Thought 