The following is the full report of Human Rights Watch’s 2013 Report on Lebanon. 

Prof. Noam Chomsky gave us our commencement address for our undergraduate ceremony. I am truly honored to have had him speak to us as a fellow AUB graduate.

Noam Chomsky receiving his Honorary Doctorate (14th of June, 2013) His acceptance speech starts at 2:04:33

I’ve received images taken by two Turkish activists, Gülce Ataman and Ece Gulkirpik. So please share them.

We fully support the protesters in Turkey.

“Why do I have the impression that the rest of the country does not realize that Tripoli is part of Lebanon?”

I hope that my voice can be higher than the symphony of death in Syria .. and you all get my peaceful message !

Dear Mr. Kheireddine, I was shocked and saddened to find out that the front cover of “hunting & safari” features none other than you

It has been confirmed. The first ever civil marriage in lebanon was signed by caretaker interior minister Marwan Charbel.

In Lyon. A couple of days ago, we were passing by the Opera where we saw about 250 people protesting the Gay marriage proposition

“Visualizing Palestine is the intersection of communication, social sciences, technology, design and urban studies for social justice.

Take Back Parliament (TBP)’s expatriate section has released a video detailing the figures behind Lebanon’s infamous flight of civilians.

Film Noir rejects the traditional hero versus villain storyline in which the hero doesn’t need to make much effort to be loved by the viewer.

5 Broken Cameras tells the story of a Palestinian village resisting a brutal occupation.

Many, including myself, see Civil Marriage as being Lebanon’s natural next step on its way to becoming a more open, equal and secular society.

  This year’s World Press Photo Award, one of photojournalism’s most prestigious awards, went to Swedish photojournalist Paul Hansen‘s “Gaza Burial”

Mohamed Sabbah (video) and Karim Badra (concept) have teamed up with actress Nour Tayeh to produce the short film ‘The story of Souad, in Honor of Ali’

Ace was a bit of an idiot. He rarely listened to anything I ever said. Wouldn’t sit, wouldn’t come and him rolling over was as likely as me getting pregnant with a Swahili-speaking invisible pink unicorn. We got Ace barely a few days after Dixie’s death. We were still mourning. Dixie’s death was very unexpected. […]

I don’t really know what to say about this. Words are simply not enough to describe my anger and disgust.

Ali Abdallah passed away yesterday night.