Lebanon’s militarized masculinity
“It is ‘normal’ to expect outbursts of violence in Lebanon, often coupled with grand displays of toxic masculinity and, often still, with sectarian/conservative pronouncements”
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Listening: The Aural Resonance of a Formless Line
Sleepless 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 MoreHow one mapping project is challenging Lebanon’s ‘amnesia’ towards its own past
An ambitious mapping project by Lebanon Support and forumZFD puts together over 156 initiatives dedicated to addressing the country’s past.
Read MorePodcast Episode 2: Lebanon’s Kafala System
Associated blog post of the 2nd episode: #Lebanon’s Kafala System, the racist system controlling migrant domestic workers’ lives.
#AbolishKafala
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’
“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 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 MoreIn Conversation with Ely Dagher, Director of ‘Waves ’98’
Notes 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
The 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 More#AbolishKafala in Lebanon: 20-year-old Lensa’s Story
Rafiq Ali Ahmad, 1992. Suspended Dreams
“What About The Destruction Within Me?”. Suspended Dreams (أحلام معلقة), Mai Masri & Jean Khalil Chamoun
Read MoreI Interviewed Adel Karam, and Nothing He Said was Funny
Elias Khoury on the Lebanese political system and the prospects of challenging it
Shadow 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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