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Episode 1: A Parliament of Rooks

A Parliament of Rooks

Map of Nour Square, at approximately 9:50 p.m. on the evening of January 27, when security forces fired live ammunition at protesters, showing locations of officers, television crew, a live streamer, and where eyewitnesses believe Omar was shot.

The Killing of Omar Tayba: A Visual Investigation of a Protester’s Death in Tripoli

Kareem Chehayeb

Young women in factory uniforms hold a banner that reads, “our identity is to die for our bread.” Date unknown. Source: Al-Anwar newspaper.

The Power of Withholding Labor: The General Strike as Cultural Work

Mary Jirmanus Saba

Decay or Alienation

Decay or Alienation

A migrant worker picks okra from the planters along the Burjawi staircase in Nasra, Achrafieh. Beirut, Lebanon. 2018. (Dana Mazraani/Beirut Urban Lab)

Why Socio-Spatial Practices Matter to Urban Recovery

Dana Mazraani, Luna Dayekh and Mona Harb

A volunteer health worker disinfects a building in Ras Beirut. Beirut, Lebanon. March 20, 2020. (Hussein Baydoun/The Public Source)

Too Little Too Late: A Timeline of Lebanon’s Response to COVID-19

Karantina 9 - Rita Kabalan

Brutal Interruption: Life in the Aftermath of Disaster

Cityscape of Beirut

Beirut’s Blasted Neighborhoods: Between Recovery Efforts and Real Estate Interests

Mona Fawaz and Soha Mneimneh

An old building stands before the ruins, aid and construction workers nearby. Karantina, Beirut. September 23, 2020. (Rita Kabalan/The Public Source)

Post-Disaster Karantina: Towards a People-Centered Heritage-Led Recovery

Howayda Al-Harithy and Batoul Yassine

Beirut's grain silos were at the epicenter of the August 4 explosion at the port and had a capacity of 120,000 tons of grain. Beirut, Lebanon. August 6, 2020. (Zein Jaafar/The Public Source)

A Pit(i)less Blame Game at the Beirut Port of Institutional Corruption

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