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The Last Hour

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

Beirut, Lebanon. August 31, 2020. (Lynn Chaya/The Public Source)

Surviving Karantina: The Long Way Home

Kenyan domestic workers hold a sustained sit-in in front of their consulate in Badaro to demand immediate repatriation to their country. Beirut, Lebanon. August 11, 2020. (Mohamad Cheblak/The Public Source)

Kafala Reform a Liberal Veneer: Migrant Workers and the Struggle for Liberation

Building destroyed by Beirut Port blast.

"Nooses Are Not Enough”: One Week Into the Beirut Explosion

Lara Bitar and Kareem Chehayeb

A sanitation worker employed by Lebanese company Ramco pauses for a picture while working a shift at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. April 6, 2020. (Marwan Tahtah/The Public Source)

Labor in Lebanon: Between Racism and Capitalist Exploitation

A woman donning a mask makes her way through a secondhand market in Tripoli near Nahr Abu Ali. Tripoli, Lebanon. June 13, 2020. (Natheer Halawani/The Public Source)

Quarantine: New Bodies in Familiar Places