A composite of archival images from Assafir newspaper of the offices of Intra Investment Company and the opening of the Finance Bank, one of Intra Holdings' most secretive holding companies, on December 7, 1999. Mahfouz Sakina, Hassan Farran, Yacoub Al Sarraf, and Salah Harakat are seen cutting a cake. (The Public Source)
Intra Investment Company: The “Lebanese State’s Best Kept Secret”
Composite of images taken at a protest organized by the Beirut Port Explosion Victims' Families and the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities to demand justice for people killed and injured by the blast. Sylvana Lakkis, president of the union, is the center of the image. Photos taken on July 4, 2021, by Hussein Baydoun. (The Public Source)
“And What Would You Like Me to Do About It?”: How the Lebanese Government Disabled Hundreds of People — and Then Left Them to Pay for Its Crime
After security forces stormed the American University of Beirut, revenge demonstrations erupted, sparking violent confrontations with the ruling class and its guards. In the photograph, dated February 26, 1975, is a scene from one of the confrontations on Hamra Main Street, where tens of students charge, amid tear gas, some of them armed with stones.
The Student Movement in Lebanon, a Struggle Through Time
Two staff members work at their desks at the Beirut Governmental University Hospital. Beirut, Lebanon. October 19, 2021. (Marwan Tahtah/The Public Source)
طلاب أم عمال؟ طلاب الطب في الجامعة اللبنانية على خط المواجهة في نظام صحي متداعٍ
تركيب صور من فترة ازمة المحروقات في لبنان خلال صيف ٢٠٢١ التقطت على محطّات المحروقات وعلى الطريق السريع. التقط الصور مروان طحطح بتاريخ 14 حزيران ٢٠٢١. (مصدر عام)
كيف دُمِّر نظام النقل المُشترك في لبنان ولصالح من؟
عناصر من أمن الدولة يديرون السير قرب محطة محروقات في الجدَيّدة، تزامنا مع ممارسات احتكارية من قبل المحطات وشركات الاستيراد وتدفّق السكان الى المحطات لتعبئة سياراتهم قبل رفع الدعم من قبل مصرف لبنان. ١١ حزيران ٢٠٢١. (مروان طحطح، مصدر عام)
كارتيلات، ومصارف، وسيارات: نهج سياسي يدهس النقل العامّ في لبنان منذ التسعينات
A child stands in a narrow opening between concrete blocks. The Lebanese army limits the passage of cars into a number of Palestinian camps through checkpoints and closes other entrances with concrete walls, leaving only pedestrian pathways. Burj al-Shemali camp, Tyre. January 21, 2017. (Nadia Ahmad/The Public Source)
Palestinian Camps in Lebanon: Reflecting on Patterns of Marginalization, Isolation and Control
Anonymized missing person flyer that circulated online in the aftermath of the explosion. The man was found alive and well. August 2020. (The Public Source)
Life and Death on the Margins: On the Double Trauma of Migrant Workers
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
Protesters rest beside graffiti depicting the hanging of an authority figure. Downtown Beirut, Lebanon. December 15, 2019. (Rita Kabalan/The Public Source)