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A composite image of hands cupping grains of wheat against the backdrop of a mill worker loading bags of flour onto a truck in Beirut, Lebanon.

Grain of Hope and Loaf of Neglect: Lebanon’s Renewed Bread Crisis

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Christina Cavalcanti

Composite of images taken of Lebanese passports and of the Beirut International Airport.

“Like a Prison”: Lebanon’s General Security Makes Passport Renewal a Nightmare

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Yara El Murr Christina Cavalcanti Layla Yammine

A composite image of Fodda El Youssef (left) and her mother Aziza Sattouf (right) manually sorting wheat to be sent to a mill in Saadnayel, Lebanon, against the backdrop of Seed in a Box's vegetable seedling greenhouse in Beddawi, Lebanon.

From the Ground Up: Seed Saving and Food Sovereignty in Lebanon

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Christina Cavalcanti Chris Trinh

Delivery driver on the go on a rainy night.

Always on the Move, Yet Trapped in Precarity: On the Buried Dreams of Gig Economy Drivers

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Christina Cavalcanti Yara El Murr

Front page of Assafir's November 4, 1987 issue, announcing the upcoming general strike.

Digging Through the Archives for the 1987 Strike That Braved the Barricades

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Sintia Issa Karim Merhej

The Lebanese Red Cross reports six people were killed and dozens injured in the hours-long street battles. One of the victims, Mariam Farhat, a mother of five children, was killed by a stray bullet to her head inside her home. Another victim, 32-year-old Ali Ibrahim, who worked at a local gym and fitness diner, was killed while delivering food to a customer nearby. He was described as “an innocent soul” whose “smile never hides.” Tayouneh, Lebanon. October 14, 2021. (Marwan Tahtah/The Public Source)

Obstruction of Justice Turns Deadly

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Christina Cavalcanti Karim Merhej

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

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Karim Merhej Kareem Chehayeb Christina Cavalcanti

Stencil on a wall by artist collective Bel Mersad. It reads, "Hasten to the dreams of workers. For a foreseeable future, happy life, job security, freedom of choice." Beirut, Lebanon. May 1, 2020. (Bel Mersad)

On Today’s Alternative Organizing to Reclaim and Politicize the Labor Struggle

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Sintia Issa Christina Cavalcanti

Three protesters hold a sign in Riad al-Solh Square that reads, “burn their mansions." Beirut. Lebanon. October 18, 2019. (Mohamad Cheblak/The Public Source)

Workers’ Solidarity, Redistribution, and Universal Social Protections... Slogans of a Struggle Against Engineered Losses

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Christina Cavalcanti

An illustration of blankets and cloth hanging from balconies with ABAAD’s hotline for domestic abuse written on them, in solidarity with women imprisoned in their homes during lockdown. Source: Noora’s Story in “Where to, Marie?” p. 33. Artist: Joan Baz.

From the Archival to the Fictional: How “Where to, Marie?” Revives Local Feminist History

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Yara El Murr Christina Cavalcanti

A woman in a black hijab and glasses holds up a large, laminated portrait of a missing man named Mohammad Ali Hassan during an outdoor demonstration. Other women stand closely behind her in solidarity.

Families Rally for Abducted Relatives Amid Fears Over New Framework Agreement

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Lylla Younes

A crowd of people protest in a city street, raising their fists and shouting; one person holds a sign with Arabic writing and a photo of a man.

A “Unilateral Ultimatum”: The Reassignment of Enmity from Israel to Hezbollah

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Christina Cavalcanti