Julia Choucair Vizoso

Julia Choucair Vizoso is an independent knowledge producer, seasonal translator, and former editor at The Public Source.

A graffiti artist paints a mural of some of Lebanon's oligarchs on a wall erected near Riad al-Solh Square in downtown Beirut. October 24, 2019. (Lara Bitar/The Public Source)

What is Oligarchy? (Part 1 of 2)

Julia Choucair Vizoso

What is the responsibility of knowledge producers to Palestine?

Seizing Knowledge Production in Solidarity With Palestine

Julia Choucair Vizoso

A composite of a senior woman protesting during the October 2019 uprising in the foreground against an old Mar Mkhayel barber shop in the background.

Indefinitely Deferred: Dignified Retirement Inaccessible to Most

Layla Yammine

الصفحة الأولى لصحيفة النهار اللبنانية.

شركة إنترا للاستثمار: "أكثر أسرار الدولة اللبنانية كتمانًا"

Karim Merhej

Two rows of solar panels installed on land surrounding villa that oversees a village.

Privatizing the Sun: The Dark Side of Lebanon’s “Solar Revolution”

Julia Choucair Vizoso

Yara El Murr

أطفال من عكّار في طريقهم لتعبئة الماء من بئر، تمّوز ١٩٦٧. (حقوق الصّورة لأرشيف لبنان)

أسطورة عصر لبنان الذهبي: هل حقّا فقدنا الفردوس؟

Karim Merhej

A composite image of different National Social Security Fund (NSSF) offices.

The Full Story Behind the Looming Collapse of the National Social Security Fund

Karim Merhej

Kareem Chehayeb

Supporters of the 2011 Syrian uprising, draped in the Syrian opposition flag, gather to commemorate its first anniversary, as members of Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces watch in relaxed shield formation. Martyrs’ Square, Beirut, Lebanon. March 17, 2012. (Marwan Tahtah/The Public Source)

Eleven Years On: Syrians in Lebanon and the Search for Political Agency

Yazan Al-Saadi

Bank in Beirut protected by two private security guards and a metal wall.

While We Try to Survive Its Last Scheme, Lebanon's Banking Sector Plots Another Grand Theft

Karim Merhej

Yazan Al-Saadi

Beirut’s sea wall at the height of Lebanon’s “Golden Age.” May 1, 1965. (Indiana University Archives, Charles Cushman Collection)

Paradise Lost? The Myth of Lebanon’s Golden Era

Karim Merhej

A protester wears a mask depicting central bank governor Riad Salameh’s face while getting a “haircut” in front of the Central Bank.

Through a Glass, Darkly: How Lebanon’s Central Bank Wants You to See the Financial Collapse

Karim Merhej

Yazan Al-Saadi

A small group of adults and children stand around a banner that reads, "UNHCR: For or Against African Refugees?" on one side and "Hungry, Homeless, Hopeless: Merry Christmas 2019" on the other. In the center of the image, one man holds the UN Refugee Agency flag.

Slipping Through Cracks: The “Forgotten Refugees” in Lebanon

Yazan Al-Saadi