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الإسكندرون، هاتاي، ١٣ شباط ٢٠٢٣

في وحـ(ش)ـة الانتظار

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مروان طحطح ‎عمر ذوابه‎

What is the responsibility of knowledge producers to Palestine?

Seizing Knowledge Production in Solidarity With Palestine

By

Julia Choucair Vizoso

شباب يمضون الوقت قرب البحر في منطقة الميناء. طرابلس، لبنان. 28 تِشْرين الأَوَّل ٢٠٢٢. (مروان طحطح، مصدر عام)

حصار في عُرض البحر

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يارا المرّ

Two staff members work at their desks.

طلاب أم عمال؟ طلاب الطب في الجامعة اللبنانية على خط المواجهة في نظام صحي متداعٍ

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يارا المرّ ليلى يمّين

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

أسطورة عصر لبنان الذهبي: هل حقّا فقدنا الفردوس؟

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كريم مرهج

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

Al-Khiam Prison, turned into a memorial by Hezbollah, was bombed by Israel during its 2006 war on Lebanon. Khiam, Nabatieh. 2006. (Marwan Tahtah/The Public Source)

Committed to Liberation: Remembering Soha Bechara’s Clandestine Mission

By

Soha Bechara

Editorials

“Lebanon First:” On the Politics of Neutrality on a Moving Train

By

Lara Bitar

Kuffiyeh-clad women wave the Palestinian flag, raise their fists, and chant during a march from the Mar Elias refugee camp to downtown Beirut. Riad el-Solh Square, Lebanon. May 18, 2021 (Marwan Tahtah/The Public Source)

From the Refugee Camps to the Border: Rallies Held in Solidarity with Palestinians

By

Marwan Tahtah Mohamad Cheblak

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

By

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

By

Christina Cavalcanti

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

By

Mary Jirmanus Saba