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Illlustration of people trapped within structures.

“We Are Everywhere, But Invisible”: How One System Facilitates Sexualized Violence and Protects its Perpetrators

By

Christina Cavalcanti

A 1915 photo of Armenian revolutionaries.

Homage to the Honest Soldiers

By

Panos Aprahamian

A young man drives a car loaded with his belongings past a park.

Samidoun: Lessons From the Civil Resistance to the 2006 War

By

Simon Assaf

A black and white photograph showing two children fettered to a radiator at the psychiatric hospital of Deir El-Salib in Deir El-Qamar, Lebanon.

(Im)Possibilities of Healing Within the Mental Health System

By

Fátima Fouad el-Samman

A composite of Greek police guarding the National Bank of Greece in the foreground, with Lebanese police guarding the Bank of Beirut in the background.

What About the “Sovereign Wealth Fund”? Some Lessons From Greece

By

Nikolas Kosmatopoulos

A wide shot showing a young woman dressed in black making her way through a foraging trail down a rocky path. Trees line up the top of the hill and stand tall against a cloudy blue sky.

Returning to the Land and Our Oral Plantcestral History

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Yara El Murr Christina Cavalcanti

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

Landscape of Dhaira, Lebanon.

Seasons of Life and War in South Lebanon: An Interview on Ecologies of Resistance

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Sintia Issa

On the left, two old men chat before a mural by Tripoli’s visual artist Ali El Rafei, close to Al Shiraa Square in El Mina. At the top right corner, a picture of politician Ashraf Rifi covers part of the mural.

If These Walls Could Speak

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Fátima Fouad el-Samman

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

By

Yara El Murr Christina Cavalcanti Layla Yammine

Composite of images provided by Zoukak of their performance of the Rave Empire in France.

Zoukak’s Political Theater: A Space for Collective Reflection Amid Crisis

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Layla Yammine Yara El Murr

Al Sheikh_Hikayati Sharh La Yatoul

Beirut’s Feminist Library: A Home to Writings from the Struggle

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Sintia Issa