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Dispatches From the Lebanese Stronghold

Edited by

Lara Bitar Christina Cavalcanti Sintia Issa Lylla Younes Basyma Saad

Amal Khalil at her desk in the Al-Akhbar office, editing an upcoming episode of her newly launched program, Ahel al-Ared (The People of the Land).

In Remembrance

“Where Should I Be, Shama‘ or Khiam?”: Amal Khalil’s Two Decades of Militant Journalism

By

Fátima Fouad el-Samman

Children walk through the charred remains of what was once a school.

Textbook Genocide: Why Israel Bombs Schools

By

Jo Kelcey

An airplane flies over Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahye, with plumes of smoke rising in the background from ongoing Israeli bombardment.

Symptomatic Steadfastness: Politicizing Trauma with Lara Sheehi

By

Nour Nahhas

Edited by

Sintia Issa Livia Bergmeijer

Reporter stands next to blast-damaged car

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Dispatches From the Lebanese Front

Edited by

Lara Bitar Christina Cavalcanti Tracy J. Jawad Livia Bergmeijer Sintia Issa Farah-Silvana Kanaan

Dozens of people swim in Dalieh as the waves crash on the shore.

Holding on to Dalieh

By

Fátima Fouad el-Samman

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

By

Yara El Murr Christina Cavalcanti