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Landscape of Dhaira, Lebanon.

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

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Sintia Issa

Al Sheikh_Hikayati Sharh La Yatoul

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

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Sintia Issa

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

Editorials

New Year’s Omen

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Sintia Issa

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

The electricity sector has become an embodiment of corruption in Lebanon. Électricité du Liban, Mar Mikhael, Beirut. November 10, 2019. (Hoda Kerbage/The Public Source)

Anti-Corruption: A Neoliberal Strategy to Breathe New Life into Lebanon's Spoils-Sharing System?

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Karim Merhej Sintia Issa

Kenyan domestic workers hold a sustained sit-in in front of their consulate in Badaro to demand immediate repatriation to their country. Beirut, Lebanon. August 11, 2020. (Mohamad Cheblak/The Public Source)

Kafala Reform a Liberal Veneer: Migrant Workers and the Struggle for Liberation

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Sintia Issa

Visitors gather by the ruins of the Ancient Roman Marj Bisri temple during a hike aimed at promoting awareness of the site's cultural and historical heritage. April 22, 2017. (Photo courtesy of "Save the Bisri Valley Campaign")

Bisri Valley: Infrastructure and the Trap of Neoliberal Development

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Sintia Issa