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A composite image of Khaled Al Mahmoud inspecting a frame amid colorful wooden hives with bees and flowers in the foreground.

Collective Beekeeping in South Lebanon

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Yara El Murr

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

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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

Delivery driver on the go on a rainy night.

Always on the Move, Yet Trapped in Precarity: On the Buried Dreams of Gig Economy Drivers

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Christina Cavalcanti Yara El Murr

Composite of images taken at a hospital in Lebanon and of protests organized by Lebanese University students. Photos taken on October 19, 2021 and October 25, 2011, by Marwan Tahtah. (The Public Source)

Students or Workers? Lebanese University Medical Students on the Frontline of a Crumbling Healthcare System

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Yara El Murr Layla Yammine

Healthcare workers take a break outside Rafik Hariri University Hospital. Beirut, Lebanon. April 17, 2020. (Marwan Tahtah/The Public Source)

Costly and Unsustainable: Where Lebanon’s COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Went Wrong

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Yara El Murr

With new appliances now unaffordable, repair shops for washing machines, stove tops, and fridges have become a common sight in the neighborhood. Nabaa, Lebanon. June 26, 2021. (Mohamad Cheblak/The Public Source)

Nabaa’s Changing Face: Repurposing and Refurbishing in Times of Crisis

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Yara El Murr Mohamad Cheblak

The Dikkenneh Co-op, Basta al-Tahta. Beirut, Lebanon. April 16, 2021. (Rita Kabalan/The Public Source)

“We All Benefit”: On the Little Dikkeneh Co-op That Could

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Yara El Murr

Image overlay of a shopper carrying grocery bags over a deserted city street at night. Beirut, Lebanon. 2021. (The Public Source)

“We Didn’t Even Try”: How Lebanon's Chaotic COVID-19 Strategy Let Thousands Die

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Yara El Murr

An illustration of blankets and cloth hanging from balconies with ABAAD’s hotline for domestic abuse written on them, in solidarity with women imprisoned in their homes during lockdown. Source: Noora’s Story in “Where to, Marie?” p. 33. Artist: Joan Baz.

From the Archival to the Fictional: How “Where to, Marie?” Revives Local Feminist History

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Yara El Murr Christina Cavalcanti