The (Dis)order Report

On the Order of Disorder in Lebanon.

Bank in Beirut protected by two private security guards and a metal wall.

While We Try to Survive Its Last Scheme, Lebanon's Banking Sector Plots Another Grand Theft

Karim Merhej

Yazan Al-Saadi

Children study in the rubble of their school that was destroyed by the violent war in the city of Taiz, Yemen. December 27, 2018. (Akram Alrasny/Shutterstock)

Forgotten War, Abandoned Refugees: The Plight of Yemenis in Lebanon

Ali Al-Dailami

عناصر من أمن الدولة يديرون السير قرب محطة محروقات في الجديدة، تزامنا مع ممارسات احتكارية من قبل المحطات وشركات الاستيراد.

كارتيلات، ومصارف، وسيارات: نهج سياسي يدهس النقل العامّ في لبنان منذ التسعينات

Layla Yammine

Karim Merhej

Health care workers take a break outside the 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

Yara El Murr

A protester wears a mask depicting central bank governor Riad Salameh’s face while getting a “haircut” in front of the Central Bank.

Through a Glass, Darkly: How Lebanon’s Central Bank Wants You to See the Financial Collapse

Karim Merhej

Yazan Al-Saadi

Beirut in darkness; glow-in-the-dark balloons. Beirut, Lebanon. August 28, 2020. (Marwan Tahtah/The Public Source)

And Then Night Falls...

Marwan Tahtah

A small group of adults and children stand around a banner that reads, "UNHCR: For or Against African Refugees?" on one side and "Hungry, Homeless, Hopeless: Merry Christmas 2019" on the other. In the center of the image, one man holds the UN Refugee Agency flag.

Slipping Through Cracks: The “Forgotten Refugees” in Lebanon

Yazan Al-Saadi

Composite of an elderly resident of Mar Mikhael standing on her balcony, construction workers, and a sign that reads, "We are Staying." Beirut, Lebanon. Photos taken between August and October 2020 by Marwan Tahtah. (The Public Source)

What Does Justice Look Like for the Affected Neighborhoods and Their Residents?

Public Works Studio

Anonymized missing person flyer that circulated online in the aftermath of the explosion. The man was found alive and well. August 2020. (The Public Source)

Life and Death on the Margins: On the Double Trauma of Migrant Workers

Anti-Racism Movement

A child stands in a narrow opening between concrete blocks. The Lebanese army limits the passage of cars into a number of Palestinian camps through checkpoints and closes other entrances with concrete walls, leaving only pedestrian pathways. Burj al-Shemali camp, Tyre. January 21, 2017. (Nadia Ahmad/The Public Source)

Palestinian Camps in Lebanon: Reflecting on Patterns of Marginalization, Isolation and Control

Rabie Mustapha

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?

Karim Merhej

Sintia Issa

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

Christina Cavalcanti