May 2022 Issue

The Long Read

Tyre sea by night

Surrounding Sur: Liberation Day Poetics

By

Yasmine Khayyat

Comictern

Silk comic

1. Lost Histories

Art by

Golrokh Nafisi

Script by

Yazan Al-Saadi

Silken Threads: Episode 2

2. Trade Routes

Art by

Golrokh Nafisi

Script by

Yazan Al-Saadi

Silken Threads: Episode 3

3. Enter Global Capitalism

Art by

Golrokh Nafisi

Script by

Yazan Al-Saadi

Silken Threads: Episode 4

4. A Famine in the Making

Art by

Golrokh Nafisi

Script by

Yazan Al-Saadi

Silken Threads: Episode 5

5. The Exploitation of Women

Art by

Golrokh Nafisi

Script by

Yazan Al-Saadi

Silken Threads: Episode 6

6. Enter the Bourgeoisie

Art by

Golrokh Nafisi

Script by

Yazan Al-Saadi

Silken Threads: Episode 7

7. The Collapse

Art by

Golrokh Nafisi

Script by

Yazan Al-Saadi

Chronicles of the Crisis

A composite of archival images from Assafir newspaper of the offices of Intra Investment Company and the opening of the Finance Bank, one of Intra Holdings' most secretive holding companies, on December 7, 1999. Mahfouz Sakina, Hassan Farran, Yacoub Al Sarraf, and Salah Harakat are seen cutting a cake. (The Public Source)

Intra Investment Company: The “Lebanese State’s Best Kept Secret”

By

Karim Merhej

The (Dis)order Report

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

In the Interlude

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

By

Layla Yammine Yara El Murr

A composite image of Fodda El Youssef (left) and her mother Aziza Sattouf (right) manually sorting wheat to be sent to a mill in Saadnayel, Lebanon, against the backdrop of Seed in a Box's vegetable seedling greenhouse in Beddawi, Lebanon.

From the Ground Up: Seed Saving and Food Sovereignty in Lebanon

By

Christina Cavalcanti Chris Trinh

PS Visuals

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

By

Fátima Fouad el-Samman

الملحق

أطفال من عكّار في طريقهم لتعبئة الماء من بئر، تمّوز ١٩٦٧. (حقوق الصّورة لأرشيف لبنان)

أسطورة عصر لبنان الذهبي: هل حقّا فقدنا الفردوس؟

بقلم

كريم مرهج

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