Power, Discourse & Governance

A graffiti artist paints a mural of some of Lebanon's oligarchs on a wall erected near Riad al-Solh Square in downtown Beirut. October 24, 2019. (Lara Bitar/The Public Source)

What is Oligarchy? (Part 1 of 2)

Julia Choucair Vizoso

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

أسطورة عصر لبنان الذهبي: هل حقّا فقدنا الفردوس؟

Karim Merhej

Beirut’s sea wall at the height of Lebanon’s “Golden Age.” May 1, 1965. (Indiana University Archives, Charles Cushman Collection)

Paradise Lost? The Myth of Lebanon’s Golden Era

Karim Merhej

Protesters engage in a discussion during the early days of the October uprising in "The Egg," an iconic abandoned opera house in central Beirut. October 24, 2019. (Gloria Tawk/Fawra)

Lebanon’s Global Conundrum: Which Strategy for Political Change?

Nadim El Kak

Editorials

“Lebanon First:” On the Politics of Neutrality on a Moving Train

Lara Bitar

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

Two young boys carry a tire at a roadblock reinforced by burning dumpsters. Beirut, Lebanon. October 18, 2019. (Mouran Mattar/Fawra)

Lebanon’s Class Struggle: Between the “Civil” and the “Popular”

Wissam Saade

A protestor enters the abandoned opera house in Beirut, Lebanon. October 21, 2019. (Rita Kabalan/The Public Source)

Psychological Warfare in Times of Revolution

Ramez Dagher

Slogans against sectarianism are abundant near downtown's protest squares, "sectarianism is an illness caused by warlords to rule us” affirms this one in Beirut, Lebanon. October 23, 2019. (Nour Mufti/Fawra)

Are the People to Blame? Debunking Counter-Revolutionary & Culturalist Arguments

Nadim El Kak

A composite photo. A group of five men in suits are huddled together in the foreground deep in discussion. In the background is a hallway with stacks of loose papers, merged with a large poster that reads: "UNDP's Technical Support to the Ministry of Finance in Lebanon: Closing Event."

Inside Experts: What Happened When an Army of Consultants and Technocrats Tried To Fix Lebanon

Richard Salame

Composite of images taken at archeological sites-turned-constructions sites around Beirut

Searching for Lebanon’s Ancient Ruins Amid Capitalist Ruination

Habib Battah

Protesters rest beside graffiti depicting the hanging of an authority figure. Downtown Beirut, Lebanon. December 15, 2019. (Rita Kabalan/The Public Source)

Oligarchiyya, Lebanese Style (Part 2 of 2)

Julia Choucair Vizoso