Public Services & Infrastructure

Beirut's grain silos were at the epicenter of the August 4 explosion at the port and had a capacity of 120,000 tons of grain. Beirut, Lebanon. August 6, 2020. (Zein Jaafar/The Public Source)

A Pit(i)less Blame Game at the Beirut Port of Institutional Corruption

Rohan Advani

A Pit(i)less Blame Game at the Beirut Port of Institutional Corruption

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

Sintia Issa

Bisri Valley: Infrastructure and the Trap of Neoliberal Development

A daily traffic jam on the Baouchriyeh Highway near Beirut, in an undated photo. (Hussein Baydoun/The Public Source)

The Road to Mobility Justice Is Not Paved by Technocrats

Jad Baaklini

The Road to Mobility Justice Is Not Paved by Technocrats