Mayada Y. As someone born by the end of the Lebanese civil war, I should consider myself lucky to not to have witnessed any of the brutality that took place back in those days. Yet, this is not exactly my take on things. It is enough for me to take a walk in my neighborhood, [...]
Lioba Hirsch So… last week, I was with my friend from Bangladesh, having returned from a walk together back into the shelter’s living room. A woman I had never seen before, who was staying there, looked at us and smiled. I extended my hand and said, “Hi, how are you, I’m Lioba.” “Oh, that’s perfect”, [...]
Sarah Hijazi You want to know why we need to change our system in Lebanon? You doubt how corrupt our government is? Try registering for your driver’s license. If you want to do it in Beirut, you need to go to this old building way outside of town. You will have trouble getting there [...]
بيسان سعيد اراقة دماء، قتل، حصار، و حرمان الاهالي و الاطفال من المواد الاولية و الغذئية،حملات اعتقال، تعذيب ، و اكاذيب تملئ الاعلام .. هذا المشهد ليس لعدوان اسرائيلي على غزة او احد المدن الفلسطينية ، ليس مشهدا من حرب اسرائيل على لبنان في تموز 2006 . انه الجيش السوري يحاصر درعا و بانياس و [...]
Mirna H The more i get involved the more i know i am limited by boundaries and an invisible power that ties my ambitions to the ground. When i was young, i used to fly in my dreams and i felt the will to make me become the change i wanted to see, act and [...]
جنى نخال (حصل خلال مظاهرة لإسقاط النظام الطائفي في جبيل-) كنّا كثيرات، وكانت فتاة تصرخ على الميكروفون “عالطائفية – ثورة” و “عالمحسوبية – ثورة“..وبقيت هناك، أصرخ وراءها، وأنتظر. ولكنّها لم تصرخها..فاستجمعت قواي وصرخت “عالطائفية” فردّوا “ثورة“، “عالعنصرية” كمان،“ثم “عالذكورية“…”لأ لأ، شو هيدا؟ّ” ونظرات قامعة اشمأزّت من تعصّبي تقول “عيب“. ذهبت إلى رفيقاتي ومجدّدا استجمعنا [...]
لين هاشم ما كانت أول مرة بفوت على مخيّم فلسطيني بلبنان. من أنا وزغيري عندي أصحاب وصاحبات بمخيم برج البراجنة، وكنت روح زورهن بما انو بيتي بالضاحية مش بعيد عنهن. كان البابا يوصّلني على باب المخيّم وعلى وجّو علامات القلق والريبة، ويقلّي “انتبهي منيح بابا” ، بنبرة جدية قليل ما كنت اسمعها منو. كنت امشي [...]
Yasmin Ali In one episode of CSI Miami, the group of skilled detectives have to deal with a crime at a neighborhood under ‘planned’ gentrification. The government was evicting inhabitants from their homes, paying half the property price and selling it to a development company to build a hotel. The law-respecting squad then finds itself [...]
by Lina Myritz International solidarity is crucial because the plight of Gaza’s 1.5 million impoverished and isolated inhabitants is not a domestic problem, not a natural disaster, not a mistake. It is the perfectly logical consequence of generations of ugly craftsmanship on the part of foreign diplomats, politicians and businessmen – all profiteering from the [...]
