Selected online articles, essays, reviews, blogs
Arab Reform Initiative
2020 Stopping the Bisri Dam: From Local to National Contestation co-written co-written by Christophe Maroun
New Lines Magazine
2022 What if We Cancel the Apocalypse?
United Nations Development Programme
2021 Bisri Valley: Understanding the Wealth of Bisri and its National Discourse
Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
2020 Lebanon’s multiple crises also expose the racist Kafala system. Republished on El Intérprete Digital
Civil Society Knowledge Centre
2019 Ghassan Halwani and the reclaiming of Lebanon’s imaginaries
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
2018 Why cycling in Lebanon matters
International Business Times
2016 Steve Bannon’s ‘Alt-Right’ will destroy themselves – but we must fight them regardless
Al Jumhuriya
2020 Stopping the Bisri Dam: From Local to National Contestation co-written co-written by Christophe Maroun
2019 Syrian melancholy in Lebanon’s revolution co-written by Dara Foi’Elle
Lebanon, our painfully ordinary country
Reconciliation without justice? An Israeli-Palestinian experiment
Lebanon’s “Others,” Part 1: Palestinians and Syrians
2018 An idea called Daraya
Lebanon’s militarized masculinity
El Diario
2016 La visita de Izquierda Unida a Asad y el colapso del internacionalismo europeo co-written by Leila Nachawati
GenderIT
2019 Community networks for raising awareness of women’s rights: Interview with Chako Armant
London School of Economics Blogs
2019 Book Review – ‘Assad or we Burn the Country: How One Family’s Lust for Power Destroyed Syria’ by Sam Dagher
Mangal Media
2021 Solarpunk, Climate Change and the New Thinkable
2020 resilient: broken
Rusted Radishes
2019 The Future Palestinian Present
Byline Times
2020 Why Fortress Europe and the European Union Can’t Coexist
Al Jazeera
2022 How the European far right coopted an Arabic letter
2019 The Lebanese revolution must abolish the kafala system
2017 Slave trade under the walls of ‘Fortress Europe’. Republished in the Mail & Guardian
Discontent
2021 Hezbollah’s Resistance™ against resistance
Raseef22
2017 Syria is the World: on the failures of Leftist Internationalism
L’Orient Today/L’Orient Le Jour
2021 Memory, violence and fear: Why Lokman Slim’s murder must not be depoliticized
Le meurtre de Lokman Slim ne doit pas être dépolitisé
Shado Mag
2022 On Ukraine-Syria solidarity and the ‘anti-imperialism of idiots’
2020 The trans-generational climate crisis
2021 The emotional case for postgrowth
2019 A look at the Lebanon uprising through its chants
RS21
2017 Book Review – Yassin Al-Haj Saleh’s “The Impossible Revolution”
Lausan Collective
2021 The periphery has no time for binaries
2020 ‘Revolution everywhere’: A conversation between Hong Kong and Lebanese protesters
Middle East Eye
2017 Dennis Kucinich and the western left’s blind spot over Syria
Rewriting Palestinian history: The Crusaders’ war against reality in Bethlehem
2016 The left’s hollow anti-imperialism over Syria
The New Arab
2018 Mapping project challenges Lebanon’s ‘amnesia’ over its own past
2017 ‘The choice is between austerity and affordable housing,’ say activists
‘Remove deadly cladding from our borough,’ say Grenfell survivors
#GreatGetTogether: Jo Cox and Grenfell Tower victims remembered at community Iftar
Beirut Madinati to Beirut Pride: What’s Nasrallah afraid of?
Lebanese politicians are scapegoating Syrian refugees
Empowerment is underway, despite Nasrallah’s homophobia and misogyny
2016 What’s behind Stop the War’s aversion to Syria voices?
Addis Standard
2019 The Lebanese Revolution Must Abolish the Kafala System
Waging Non-Violence
2020 Leftists and anti-authoritarians have a responsibility to vote out Trump
ISR
2018 Book Review – Indefensible: The politics of internationalist anti-imperialism
Crimethinc.
2019 Lebanon: A Revolution against Sectarianism
IFEX
2019 Prominent journalist sentenced in Iran; report on Khashoggi murder demands accountability.
Ahmed Mansoor in isolation, Bahrain accelerates targeting of human rights defenders, Egypt tests new censorship law: MENA in May
Saudi Arabia executes 37 citizens, Sisi could rule Egypt until 2030, Yemeni journalists tortured
Soutoudeh receives heavy sentence, Shawkan and Alaa Abd El-Fatah complete theirs, plus Bahrain’s Formula One v. human rights
Shawkan finally free, Hakeem returns to Australia, and Bedoon activists persecuted
Bahrain now: A conversation with Husain Abdulla
In Bahrain, the two-faced nature of impunity: Oppressors rewarded, activists suffer
Saudi teenager granted asylum in Canada, Palestinian journalists ‘collateral victims’ and 26 Bahrainis stripped of citizenship
Iran goes after lawyers, Bahraini and Emirati activists’ sentences upheld, Syrian activists remembered
2018 Book Review – ‘Assad or we Burn the Country: How One Family’s Lust for Power Destroyed Syria’ by Sam Dagher
Egypt now: A conversation with Amira Abdelhamid
How “national security” rhetoric and laws are being used to shut down Egypt’s civic space
Women tortured, teachers arrested and brutal ‘tests’ for LGBTQI+
Murder in the Saudi consulate, Bahrain’s jailed activists, Egypt’s contempt for the law, and more
Women in the headlines – for all the wrong reasons, plus a round-up of MENA’s latest free expression news
Activists’ relatives targeted, Bahrain advocacy, Israel arrests Palestinian journalists
Razan Zeitouneh and the #Douma4
‘Instagram celebrities’ arrested; death certificates of Syrian activists released; and a step forward in LGBTQI+ rights: MENA in July
Gender rights hypocrisy, a Youtube ban, and anti-terrorism legislation used to crush dissent: A dark month in the MENA region
Journalists and rights defenders under fire, Pride cancelled: MENA in May
In a month characterized by repression, a pro-LGBTQI+ campaign lifts some spirits
As UN HRC takes place, governments in the MENA region step up repression
Egyptian rights group calls for suspension of freedom of expression cases
Revolutionary anniversaries across MENA marked with repression: February round-up
Global Voices
2019 Why Bahrain’s ‘torture prince’ can still visit the U.K. despite calls for his arrest
How a Syrian photo collective is resisting Assad’s narrative from within
2018 ‘Great March’ for Palestinian Refugees’ Right of Return Endures Bloody Crackdown
Lebanon’s Scapegoating of Refugees Did Not Start With Syrians, but With Palestinians
Republished at The Wire
2017 Refugees in Lebanon Are Still Being Scapegoated in the Media and in Academia
Palestinians Aren’t Surprised by US Jerusalem Move As World Already ‘Ignores Their
Existence’
Syrians in a Besieged Town Are Learning to Grow Mushrooms to Survive
Syrian Town of Arbin Picks Up the Pieces After Deadly Airstrike During Truce
‘They Can’t Stop Us’ — World Mourns Execution of Palestinian-Syrian Activist Bassel
Khartabil Safadi by the Assad Regime
Violence in Arsal Is a Reminder of How Vulnerable Syrian Refugees Are in Lebanon
‘There Is No Holiness in an Occupied City’: Jewish Activists Protest Israel’s ‘Jerusalem Day’
To Take a Stand for Love, Beirut Pride Had to Overcome Hate
‘We Are Not Slaves, We Want Our Rights’: Lebanon’s Migrant Domestic Workers March on Labour Day
‘Children Were Dying Everywhere’: A Syrian Videographer Recounts the Al Rashideen
Explosion That Killed Over 100
Activists Cry Foul as Lebanon Imposes a Tax Hike Right Before Postponing Elections, Again
Syrian Civil Society in Douma Navigates a Tough Crackdown
Jaysh Al-Islam Is Leading Peace Talks in Geneva, While Clamping Down on Speech in
Syria’s Eastern Ghouta
Two Syrian Activists Explain Their Experiences Being Imprisoned by ISIS in Al Bab
As Border Wall Looms Over Mexico, a Closer Look at Israel’s Internationally Condemned Wall
What Eyewitnesses Say Happened When Israeli Police Tried to Demolish Umm el-Hiran, a Bedouin Arab Village
2016 ‘Painting on Death’: One Syrian Artist’s Mission Under Siege in Douma
Lebanon Deports Prominent Unionist, Testing Migrant Workers’ Resolve
“The End is Near”. “Remember What We Sacrificed”. Dispatches from Eastern Aleppo.
Eastern Aleppo Health Director: Due to Systematic Attacks Against Hospitals, All Are Now Out of Service
It Took 2.5 Years, But Lebanon Finally Has a President Again
Farewell to Renen Raz, Beloved Anti-Colonial, Queer Israeli Activist
Airstrikes by Saudi-Led Coalition Kill At Least 140 in Yemen, Injuring Hundreds More
#FreeBassel: Missing for More Than a Year, Syrian Web Developer is Not Forgotten
Expelled by Assad’s Forces, Daraya Residents Receive a Hero’s Welcome in Rebel-Held Syria
One Syrian Photographer’s Last Letter to the World
26 Years After the End of the Lebanese Civil War, Families of the Disappeared Still Demand Justice
‘I Want to Appeal to the Doctor Within Assad’: One Syrian Medic’s Message After Visiting Aleppo
‘When They Took Me Inside’ Syria’s Saydnaya Prison, ‘I Could Smell the Torture’
Syria’s ‘White Helmets’ Have Saved Thousands of Lives. Now, They’re Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
How Syrian Activists in Raqqa Are Resisting ISIS
The Lebanese ‘Christian Marriage’ Between Aoun and Geagea Leaves Many Skeptical
2015 The Streets of Paris Are as Familiar to Me as the Streets of Beirut
Execution of Palestinian Fadi Alloun, 19, in Occupied East Jerusalem Causes Nationwide Outrage
232 Turkish Scholars Call for International Help Facilitating Kurdish Peace Process
Can Talking About Trash Drive Political Change in Lebanon?
Israel Intercepts International Gaza-Bound Freedom Flotilla
New Art Project Seeks to Paint the Lives Lost in Palestine
#SaudiCables: What We’ve Learned So Far About Lebanon
Palestinian Hunger-Striker Khader Adnan Struggles for Freedom
Israel Launches Multiple Airstrikes in Gaza
A Guide to Resources on the Palestinian Nakba, Memory and Identity
Gaza Rolls Out Red Carpet For Film Festival in War-Battered Neighborhood
‘Proud Lebanon’ Releases Powerful Anti-Homophobia Video
Spotlight on Yazan Halwani, Beirut’s Street Artist
Millions of People Around the World Commemorate the Armenian Genocide
Lebanon Celebrates its Armenian Heritage in Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide
Yerevan Prepares for the Armenian Genocide Centennial
The Situation in Yarmouk Refugee Camp has Reached Catastrophic Levels
Beyond War and Death, See the World Through Syrian Eyes
Omani Blogger Muawiyah Alrawahi Disappeared At UAE Border
Israeli Bloggers Ask: Why is Gaza Not an Issue in the Upcoming Israeli Elections?
Outrage as ISIS Destroys Ancient Assyrian City
Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress Was Polarizing, to Say the Least
Gazan Doctor Aims to Rebuild Strip’s Only School for Disabled Children
Lebanon’s Storms Add Insult to Injury for Syrian Refugees
On the Responsibility of Students
Kurds of Kobane Declare Victory Over ISIS
Tripoli’s Torched Library Finally Re-Opens in Lebanon
2014 Photo Exhibition Highlights Racism Against Lebanese of African and Asian Heritage
Lebanon’s Palestinian Refugees Step into the Limelight With ‘Humans of Al Rashidiya’
The Heartbreaking Story of Palestinian Football Comes Into Focus, as Israel’s Bid for UEFA 2020 Fails
Shortly Before Her Death, Lebanese Student Sara Khatib Gave an Inspiring Tedx Talk About Her Battle With Cancer
Lebanon Is Deporting Locally Born Children of Migrant Workers, Human Rights Groups Say
These Photos Capture Life Beyond War and Tragedy in Palestine
As Bombs Go Silent, Testimonies Mount That Israeli Soldiers Used Gazans as Human Shields
Ceasefire Reached in Gaza After 50 Days of War and Catastrophic Damage
‘We Are All Numb’: Gazan Woman Recalls Israeli Attack That Made Dozens of Her Neighbours Homeless
Neighbours Tweet the Terrifying Moment Israeli Forces Destroy a 12-Storey Gaza City Apartment Tower
Over 300 Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants Condemn Israel’s ‘Massacre of Palestinians in Gaza’
Another Ceasefire Collapses in Gaza, Death Toll Rises Above 2,000
“I Don’t Love You Death, But I’m Not Afraid of You”: Palestinian Resistance Poet Samih Al-Qasim Loses Battle to Cancer
Palestinians Tweet Tips to Ferguson Protesters Dodging Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets & Police Aggression in Missouri, USA
Thousands of Yazidis Rescued, But Many More Are at Risk as the Islamic State Gains Ground in Northern Iraq
Israeli Army Whistle-Blower Gets Arrested After Posting ‘Israeli Troops Killed Gaza Civilians in Revenge’ on Facebook
Gaza Blogger Tweets Harrowing Tale of Dodging Israeli Warplanes as She Crosses the Rafah Border into Egypt
[Warning: Graphic] Video From Gaza Documents the Killing of Journalist Ramy Ryan by Israeli Missiles
Twitter Users Call the NY Times Out On Shifting Coverage of Israeli Bombing On Gazan Children
Ivorian Woman Pushed off 6th Floor for Demanding Salary in Lebanon
Iranian Women Defiantly Remove the Veil
Lebanese and Migrant Activists target the Kafala system
Lebanese Launch Campaign in Support of Syrians Facing Racism
Six Women Held as Slaves in Southern Lebanon
Lebanese Blogger Discusses Women’s Rights with First Lady
New Lebanese Government met with Skepticism
“I Am Alive” App Allows Lebanese to Reassure Each Other After Explosions
Coursera Online Courses Blocked in Syria, Iran and Cuba by US Sanctions
2013 Is the New Lebanese Family Violence Law Enough?
Lebanese Police Arrest Four During Gay Club Raid
Video: Shop Assistants Beat South African Woman Accused of Shoplifting
Bhutan on the Road to Becoming Fully Organic
Campaign Tackles Migrant Worker Exploitation in Lebanon
2012 Lebanon: Uproar Over Homophobic Article in University Newspaper