Tag: Lebanon
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First steps for Gay Rights in Lebanon
The Lebanese Psychiatric Society has just released a statement saying that Homosexuality is not a mental disorder.
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#OccupyBeirut: Ongoing protests
Activists are protesting the extension of parliament’s term earlier this month.
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Human Rights Watch’s 2013 report on Lebanon
The following is the full report of Human Rights Watch’s 2013 Report on Lebanon.
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Human Rights Watch: Lebanese Government must protect Tripoli
“Why do I have the impression that the rest of the country does not realize that Tripoli is part of Lebanon?”
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An open letter to Marwan Kheireddine
Dear Mr. Kheireddine, I was shocked and saddened to find out that the front cover of “hunting & safari” features none other than you
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First civil marriage in Lebanon confirmed
It has been confirmed. The first ever civil marriage in lebanon was signed by caretaker interior minister Marwan Charbel.
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The growing need to break the silence
It really does say it all, doesn’t it, when the municipal chief of Dekwaneh cites his personal beliefs to justify the crime of violating the rights of Lebanese citizens, of…
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Sleepless Nights: A Review
A movie about two unlikely characters: Maryam, mother of a disappeared of a communist youth. Assaad Chaftari, a senior intelligence officer of the Lebanese Forces during the war.
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The unbelievable true story of the ‘Lebanese Rocket Society’
“Before the United States went to the moon, Lebanon had a space program,” wrote IndieWire. Students at Beirut’s Haigaizian University and their Maths and Physics teacher, Manoug Manougian, launched the 1st…
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Misery beyond the War Zone
Medecins Sans Frontieres’ head in Lebanon, Fabio Forgione, gave a presentation entitled “Misery beyond the War Zone: Life for Syrian Refugees and Displaced Population in Lebanon”
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The Lebanese Brain Drain
Take Back Parliament (TBP)’s expatriate section has released a video detailing the figures behind Lebanon’s infamous flight of civilians.
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Civil Marriage in Lebanon [Infographic]
Many, including myself, see Civil Marriage as being Lebanon’s natural next step on its way to becoming a more open, equal and secular society.
![Civil Marriage in Lebanon [Infographic]](https://eliaayoub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hft-info1.jpg)
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In Honor of Ali, the Story of Souad
Mohamed Sabbah (video) and Karim Badra (concept) have teamed up with actress Nour Tayeh to produce the short film ‘The story of Souad, in Honor of Ali’
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Honest Advertising
In recent history, no business has received more criticism than the business of Responsible Slavery.
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Risking your life on Christmas Day
This is the 3rd time we receive photographic evidence of a migrant worker risking her life to clean a window.
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‘I Have a Dream for Justice in Lebanon’
This video will help you to understand the slavery-like conditions that they are currently subjected to under the sponsorship system.
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Tribute to Beirut Jam Sessions
Of all the interesting projects born out of Beirut’s recent burst of creativity, few come close to being as groovy as Beirut Jam Sessions.
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Get back in Line
by Guest Author Malek Takieddine I had a fight today with a well-known Lebanese Member of Parliament at the Heathrow airport in London. I was standing in line ready to…
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What slavery looks like
This picture was uploaded on the Anti-Racism Movement’s Facebook page by Gary Lian. What more powerful reminder do we need? the conditions that migrant workers have to go through in…
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Sit-in in Support of Gaza in AUB and LAU
by Elia Ayoub Students from the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the Lebanese American University (LAU) have each staged sit-ins in support of the murdered children of Gaza. I…
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ARM: Worker from the Philippines dead
by Elia Ayoub The Anti-Racism Movement shared this on Facebook today: Janice Soriano de Jose, worker from the Philippines, was found dead at the bottom of this building last stormy…
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ARM: Worker from the Philippines dead
ARM: Worker from the Philippines dead
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One Racist Conversation
by Elia Ayoub Lady in coffee place in Hamra to some guy, 20 minutes ago: – So should I take the Filipino? – I don’t know is she good? –…
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Short statement on the Pope’s visit to Lebanon
I am unfortunately unable to finish my article on the moral necessity to denounce the Catholic Church as suggested by the symbolic boycott of the Pope’s visit to Lebanon in…
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Taking barbarism to another level
By Elia Ayoub It is with great disgust that I learned today that 36 gay men have been forced to endure anal exams after being arrested in a police raid…
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Update on the Karantina Slaughterhouse Report
By Elia Ayoub We have finished the report on the Karantina Slaughterhouse and are currently finishing translating it into Arabic, French and Armenian. We are about 10 active students who…
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ARM: Lebanese Beaches that openly segregate [Video]
By Elia Ayoub The Anti-Racism Movement released this video of a member calling different establishments and asking them if they would allow a migrant worker to swim if he/she paid…
![ARM: Lebanese Beaches that openly segregate [Video]](https://eliaayoub.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/images.jpg)
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Meeting the Minister of Agriculture
By Elia Ayoub We, the Environmental and Public Health class of AUB, just came back from our visit to the Bekaa where a food safety ‘debate’ took place between our…
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Inside the Karantina Slaughterhouse [Video]
The following post is an eye-witness account of the horrors happening inside the Karantina Slaughterhouse. I have visited the slaughterhouse last Monday the 2nd of July with my Environmental and…
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New Information on the Phoenician Site destroyed last Tuesday
We have received new information today relating to the Phoenician site that was destroyed last Tuesday the 26th. Document Number 1: Rock-cut slipways in Beirut by Prof. David Blackman sent…
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St. Georges Beach Club refuses entry to migrant worker
By Elia Ayoub Another racist incident was reported by the Anti-Racism Movement in Lebanon. Al-Akhbar wrote about it here. We should however note that St. Georges Beach Club is far…
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Save Beirut Heritage releases April ICOMOS report on the Phoenician site of Minet El-Hosn (Fr/Eng)
This is the Save Beirut Heritage (SBH) Release over the destruction of the Phoenician Shipyard in Mina el-Hosn, Beirut. [Version Originale Francaise] Translated into English by Elia Ayoub and posted…
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An Open Letter to Gaby Layoun
Dear Minister, I wanted to express my sincerest sadness over your failure to protect our 2,500 year-old monument. It is a sad day for our culture, our history and our…
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2,500 year-old Phoenician shipyard destroyed today in Beirut.
By Elia Ayoub I am sad to report that a 2,500 year-old Phoenician shipyard was completely destroyed today in Mina el-Hosn, Beirut. The ministry of culture has ignored some sort…
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In response to Beryte’s piece on “Atheism and Homosexuality”
This is a response to Michael Farchakh’s article “Atheism and homosexuality: allies of thought or of opportunity?” that was published in Beryte, USJ’s Faculty of Law’s newspaper. Link. Farchakh starts by…
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Interview avec L’Orient Le Jour (Eng/Fr)
J’ai donne une interview a L’Orient Le Jour concernant le projet “Humans of Lebanon”. L’article. You can find the English translation on the Facebook page here. 1- Pouvez-vous m’expliquer le…
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Outbox International Film Festival 2012
By Elia Ayoub This is the program for the 2012 Outbox International Film Festival. It starts on the 14th of June and ends on the 17th every day at 8pm.…
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The “Humans of Lebanon” Project
By Elia Ayoub Humans of Lebanon was started as a sort of unofficial sequel to Humans of Beirut. What we do is simple: we post photographs, amateur and professional alike,…
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4th Annual Cabriolet Film Festival: Lebanese and International Short Films
Today at 8pm. Gemmayze St Nicholas Stairs For more info, check out their page. The Program: Elia‘s Pick for Day 1: Na wewe – Ivan Goldschmit – Belgium – 18:52…
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Thoughts on IDAHO – International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
First, is a short article by Elia Ayoub. Second, is an article by Joseph Zailaa. I. I’ve already written about this issue in a previous article so I hope you…
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Photographs of the 2011 Lebanese Laique Pride
By Elia Ayoub Join us tomorrow as we take the streets shouting our 6 demands: 1- Enacting a unified Civil Code for the Personal Status Law. 2- Passing the Law…
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In Response to AUB Outlook’s Homophobic Article
AUB Outlook has degraded itself by allowing a homophobic article to be published in this month’s issue. Not only is it extremely poor in content but it is filled with…
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Declaration of Lebanese Men Against Article 522
By Elia Ayoub Article 522 of the Lebanese penal code suggests that a rapist can be exonerated from his horrendous crime if he decides to marry his victim. This barbaric…
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Child Labor in Lebanon: We must make this a thing of the past.
By Guest Author Tatiana Saade Lebanon An original range of slavery is present nowadays, the outcome of forced servitude that subsisted along with slavery millennia ago. My ideas are purposed…
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Do Not Forget Alem Dechasa
“What makes it harder is when this girl is killed and then claimed that she had committed suicide in order to protect the Lebanese employer from legal prosecution.”
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Alem Dechasa, the Ethiopian lady who was abused by Ali Mahfouz, commits suicide today
LBCI reported today that the Ethiopian lady has committed suicide in Deir el Salib. I repeat once more that I, as a Lebanese citizen, want Ali Mahfouz in jail and…
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Lebanese Man beats an Ethiopian Woman, Raises Questions over Kafala System – Video
“What we need is to abolish the racist Kafala System condemned by the International Labor Organization”
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Silent March of Women
On average, 1 woman dies every month from family violence in Lebanon. To honor their memories and press for the law to protect women from family violence, we will be…
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Week of Resistance Against Israeli Apartheid and Colonialism – Beirut
Week of Resistance Against Israeli Apartheid and Colonialism – Beirut
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Film Screening of “Beirut” by Rahel Zegeye
Reblogged from Migrant Workers Task Force Rahel Zegeye, an Ethiopian migrant worker, MWTF member, language student, and filmmaker, is proud to be presenting her first feature film with the support…
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Lebanon: Nepali suicide last Sunday in Ashrafieh
Lebanon: Nepali suicide last Sunday in Ashrafieh
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Beirut death of Nepalese migrant worker Lila – video
Beirut death of Nepalese migrant worker Lila
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“Life Bar” Gemmayze asks guests to dress as maids
“This Friday Night, Be Sinkara or Milenga.. Be Soumatra or Domma.. Create your own Maid Costume, Speak Like them and look like a Philippino, Bengladish, Sri Lanka or any maid…
