Entries from Byline Portal tagged with 'Lebanon'
Syrian Strife Sours Students' Dreams
by Basma Atassi, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Sixteen-year-old Yehya from the Syrian city of Homs had a perfect academic record and thought he was only two years away from realising his dream of joining a much-coveted medical course in Damascus....
Punishing Blasphemers: New Calls on an Old Issue
by Leela Jacinto, France 24, France - An Islamist wave in North Africa followed by the recent violence over an incendiary anti-Islam video clip and new Prophet Mohammad cartoons have revived an old call for an international law that criminalises...
Inside Syria's Sectarian Violence
by Zeina Khodr, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Refugees fleeing into Lebanon mirror the broader divisions of Syrian society between the government and opposition....
66 Minutes in Syrian Detention
by Aline Sara, NOW Lebanon, Lebanon - This month, immerse yourself in a theatrical experience unlike any other. You are a tourist who has somewhat imprudently decided to visit Damascus, the capital of a nation where a fiery anti-regime uprising...
Inevitable Democracy
by Mona Alami, Now, Lebanon - Many in the Middle East have labeled the Arab Spring a vast Western conspiracy. In his new book “Inevitable Democracy in the Arab World: New Realities In An Ancient Land,” Lebanese author and technologist...
Lebanese NGOs for Disabled Close as Funds Dry Up
by Emma Gatten, The Daily Star, Lebanon - All major NGOs caring for disabled people in Lebanon will be forced to suspend operations in the coming days because of an ongoing funding crisis, the president of the Permanent Coordination Office...
Syria Street, Lebanon
by Alia Brahimi, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Sentiment about Syria in Lebanon is mixed, as refugees flood in and survive thanks to goodwill....
Syrian Strife Hits Lebanese Villages
by Mona Alami, IPS, Italy - A few kilometres separate the two Lebanese villages of Ersal and Qaa from the Syrian border, both of which have been unwillingly drawn into the violence of the Syrian uprising. Unrest has been brewing...
Lebanon Advocate Ghida Anani Talks TV Media & How Men Can Protect Women
by Elahe Amani, Women News Network, USA - In an amazing coordinated campaign, a Lebanese advocacy group dedicated to protecting women from violence shook up the media world by working closely with men as they asked them to act decisively...
Lebanon: Could a New Civil Law Unify a Divided Society?
by Mona Alami, IPS, Italy - Lebanese personal laws also stifle basic freedoms, such as the right to decide how to dispose of a deceased loved one’s remains. Lebanese Muslim and Orthodox communities, for example, do not allow cremation, even...
Beirut’s Underground Music Scene Is Like No Other
by Sulome Anderson, Daily Star, Lebanon - Underground electronica music is taking hold across the globe, and Beirut is no exception....
Lebanon: Empowering Migrant Workers With Language
by Thalia Rahme, Global Voices, The Netherlands - A community of enthusiastic young people in Beirut, The Migrant Workers Task Force, are working to support foreign domestic workers in Lebanon whose living and working conditions are often desperately unfair....
Violence Sends Syrian Families to Lebanon
by Zoi Constantine, The National, UAE - "We were scared to be in our houses. What if they shot through the windows and we die?" he said, mimicking being hit by a bullet and falling over on the floor....
Faltering Friendship: Failure of Syrian-Saudi Mediations in Lebanon
by Alma Hassoun, Syria Today, Syria - Analysts warn that many more months of political wrangling are now likely, putting Lebanon at risk of political instability and even sectarian violence. But the failure of the government has also raised questions...
Tunisia, Lebanon and beyond
by Beril Dedeoglu, Today's Zaman, Turkey - Governments who adopt the easy way of frightening their nation with the rhetoric of domestic and foreign threats have little chance to last. They will change or their people will change them....
Lebanon: Avoiding the Ghosts of the Past
by Leela Jacinto, France 24, France - In Lebanon, a conflict-ridden country laced with internal tensions, confronting the past is a tricky business, as the latest crisis over a UN investigation into the killing of a former premier has revealed......
Standing up for Beirut's Historic Architecture
by Simona Sikimic, Daily Star, Lebanon - According to officials, of the 1,200 old mansions and buildings inventoried in 1995 by the Culture Ministry, only around 400 are still standing....
UN: Refugee Camps Have Higher Jobless Rates than Palestine
by Simona Sikimic, Daily Star, Lebanon - The high rates of unemployment have had a devastating knock-on effect on living standards, and per capita product (GDP) fell by 30 percent in OPT in the last ten years alone, largely as...
Photographers Capture Experience of Palestinians in Lebanese Refugee Camps
by Hatice Ahsen Utku, Today's Zaman, Turkey - Twenty-two photographers from Turkey visited Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and are now sharing their impressions and observations in the exhibit. The artwork, on display until Aug. 20, includes photographs by the...
Environmentalist Uses Music to Educate, Raise Awareness
by Dalila Mahdawi, Daily Star, Lebanon - Some people try to change the world through violence, war or activism. Environmentalist Paul Abi Rached is trying to change the world through music, one song at a time....
Shooting Hope
by Toni Oyry, Al Jazeera, Qatar - There are 12 Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, but an invisible wall of prejudice often separates those who live inside the camps and the Lebanese communities that exist just beyond the army-guarded entry...
Caritas Safe House Fights for Rights of Migrant Workers
by Evita Mouawad, Daily Star, Lebanon - In December, a landmark for migrant workers’ rights in Lebanon was achieved when Filipino worker Jonalin Malibago won her case against her employer, who physically abused her for years, and who was later...
Comic Book Contest Looks to Break Down Barriers
by Dalila Mahdawi, Daily Star, Lebanon - Comic books can have a powerful effect on readers of all races, ages, classes and educational backgrounds. But what happens when you take different and often conflicting communities, and try to create a...
Lebanese Mother Scores Point for Women's Rights
by Farah-Silvana Kanaan, Daily Star, Lebanon - Barbara Batlouni became the first Lebanese woman to open a bank account for her underage sons independent of their father’s legal consent at the headquarters of the Bank of Beirut and other Arab...
Security or Aid
by Omayma Abdel-Latif, Al-Ahram, Egypt - The US response to a national unity government in Lebanon is to condition the aid on disarming Hizbullah....
Group Challenges Women's Beauty Perception
by Dalila Mahdawi, Daily Star, Lebanon - Tired of being subjected to pressures of physical appearance, one Lebanese woman has launched a campaign in order to celebrate authentic, diverse beauty – the kind she argues is rapidly being lost to...
Puppet Theater Helps Young Iraqis Regain Lost Childhood
by Josie Ensor, Daily Star, Lebanon - There are an estimated 50,000 Iraqi refugees in Lebanon, of which only 8,476 are registered with UNHCR, according to the latest Arab Human Development Report. Nearly 1,800 of these refugees are Iraqi children,...
Child Labor in Lebanon
by Simba Russeau, Menassat, Lebanon - Lebanon has the highest proportion of working kids aged 10 to 17 in the world, with over 100,000 children in the country who are victims of child labor and illicit trafficking. Rights groups say...
Lebanon's Crawl to Equality
by Dalila Mahdawi, Daily Star, Lebanon - It sees itself as one of the Middle East's most liberal countries, but Lebanon's lack of women politicians sticks out like a sore thumb....
Lebanon’s Heroes Tell their Stories at Human Rights Watch Film Festival
by Sharmila Devi, The National, United Arab Emirates - “At discussions after the screenings, people say they’re very appreciative of the fact that film-makers go and spend time in places that they wouldn’t necessarily go to, such as Chechnya or...
The Syrian and Lebanese Tracks Should Be a Priority
by Mara E. Karlin, Daily Star, Lebanon - With a renewed focus in Washington on Middle East peace, many in the US capital have re-ignited the longstanding debate as to which track of the Israel-Arab peace process has greater promise:...
Last Stand
by Hamida Ghafour, The National, United Arab Emirates - Having once covered much of Lebanon’s rugged terrain, the country’s cedar tree, prized throughout history and the unifying emblem of a divided nation, is under threat from a warming world....
By Hook or by Book
by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, The National, United Arab Emirates - Nadine Touma started her Beirut publishing company with two clear goals: to bring art into people’s lives at a young age and to bring Arabic spoken dialects into written text....
Anger over Egypt's Gaza Policy Still Playing Out on Streets of Beirut
by Mariam Saab, Daily Star, Lebanon - Critics of Egypt's stance on Israel's offensive in Gaza rallied near the Egyptian Embassy in Beirut on Tuesday to burn a huge Israeli flag. Egypt has been heavily criticized over its refusal to...
Lebanon 'Far Behind' in Protecting Migrant Workers
by Dalila Mahdawi, Daily Star, Lebanon - Lebanon has not done enough in 2008 to address the plight of its population of female migrant workers and falls "far behind" the efforts of other Middle Eastern countries, rights group Human Rights...
Femicide and Patriarchy in Lebanon
by Jane Gabriel, openDemocracy, UK - Dr Azza Baydoun has analysed every ‘honour killing' in Lebanon that has gone before the courts since 1999 and found that behind the plea of offended honour lies the crime of femicide. The women...
NGO Launches Campaign Against Abuse of Women
by Dalila Mahdawi, Daily Star, Lebanon - In Lebanon, KAFA: Enough Violence and Exploitation, a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to eradicating gender-based violence, child abuse and human trafficking, launched Tuesday the annual "16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence" campaign,...
Broken Bones and Body Bags: Horrors Facing Ethiopian Domestic Workers
by Tania Tabar, Daily Star, Lebanon - At the Ethiopian Consulate in Beirut, a poster declares "Ethiopia: 13 weeks of sunshine" as two officials sit at their desks. The three chairs in the waiting room are usually occupied these days:...
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