The aftermath of a rape in Lebanon
This is a follow up on a previous post: “Let’s talk about rape“. A girl shares her story: “We’ll see what we can do.” This is what the police said when I voiced out the names of the men who raped and...
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Farah Alhashim, filmmaker, shares her thoughts: SEX… I think I snapped your attention right out of your eyeballs. And made it mine. Just because I wrote three simple letters… S. E. X. I have no idea...
View ArticleHow I see the solution to the problems of Democracy
Post by Salim Zwein Here is a vision of a solution to our way of governance. I imagined it 15 years ago, and I still believe it would be a good “next step” in our evolution as humans. The idea started...
View ArticleDavid and the 7 horrible misconceptions of Beirut
Maya El Helou’s reply to David J Constable: Boobs, Botox and the Babes of Beirut, Seriously? Did the world just run out of decent titles, or is it now the trend, to demean women in titles as a...
View Article[Myth of] The Inefficiency in the Lebanese Public Sector – Trademark...
Post by Rani Al Achkar It is almost a “known fact” that our public sector is inefficient (not to say corrupt) to a point that we have always needed a middleman to carry out our administrative tasks. I...
View ArticleCrawling Back to Life: What Made Me Overcome Depression
This guest post is written by Ryan Rivera. A life spent depressed is a wasted life. This holds more true to me who went through depression. How many special occasions have I missed? I’ve lost good...
View ArticleMirror mirror on the wall, you are not scary at all
Mirror mirror on the wall, you are not scary at all is a post by Maya. Listen my friend, my comrade, my companion through this journey, you are beautiful. We are beautiful; we all are, despite the...
View ArticleWars stories or: how you can’t shoot what you hate
Wars stories or: how you can’t shoot what you hate is a post by Fadi BouKaram I’ve been shooting Street Photography for two and a half years now. Until a few months ago it was a relatively easy path....
View ArticleMismatch – A take on Lebanon’s new cabinet
Post by anonymous. The cabinet was finally announced today after 10 months of trial. I wanted to know more about the ministers and their education so I put together this list. Quite a saddening list in...
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