Lebanese civil war

Memoirs of a Militant, My Years in the Khiam Women’s Prison

Memoirs of a Militant, My Years in the Khiam Women’s Prison

An exclusive excerpt from the memoirs of Nawal Qasim Baidoun, the Lebanese militant imprisoned by Israel.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Nawal Qasim Baidoun
Displaced: From Beirut to Los Angeles to Beirut

Displaced: From Beirut to Los Angeles to Beirut

Ara Oshagan I am walking along the narrow and labyrinthine Armenian neighborhoods of Bourj Hammoud in Beirut—spaces with...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Ara Oshagan
Lebanon’s Wasta Has Contributed to the Country’s Collapse

Lebanon’s Wasta Has Contributed to the Country’s Collapse

Novelist Samir El-Youssef recalls adolescent challenges and more recent experience where wasta was a necessity.

14 JUNE 2021 • By Tariq Mehmood
Memory and the Assassination of Lokman Slim

Memory and the Assassination of Lokman Slim

Claire Launchbury writes of one man's long search for the truth about Lebanon's civil war, cut short by...

14 MARCH 2021 • By Claire Launchbury
An Outsider’s Long Goodbye

An Outsider’s Long Goodbye

I love Beirut. I've lived there for longer than I've lived anywhere else on earth. But what happened...

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Annia Ciezadlo
Salvaging the shipwreck of humanity in Amin Maalouf’s Adrift

Salvaging the shipwreck of humanity in Amin Maalouf’s Adrift

Maalouf draws a line from pivotal years in Middle Eastern history to some of the most pressing dilemmas...

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Sarah AlKahly-Mills
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