The season’s first storms have arrived after an exceptionally long and dry summer that saw countless forest fires scorching swathes of green woodlands. Though these […]
Month: November 2016
A new low: When domestic violence is normalized on television
The internet is furious – this after a Moroccan state television channel aired a segment recently showing women how to cover bruises caused by domestic violence […]
Why Black Friday is not so good for Lebanon and the world
We’ve all seen the Black Friday advertisements calling on us to buy and consume at cheaper rates. Given our country’s minimum wage and struggling economy, […]
Coastal privatization threatens Tripoli’s Mina seaside
After al-Dalieh, Aadloun, Ramlet al-Baida, and Kfarabida comes Tripoli’s turn with activists gearing up to protest excavation works currently razing a section of the northern city’s […]
Remember their names: The kidnapped soldiers who have yet to celebrate their Independence Day
Mohammad Youssef, Hussein Amar, Ali al-Hajj Hassan, Seif Thebian, Ibrahim Mgheit, Ali al-Masri, Mustapha Wehbe, Abdel Rahim Diab, Khaled Hassan. These are the names of […]
Outrage over “racist” TV prank reveals industry weakness, media illiteracy
A prank television series that airs on OTV titled “Haddi Albak” has become the subject of social media outrage after an article criticizing the program […]
Lebanese sailors spot endangered whale off Halat coast
A lone whale was spotted swimming off the coast of Halat, north of Beirut, according to a video posted by MTV on Thursday. In the […]
Alone in the dark: Activists fight for Beirut’s last public beach
The Ramlet al-Baida beach, widely seen as one of Beirut’s last public coastlines, is once again at the center of renewed controversy after recent photos showing […]
Lebanon’s relentless activist Ghazi Aad dies, but his legacy lives on
Ghazi Aad used a wheelchair, but this never stopped him, nor did it slow him down. In fact, up until recently, he had remained as […]
Misinformation in the age of virality, the supermoon, and the US presidential election
Misinformation is the new information; so blatant that the media is currently now being blamed for changing the course of the entire American presidential election […]