Blogs

When AI Turned Me into a Man
Artificial intelligence chose to depict me as an older man with a white beard, despite…

I Am a “Shiite Being”
I am a Shiite who hates war. I almost suffocate in it. And the war…

War Across Two Generations: Why Our Reactions Are Not the Same
I began to wonder whether I was exaggerating my reaction. Yet when I look around,…

From Homes to Sidewalks: Beirut’s New Wave of Displacement
In war, cities do not only disappear under bombardment. The meaning of things changes as…

A Body I Was Never Taught to Know
Why is the male body studied and its changes explained, while women are left to…

Detained in Transit: How Lebanon Prevented My Journey to Syria
Colleague and journalist Gayath Jundi was detained and humiliated at Beirut Airport, then deported. Gayath,…

Why Does Rest Unsettle Me?
It is not that I do not like rest. I love sunlight, music, coffee, and…

I Too Hate the War
To be Lebanese, and southern in particular, means to live a fractured present, split between…

Jabal Amel’s Cultural Scene: Between Religious Authority and State Neglect
Creativity has been shackled by a web of prohibitions and taboos, turning literature into a…

Music in South Lebanon: The Heritage We’ve Lost
The wave of religiosity that swept through the South led to excessive restrictions on art.…
