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Cenderalla Azar
| 30.08.2025
Pathways to Justice in Lebanon: Engaging the public in the Justice and Accountability Pipeline
The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) has launched Pathways to Justice in Lebanon, a platform designed to break through the silence and open

Diana Moukalled
Child Abuse in a Lebanese Nursery: What if Men Partnered in the Household?
Recognizing domestic work as work acknowledges the daily effort women exert to sustain productive operations elsewhere and solidifies the principle

patrick george
Forced Migration, Murder, and More: A Week in the Life of Egypt’s Copts
On July 9, 2019, Daraj published this “look into a week in the life of Egypt’s Christians,” for which author

Diana Moukalled
Should We Declare the Defeat of the Arab Spring?
“As deadlock and darkness expand in the region, the question arises if the costs of the crushed revolutions have been

Evanour Hamadeh
Blog: Can Lebanon Stand the “Test of Time”?
For Lebanon not to become a topic on any future MUN conference, and for the sake of its own future,

Child Abuse in a Lebanese Nursery: What if Men Partnered in the Household?
Diana Moukalled

Forced Migration, Murder, and More: A Week in the Life of Egypt’s Copts
patrick george

Should We Declare the Defeat of the Arab Spring?
Diana Moukalled

Blog: Can Lebanon Stand the “Test of Time”?
Evanour Hamadeh

Ahmad Rajabi
| 05.07.2023
“See no Evil:” The Israeli Army’s Policy of Targeting Journalists
Shireen Abu Akleh is not alone. The Israeli army In recent years killed or maimed numerous Palestinian journalists working in the occupied territories. Take photographer

Nour Sleiman
| 03.07.2023
“Egypt Has Become One Big Prison”
Having spent 7 years behind bars in Egypt, Moka was detained in Lebanon on May 24. “They told me: ‘you are going to Egypt now.’

Nour Sleiman
| 21.06.2023
“Knock on My Grave Upon my Son’s Return”
During Lebanon’s Civil War some 17,000 people were kidnapped or “disappeared.” Most were never heard of again. In the book Windmills of Our Hearts 14
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Politics

Ghiwa Abi Haidar
| 04.08.2025
How Do We Remember Ugly Cities After Their Destruction?
Poverty is ugly in every sense, and Dahieh has always been home to the poor, refugees, outlaws, and war fugitives. Perhaps that’s why collective memory

Rima Ibrahim
| 20.11.2024
Gunfire Before the Airstrike: A Grateful Acknowledgment to the Gunmen
This exhausting routine couldn’t last forever. Over time, I developed a grim familiarity with the attacks—their sounds, timing, and aftermath. Gradually, I learned to manage

Badia Fahs
| 21.05.2024
A Short Biography of Ebrahim Raisi, the “Ayatollah of Execution” and “Number One Enemy of Women”
He was one of the most enthusiastic proponents of the Hijab and Chastity Bill, which imposed specific regulations on the legal dress of Iranian women,

Marwa Saab & Zainab Chmiss
| 07.05.2024
A Gang Exploits Minors through TikTok in Lebanon: A Race Between Hypothetical and Actual Justice
Investigations are still ongoing, and the number of victims has not yet been announced. Yet, this list will not be exhaustive, as there are many

Youssef Bashir
| 02.02.2024
Nine Months of War in Sudan
Since April 15, 2023, Sudanese people have been living in fear of the ongoing conflict between the army and the Rapid Support Forces evolving into

Zeina Allouch
| 11.01.2024
Illegal Adoptions: An Added Layer of Violence Against The Children of Gaza
Stories of Palestinian families who have lost contact with their children are widespread. This is especially true in areas where Israeli ground invasions are taking

Hiba Anis
| 11.01.2024
Electronic Extortion Threatens the Lives of Egyptian Women
The horror of electronic extortion continues to haunt many Egyptian women. Despite the numerous scandals, crimes, and the penalties imposed on the perpetrators of this

Sahar Mohamad
| 12.12.2023
Empowering Yemeni Women: Eman’s Journey from Adversity to Clean Energy Leadership
Dubai, COP28 - Eman, a resilient woman in her thirties, has traveled from the war-torn region of Abs, Hajjah, in north Yemen to participate in

Nine Months of War in Sudan
Youssef Bashir
| 02.02.2024

Illegal Adoptions: An Added Layer of Violence Against The Children of Gaza
Zeina Allouch
| 11.01.2024

Electronic Extortion Threatens the Lives of Egyptian Women
Hiba Anis
| 11.01.2024

Empowering Yemeni Women: Eman’s Journey from Adversity to Clean Energy Leadership
Sahar Mohamad
| 12.12.2023
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Investigations

Cenderalla Azar
| 24.03.2026
Education in Times of War: A Generation Driven Out of Classrooms
In one house, thirteen children. Students across different grades, from foundation level to official exams, sit in a cramped space, taking turns on a single

Daraj
| 20.03.2026
When a Joke from the Sixties Becomes Reality: Egypt’s Crackdown on Rights Defenders
In the 1960s, amid ongoing arrest campaigns by Egypt’s intelligence apparatus under Nasser-era rule, an Egyptian joke circulated about the arrest of lawyers. It told

Jana Barakat
| 18.03.2026
Lebanon’s Health Sector Under Fire… Displaced People and Paramedics Pay the Price
As the number of casualties among medical personnel in Lebanon continues to rise due to direct Israeli strikes on their centers, particularly in the South

Daraj
| 11.03.2026
The Gulf States in Wartime: The “Battle” to Control Information
UAE laws criminalize the reposting of misleading information even if the individual was not the original source. Simply forwarding a message on WhatsApp, sharing fake

Jana Barakat
| 11.03.2026
Lebanon: Displaced Between the Fires of War and the Greed of Rent
Following the expansion of Israeli airstrikes targeting Beirut’s southern suburbs and additional towns in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa, many residents of these areas found

Hala Nasreddine
| 11.03.2026
The Lebanese Army Between a Bold Political Mandate and an Impossible Reality on the Ground
Caught between the mandate to disarm Hezbollah on one hand and the fear of civil war on the other, the Lebanese Army finds itself facing

Ranine Awwad
| 25.02.2026
Lebanon Between Paris Promises and Amazon’s Beef Reality
While Lebanon declares its commitment to the Paris Agreement and to limiting global warming to 1.5°C, part of its actual carbon footprint is generated beyond

Tamara Emad - Istabraq Al-Zubaidi - Israa Tariq
| 23.02.2026
Illegal Landfills and Unenforced Closures: Iraq’s Diyala Residents Face a Slow Death
Iraq produces approximately 50,000 tons of solid waste per day. According to the National Development Plan 2024–2028 issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, 149

Lebanon: Displaced Between the Fires of War and the Greed of Rent
Jana Barakat
| 11.03.2026

The Lebanese Army Between a Bold Political Mandate and an Impossible Reality on the Ground
Hala Nasreddine
| 11.03.2026

Lebanon Between Paris Promises and Amazon’s Beef Reality
Ranine Awwad
| 25.02.2026

Illegal Landfills and Unenforced Closures: Iraq’s Diyala Residents Face a Slow Death
Tamara Emad - Istabraq Al-Zubaidi - Israa Tariq
| 23.02.2026
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