Gender
When AI Turned Me into a Man
Artificial intelligence chose to depict me as an older man with a white beard, despite…
How many Adlas must we lose before we act?
I believe the writer Nadine Jaber did not intend Ghadi to be merely Adla’s lost…
A Body I Was Never Taught to Know
Why is the male body studied and its changes explained, while women are left to…
Twice Victimized: How Lebanon’s Legal System Treats Survivors of Sexual Assault
“No one cared about what happened to me or about my psychological state. Something broke…
Abduction, Kidnapping, or Forced Disappearance: Different Faces of Violence Against Syrian Women
It seems to me that what is happening in Syria today to minority women cannot…
Queer Syrians in Germany: We Dream of a Country that Protects Us
Recent incidents reopened questions of safety and individual rights in “post-Assad Syria,” especially for the…
A Journey of Grace and Grit: My Mother’s Artistic Awakening at 70
ًWafa’s story reminds us that courage sometimes whispers, and that strength often wears the face…
Syrian Women in Lebanese Prisons: Breaking Dignity Behind Bars
This is the first of three pieces in which Syrian journalist Lilas Hatahat recounts a…
Should Queer Syrians Take Up Arms For Self-Defense?
I hid my queerness out of fear—fear that surpassed my terror of being buried under…
Male Influencers and the Fragile Masculinity That Fears Independent Women
At the end of the day, if their “masculinity” crumbles in the presence of an…