On Social Media

Or: on data harvesting and manipulative behavior modification

On Collapse, Identity and History: An Interview

A long conversation on identity, trauma, history and the protracted now.

Leftists and anti-authoritarians have a responsibility to vote out Trump

Biden is problematic, but he can be pushed to the left if we intensify our struggles for justice and equality.

The trans-generational climate crisis

There is something particularly unsettling about being an almost-30 year old in 2020.

resilient: broken

Beirut never healed. It just learned to accept its predicament. Beirut, like our parents, is not resilient. It is broken.

Lebanon’s multiple crises also expose the racist Kafala system

on the structural components behind the racialization and dehumanization of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

‘Revolution everywhere’: A conversation between Hong Kong and Lebanese protesters

Lausan spoke to Lebanese activist, writer, and scholar Joey Ayoub about the ongoing protests, the resonances between our respective sites of struggle, and the possibilities for transnational solidarity.

Stopping the Bisri Dam: From Local to National Contestation

The Lebanese government has decided to go ahead with the construction of a controversial dam in the Bisri Valley ignoring criticism of the project’s impact on the environment.

Why Fortress Europe and the European Union Can’t Coexist

Joey Ayoub explores a big dilemma facing the EU, involving a desire to dissolve borders within while promoting them without.

Lebanon’s Migrant Domestic Workers: Between the Coronavirus and Slavery

I spoke with Banchi Yimer, founder of Egna Legna who define themselves as “community-based feminist activists working on migrant domestic workers’ issues and general women’s issues in Lebanon and Ethiopia.”