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القطاع الثقافي في لبنان… أول ضحايا الحرب وآخر المتعافين منها

حين تشتعل الحروب، غالباً ما تُدفع الثقافة والفنون إلى هامش الاهتمام، باعتبارها قطاعاً ثانوياً أمام الأولويات الأمنية والإنسانية. إلا أن القطاع الثقافي في لبنان أثبت خلال الحرب الأخيرة أنه من...

الحرب لا تترك جروحاً مرئية فقط… الصحة النفسية بين ضحاياها الصامتين

لا تقتصر آثار الحروب على الخسائر البشرية والدمار الذي يصيب البنى التحتية، بل تمتد إلى الجانب النفسي الذي غالباً ما يبقى حاضراً حتى بعد توقف المعارك. فمع كل جولة عنف...

The May 17 Agreement (1983) | The peace deal that never became peace

The Context: Lebanon Under Occupation and Collapse Israel invaded Lebanon in June 1982 under the stated goal of expelling the PLO after years of cross-border attacks. But the invasion quickly...

Khamenei was replaceable, Larijani is not.

Iran's regime is designed to survive the succession of one Supreme Leader to another. The head of power in Iran's hierarchy holds authority, legitimacy, and symbolism.

Abandon the “Balanced Nuance”: Why “Alternative” voices are failing to connect on Hezbollah

A GROWING DISCONNECT There’s a growing gap in Lebanon between what people are experiencing and how ‘alternative’ or ‘intellectual’ voices in the online media ecosystem are choosing to explain it.It’s...

Stop blaming “both sides”… There is only one.

Yes, it is entirely valid to say that certain voices that oppose Hezbollah can do more harm than good to our message.

We need to stop taking the bait

To the observant eye, it's increasingly clear that Nawaf Salam's relationship to President Aoun is being redrawn after each confrontation with Hezbollah.

October 17 is not a disappointment… Turning against it will be

But when we talk about October 17, and the events that have unfolded since, "disappointment" is a word from the early days-one we've long evolved past.

Death

Death can be perceived and framed differently but it hurts us all the same way. Away from politics and narrative, and the defense mechanisms mothers adopt to cope with the...