#NotYourAshta Campaign

THE KIP Project on Gender and Sexuality has launched the #NotYourAshta campaign to shed light on the issue of street harassment in Lebanon. The campaign kicked off on November 14 and ends on November 25 – the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. #NotYourAshta will serve as a platform for individuals to "share empowering messages and vocalize their resistance against different manifestations of street and sexual harassment". For those who are not…

Lebanese Girls Asked If They Would Date a Syrian Guy

A group of Lebanese female students were asked if they would date a Syrian and all of them said no because they come from a different culture. Some of the answers were really dumb but to be honest I don't see the point of this whole video. There are still plenty of Lebanese who refuse to go out with other Lebanese from different religions or even regions. Why is everyone surprised that they'd refuse to…
Critiques

Religious Court Jails Lebanese Woman For Refusing To Give up Child

8 years ago
The arrest of Fatima Hamzeh for refusing to give up her child earlier this week has sparked a public backlash and there’s a planned protest tomorrow in front of the Supreme Islamic Shi’ite Council. Hamzeh ...
Lebanon

SOLIDE Founder & Activist Ghazi Aad Hospitalized and in Critical Condition

8 years ago
[Update 16/11/2016]: Ghazi Aad has passed away this morning. Hundreds of Lebanese families have been trying for years to uncover the fate of their relatives which are missing or still detained in Syrian prisons and ...
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KAFA’s Social Experiment Won 9 International Awards

8 years ago
The #ChildMarriage social experiment that Lebanese NGO Kafa produced last year and that was reproduced in New York earlier this year has won 9 international awards so far including: – Facebook EMEA awards ( Facebook ...
Health

A Powerful Video by Skoun on Lebanese Police Profiling

8 years ago
Skoun, a Lebanese Addictions Center, has launched its “Know Your Rights campaign in order to “empower, educate and shed the light on the harms caused by punitive drug control in Lebanon”. Lebanese shouldn’t be afraid ...
Lebanon

An Animated Song On Women’s Rights & Gender Equality in #Lebanon

8 years ago
“In My Hand” is an animated song about gender equality and women rights. It was written by Michelle Keserwany & Noel Keserwany, the same girls who wrote “Zaffatleh el tari2” and “Panique bil Parlement“. Women ...
Critiques

The Lebanese Civil War Still Haunts Families of Disappeared

8 years ago
The International Day of the Disappeared is observed on the 30th of August every year and was created to draw attention to the fate of the individuals who went missing through conflict, disaster and migration ...
Critiques

Manal Assi’s Killer Not Getting Away That Easily with Murder

8 years ago
Mohammad Al Nhaily beat his wife Manal Assi to death with a pressure cooker back in 2014, leaving her to die in front of her two daughters. Last month, The Beirut Criminal Court reduced Nhaily’s ...
Critiques

Rape Suspects Of a 16-year-old Girl Cheered by Crowds Following Release

8 years ago
A month ago, three boys were arrested by the army intelligence after being suspected of raping a 16-year-old over a period of two months in North Lebanon. Early reports were saying that the girl was ...
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