Posted By
Najib
Jul 30, 2016 09:15
Did you know that Article 522 of Lebanon's penal code allows rapists to get away with their crime if they marry the woman they raped? That article was meant to preserve the "honor and dignity of the victim's family", whatever that means, but is a load of B.S and needs to be abolished ASAP. Lebanese Forces MP Elie Keyrouz is proposing to cancel that law that allows "charges to be dropped against an offender if…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 23, 2016 11:25
Human Rights Watch published an 82-pages long report on the forced anal examinations on men and transgender women accused of consensual same-sex conduct in which cases were reported in Lebanon in the past five years. The report was based on interviews with 32 men and transgender women who underwent forced anal examinations in Cameroon, Egypt, Kenya, Lebanon, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and Zambia. It's quite shameful to see Lebanon being featured in this report as these…
Lebanon
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Original Story via Stepfeed British Soul and R&B singer Seal was visiting Beirut and held a great, but sort of short, concert on Thursday at the Beiteddine Festival. During his stay, Seal dropped by Beirut ...
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Lebanon
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The above picture was shared by Iman Kanaan yesterday with the below text: Ok guys. I really need your support on this. I found this man on the street today in Beirut. He’s 84 years ...
Lebanon
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Lebanon
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Lebanon
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Nasser & Mohammed Darwich are two Syrian children from Aleppo. They currently live in Beirut and go to school here. On Saturday, they head out to Mar Mikhail, set up set up a small table ...
Lebanon
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I love this campaign. It’s basically a video portraying more than 20 Arab women coming from different walks of life to celebrate difference and uniqueness. Unfortunately, we are still very far from achieving gender equality ...
Critiques
8 years ago
An Online campaign shedding the light on women rights in Arab countries. International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 in Lebanon and around the world every year. It is a a global day celebrating ...
