Mai Masri 3000 nights

An introduction to Mai Masri's film: her films are about women and children not as victims but as resisters—and a child born in prison asks: "What is a bird?"

الصندوق الاسود للهجرة اللبنانية

The Black Box of Lebanese Emigration

As-Safir

Emigration is the safety valve of the sectarian rentier system—Lebanon exports its most precious asset and imports cheap labor, and 60% of new workers face emigration or unemployment.

Saudi expansion: The Lebanese Connection (1924-1952)

Hussein 'Uwayni—the first "Saudi national" to govern Lebanon, four decades before Hariri—and through him the Kingdom penetrated Lebanese politics: wealth buys honor, and the regional broker makes prime ministers.

The Lebanese System Revisited

The Lebanese system was "globalized before globalization"—it was not coexistence that produced prosperity but economic expansion, and when it was unevenly distributed, war followed. The alternative: "Security by providing bread for everybody."

Ahmad uz-Za’tar – A poem by Mahmoud Darwish

Translation: "Let the siege be—my body is the fortress—for I am besieging you"—Darwish's Ahmad uz-Za'tar, translated by Traboulsi.