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A Sawt Story

Ten years are what epic tales are made of, an odyssey. Setting sail to make movement. I think Sawt wanted a movement as much as Gilgamesh wanted immortality. It shifted its shape, it grew and spilled across borders, it shrunk to pass through keyholes. Setting sail through waters as rough and unpredictable as Beirut-based realities: hurricanes and pirate ships, or going into new waters where we could not see land for months.

العاملات الأجنبيات في المصحات النفسية في لبنان: مرض نفسي او تشخيص عنصري؟

Mental Health Advocacy in Lebanon: Fighting Stigma Without Providing Access

If you look up the work of leading NGOs on mental health in Lebanon today, you will come across numerous awareness campaigns centered around fighting the stigma on mental illness.

A Political Economy of Mental Health: Stories and (Un)Related Facts

This article is a sequence of vignettes. Each vignette emphasizes one specific idea and can be understood on its own but is also part of something bigger than itself.

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The second half of the 19th Century was difficult for the Sick Man of Europe.

Reflections on Suicide Reporting in Online Lebanese Media

 

The situation of Sudanese refugees in Lebanon: summary of info session & ways to show solidarity

On December 3rd 2015, an info session organized by Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) took place in Dammeh on the situation of Sudanese protests in Lebanon.

Racism and Human rights: the continuous fight of Sudanese Asylums Seekers and Refugees with UNHCR in Lebanon

 

Conceptual Offerings to the Current Movements for Justice

There is something historical taking place in Lebanon. Everyone agrees on this. Strength and a3fyeh to organizers and activists. The following is written with camaraderie and respect. Apologies for this English - the Arabic of this activist suffers from diaspora. She grew up outside, but lives in this place on its edges, suspiciously connected through “being Lebanese”.

 

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