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#Beirut’s public libraries quietly building a new generation of readers
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An elderly man reads quietly in the municipal library in #Bachoura. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) An elderly man reads quietly in the municipal library in Bachoura. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

Situated past a firehouse and up two flights of cigarette-littered stairs, in a municipal building overlooking a cemetery in Bachoura, Beirut’s first municipal public library is turning 14 this year. Mohammed, 12, was the only patron in the three hundred square meter Bachoura branch on a recent afternoon. “My school isn’t that good,” said Mohammed, who has been coming to the library every day for the past nine months to read books and use the computers. He brings his three younger siblings once a week, but said his friends would rather stay home (...)

#Culture_&_Society #Articles #Assabil #Azadea #Beirut_Municipality #Beirut_public_library #Geitawi #Lebanon #Monot #Sanayeh_Park #Tariq_al-Jdideh

Manal al-Assi’s Death : J’accuse
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Police in #Beirut distribute fliers for a hotline to report cases of #domestic_violence against women. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) #police in Beirut distribute fliers for a hotline to report cases of domestic violence against women. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

1 – The Killer As if it wasn’t enough that he killed her, after 15 years of battering her. As if it wasn’t enough that he took a second wife, and beat her, burned her, and strangled her to death while her mother was watching. As if it wasn’t enough that he prevented paramedics, neighbors, and even her parents from helping her, and dragged her bleeding and unconscious in front of them, while they begged him to let her go. As if it wasn’t enough that he only let her go to hospital (...)

#Opinion #Articles #Domestic_Violence_Law #Lebanon #Manal_Assi #Mohammed_Nhaily #parliament #Tariq_al-Jdideh

The Army Captures the Suicide Bombers’ Mastermind and Foils “Bloody Sunday”
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A car found with explosives is being taken away in the #Corniche_al-Mazraa neighborhood as the Lebanese army investigates the scene. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) A car found with explosives is being taken away in the Corniche al-Mazraa neighborhood as the Lebanese army investigates the scene. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

A few days ago, sources with links to takfiri groups operating in the Qalamoun region in #syria leaked information that major operations are being planned against #Hezbollah in the coming few days. Security agencies circulated information about a plot involving suicide bombers and members of #al-Qaeda that was meant to target Dahiyeh - Beirut’s southern suburb - in the coming three days. The plot’s climactic event was (...)

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#Manal_al-Assi: A Victim of the Patriarchal Culture of Silence
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One woman dies while another survives, despite her pain.(Photo: Marwan Tahtah) One woman dies while another survives, despite her pain.(Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

This story is not just about husbands beating their wives savagely. One woman dies while another survives, despite her pain. The story goes beyond #roula_yaacoub – a woman beaten to death by her husband in July 2013 – or Manal al-Assi, who passed away yesterday after being beaten severely by her husband, as reported by security and judicial investigations.

Mohamed Nazzal

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#Culture_&_Society #Articles #Beirut #domestic_violence #feminism #Internal_Security_Forces #Lebanon #Makassed #Tariq_al-Jdideh

Hariri Youth Supporters Seek Leadership From the Streets
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Gunmen supporting the anti-Assad rebellion clash with their neighboors in the al-Shaarani neighborhood in the Lebanese northern coastal city of Tripoli on November 30, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ghassan Sweidan) Gunmen supporting the anti-Assad rebellion clash with their neighboors in the al-Shaarani neighborhood in the Lebanese northern coastal city of Tripoli on November 30, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ghassan Sweidan)

Following #Saad_Hariri's recent announcement to participate in a government with Hezbollah, #Beirut's #Sunni youth find themselves looking for alternative leaders they feel can offer them true protection.

Moe Ali Nayel

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