Tripoli residents: ‘It’s poverty, stupid’
Local channel LBC ran this brilliant five minute interview with an unidentified man on the street in Tripoli.…
Who is the army fighting in Tripoli?
As battles rage in Tripoli, much of the focus seems to be on the fighting itself, the death…
Activists sue state over coast privatization
Activists alleged that the state has illegally provided tens of thousands of square meters of public shoreline to…
Policing the unpoliceable?
How hard is it to be a Lebanese cop? Can laws be enforced when law enforcement live in…
Coast erasing in Batroun
A new project seems to be chewing away the coastline in Batroun. I was able to get a…
Journalists banned from entering Beirut park
Citizens and journalists were held up at the park’s main entrance on Saturday. Municipal police prevented reporters from…
Police beat journalists on video
The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban A video has recently surfaced documenting police beating journalists this week. The reporters were…
Hamra is back to normal except…
… for the “Hawker” private security guard staring and squinting at me while taking this picture (because I…
Happy (lawless) birthday
The Lebanese police are celebrating their 153rd anniversary. At a commemoration event, the head of the force pledged…
Aintoury standoff continues, police deploy
Family and friends continue to gather to resist the demolition of Aintoury Market in Hamra. They blocked the…