Corona Pandemic

Was It a Gamble to Invest in the Crumbling Lebanese Public School System?

Maha Shuayb and Cathrine Brun – Centre for Lebanese Studies

Lebanon’s economic crisis and the pandemic deeply affected schooling of refugees and Lebanese children. The economic crisis has had a direct impact on education, with 45 to 55% of refugee children out of school, with an identified 30,000 students dropping out of school in the past academic year without re-registering for the 2020-2021 year.

Investigations

Syria: The Sanitary Pad as a Luxury Item Many Cannot Afford

Maksim Othman

She was a stranger with a strange appearance and a strange request. “I’m not a beggar,” she told my mother. “I just want some old clothes or rags that you no longer need. I need them as a pad for my paralyzed daughter.”

Investigations

Lebanon: “Ahmed Will Not be Part of the One Percent.”

Maha Shuayb

On paper, Lebanon and the United Nations guarantee Syrian refugees a carefree education. In reality, the travesty requirement for official documents means less than one percent of Syrian children make it to 9th grade.

Relationships

In Photos: Combating The Virus With Graffiti

Daraj

It seems that Coronavirus has become a part of peoples’ lives, and the art of Graffiti will be documenting this …

Gender

The Gendered Impact of COVID-19 in Lebanon

Abir Chbaro

While holding the XX chromosomes makes your immunity stronger, and gives you a higher life expectancy, as statistics show, being a female exposes you to higher risks of cultural, social and economic discrimination that sideline you and your wellbeing in the response of many countries to COVID19 pandemic.