Investigation

Investigation

On the European Corporates’ Vision of the Beirut Port Reconstruction:

Proposed Priorities versus People's Priorities

Even when a solution brought by private companies might seem like a source of hope for the neighborhoods destroyed by the Beirut Port explosion, it only proposes a replica of the reconstruction catastrophe …

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When the City Becomes a Translation of Racism

The mainstream racist discourse is not only related to insulting speech, but rather translates practices that become normal and normalized, making the lives of refugees almost impossible, and their housing in cities and …

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Bsharre, How the Political Discourse Legalizes the Communal Crime

In 2020, the crime of killing Joseph Tawk (29 years) with four bullets, shook Bcharre in 2020. Due to the fact that the suspect is of Syrian nationality, men attacked residents of Syrian …

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Towards an Idealistic City:

The Urban Communal Alienation

In the aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution and on its 10th anniversary, we have witnessed the succession of four governments, each of which tried – in terms of the form of its rule …

Investigation

The Nature of Communal Involvement in the Reconstruction Projects in Lebanon

This article is a call to consider communal engagement a creative process, centered on professional designers’ means of communication and insight. To justify the argument, we first address two reconstruction projects located within …

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The Tarik Jdideh Explosion:

Where Are the People in the Aftermath of the Forgotten Explosion?

After a large explosion claimed casualties, destroyed a number of apartments, and terrified the people of the area, the results of the Tarik Jdideh explosion disappeared from the breaking news and evening bulletins, …

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Housing as a Priority Under COVID

Today, the specter of a housing crisis looms over Lebanon in the complete absence of the priority of the right to housing from public discourse and legislation. The slogan “Stay at home” took …

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A Dam Is Built in ‘Paradise’

The article shows how, despite warnings of earthquakes, leaks, and the destruction of an ecosystem, Lebanon is building a 300-foot-high hydroelectric project in one of the Middle East’s most biodiverse regions. Read the …