Narratives

Narrative

Kousba and the Beast:

The story of a municipality forcefully evicting Syrian refugees and preventing the Lebanese residents from protecting them

This narrative features Nermine, a 70 y.o lebanese woman, as she struggles to defend her tenants of 13 years, Fadi his wife and their child, from the municipality’s attempts to forcibly evict them …

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Warda’s story:

The right to housing for the elderly is a necessity, not a luxury

This is the Story of Warda, an elderly woman currently facing the looming threat of eviction from the place she’s called home for seventeen years. For Warda, losing this house is not just …

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The Residents of “Hind” Building Face Mass Eviction

This Story recounts the struggles of “Hind” building’s residents as they face countless harassments, pressures and threats aimed at forcing them out of the homes they have inhabited for years. “Hind” building is …

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قصّة ندى: كيف يؤدي انعدام التوازن في العلاقة التأجيرية إلى فقدان الحقوق السكنية

ندى أم أرملة، تسكن وأولادها الثلاث شقّة بالإيجار في حي طريق الجديدة. ندى لا تعمل، وقد بدأ ابنها البكر سنته الأولى في الجامعة. تعتاش العائلة من مدّخراتها ومن مساعدات تحصل عليها ندى أحياناً …

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Rayyan and Eviction Harassment

Rayyan had been living for 4 years in a small apartment in a neighborhood in Bourj Hammoud, along with her husband and 8 children, the oldest of whom is 18 years old and …

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Another City Series: Housing Narratives

As we get to know the streets and alleys whose residents have witnessed significant changes in the architectural and social environment, we pose questions about heritage and the housing policies which have led …