Beirut District

Petition

“Zero Eviction”

For the Protection of the Inhabitants of the Neighborhoods Affected by the 4th of August Explosion, and the Guarantee of Their Return

After the explosion of the port, residents of the affected neighborhoods in particular, have been absent from many issues related to their lives and livelihoods. They are absent from the discussion about the …

Alerts Periodic Report

May and June 2021

Read in Arabic here.

Legal Memo

After the Port’s Explosion, What Are My Rights As a Tenant in the Damaged Buildings?

Project

How to Protect Residents of the Neighborhoods Affected by the Beirut Port Explosion

In the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020, residents of the affected neighborhoods in particular, have been excluded from topics related to their lives. Seeing the result of the …

Publication

How to Protect Residents of the Neighborhoods Affected by the Beirut Port Explosion?

In the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020, residents of the affected neighborhoods in particular, have been excluded from topics related to their lives. Seeing the result of the …

Study

Think Housing: Affordable Schemes Towards an Inclusive Beirut

Read in Arabic here.

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 …

Study

How did Official Authorities Tackle the Housing Crisis Caused by the Beirut Port Explosion?

Hours after the port explosion devastated Beirut, the governor, Judge Marwan Abboud, appeared tearfully on television, declaring that about 300,000 people had become homeless in the Lebanese capital. With this news, individuals, organizations, …

Alerts Periodic Report

January and February, 2021

Throughout the first two months of year 2021, 88 cases have been reported, relating to housing vulnerability affecting 237 individuals, almost half of which were children. These reports included 36 single women threatened …

Research-Based Article

Removing Dwellers From Their Neighborhoods’ Reconstruction Process

The state’s recklessness has opened the way for unreliable relief operations, waste of money, time and efforts, in addition to ambiguity in the path and fate of donation funds. The ruling class is …

Alerts Periodic Report

November and December 2020

Read in Arabic here.

Investigation

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, …