في المعازف أردت أن اكتب عن جورج وسوف لأردّ له الجميل. حكايتي مع الوسوف بدأت عندما كنت في العاشرة من عمري، في صيف ١٩٩٢. حين انتهت المدرسة سألت والدي “بابا هي الصيفية حنطلع عالصيد؟” فرد بنبرة حادة “إذا بدك تطلع عالصيد روح شتغل واجمع حق الخرطوش، أمك واخواتك أحق بالمصاري”. بعد هذا الإعلان انحصر تفكيري بكيفية تدبير كلفة الخرطوش. قلت لنفسي حازماً ‘بدنا نطلع عالبقاع ونروح نتصيد’، … Continue reading الصيف الذي أنقذني فيه سلطان الطرب
This article was first published by jadaliyya on Mar 19 2016 On 2 March 2016 Lebanon woke up to the news that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) had declared Hizballah a terrorist organization. Many perceived this as a kind of patriarchal collective punishment. Spearheaded by Saudi Arabia, the designation of Hizballah as a “terrorist” organisation can only be read as another desperate attempt by Saudi Arabia to … Continue reading Saudi Arabia Gazes at Lebanon with Vengeance
ترجمه/ته الى العربية: وليد ضو في القسم الأول من شهر أيار/مايو غرقت بيروت برائحة مقرفة ناجمة عن تخمر أكوام النفايات التي تجمعت منذ الصيف الماضي. وسط النفايات، الحرارة والفوضى جهزت بيروت نفسها للانتخابات البلدية. بعد ظهر أحد الأيام كنت أتجول في مدينتي بسيارة أجرة إلى جانب سائقها، الذي استمر، طوال الطريق، بالتفاخر، خلال حديثه معي، عن مغامراته الجنسية. ببطء، وصلنا أمام مخفر الجميزة، في … Continue reading بيروت: فراغ ويأس
Signs reading “We are not poor… but our money is stolen. Our dignity makes us the richest of the rich.” At a protest spring 2014. Photo by author. This article was first published on al-Manshour On the first week of May Beirut was engulfed by a heat induced stench emitting from the trash heaps mutating since last summer. Amid trash, heat and chaos Beirut was … Continue reading Beirut: Vacuum and Despair
By Moe Ali Nayel and Lamia Moghnieh November 7, 2015 published first on New Politics. Click here for original link. A reading of police coercive strategies, emerging social movements and achievements By Moe Ali Nayel and Lamia Moghnieh November 7, 2015 In response to the failure of the state to manage and dispose of accumulated trash, a series of protests erupted in Lebanon … Continue reading The Protests in Lebanon Three Months After
Arabic article I wrote for Ma3azef مقالي الاول في الكتابة العربية نشر على موقغ معازف في الثامن من شهر آب/ أغسطس الماضي، أُقيمت حفلة شد عصب على خشبة مسرح مترو المدينة. قصدتُ الحفلة تلك الليلة مدفوعاً بفضول حول اختيار عنوان الحفل، ومتسائلاً عن الفكرة التي جمعت الرابرجية السبعة: من لبنانالراس (طرابلس)، وناصر الدين الطفار (بعلبك). من سوريا السيّد درويش (حمص)، ووتر من (دمشق)، والأصلي (دير الزور). ومن … Continue reading الراب في شوارع بيروت
Took part in a Jadaliyya round table on refugees click here for original link. Seemingly overnight Europe is confronted with a phenomenon already being experienced in Amman, Damascus, Beirut, Gaziantep and other cities in the Middle East: large numbers of desperate refugees fleeing war, destruction and economic destitution. The policy response of Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon to this influx has come under deserved scrutiny. … Continue reading Roundtable On Refugee Crisis: Historical Legacies, Political Context, and Legal Mechanisms
With Jadaliyya [On 22 August 2015, what had in previous weeks been a small protest against the breakdown in garbage collection in Beirut turned into a major anti-corruption demonstration calling for fundamental political and economic change in Lebanon. The protesters have been met with escalating repressive violence, and the movement has thus far caught both coalitions of the severely polarized political establishment by surprise. Jadaliyya … Continue reading Quick Thoughts: Moe Ali Nayel on Lebanon’s Garbage Crisis and Protest Movement
An observation led to the anxious realization of feeling Lebanese privilege while witnessing the daily plight of Syrians (refugees) in Lebanon. Driving back to Beirut from a nice lunch in J’bail suddenly the motorway traffic comes to a halt; it looked like a checkpoint was set up in the middle of the motorway (what a stupid idea). In front of our car are two … Continue reading Scared simply for being Syrian
My first with GU The once-plush hotel stands empty as a reminder of the city’s brutal civil war, while the surrounding districts are swept up in glitzy redevelopments Moe-Ali Nayel Friday 1 May 2015 Though Lebanon has been swept by a gentrifying and disfiguring development rush, some older monuments still stand tall. Strolling downhill from the Clemenceau neighbourhood for a coffee on the seaside … Continue reading Beirut’s bullet-riddled Holiday Inn
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