Category: Lebanon

Lebanon

Hariri Youth Supporters Seek Leadership From the Streets

My latest on AAE By: Moe Ali Nayel Published Friday, January 31, 2014 Following Saad Hariri’s recent announcement to participate in a government with Hezbollah, Beirut’s Sunni youth find themselves looking for alternative leaders they feel can offer them true protection. At an engagement ceremony last week in Chiyah, a neighbourhood in the southern suburbs of Beirut, two families decided to challenge the current confessional … Continue reading Hariri Youth Supporters Seek Leadership From the Streets

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Lebanon, Syria

Understanding racism against Syrian refugees in Lebanon

October 28, 2013 By: Mohamad Ali-Nayel and Bassem Chit A Syrian refugee, when asked how Lebanon was treating him, lamented and said: “How is it treating me? It isn’t treating me, it treats my money. Because of the nature of my job (veterinarian) I’m dealing with middle upper class Lebanese who only make their judgments based on money. They see that I’m here spending, and … Continue reading Understanding racism against Syrian refugees in Lebanon

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Lebanon, Palestine

UOT – September 26 2013 -Palestinian refugees in Lebanon (guests: Moe Ali Nayel & Grafton Ross)

  In the Midst of Syria’s crisis, hundreds of Palestinian refugees are fleeing from Syria to neighbouring countries. Many of them end up in Lebanon, a country with a long history of tensions with its own population of Palestinian refugees. Today tensions are rising again against Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. They are the target of numerous sectarian speeches, often accused by politicians of being a … Continue reading UOT – September 26 2013 -Palestinian refugees in Lebanon (guests: Moe Ali Nayel & Grafton Ross)

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Lebanon, Palestine

Palestinians in Lebanon vow to continue protests against UN aid cuts

The latest for Electronic Intifada Moe Ali Nayel The Electronic Intifada Beirut   29 October 2013 The family of an ill two-year-old girl in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon says the child’s life is in danger because of cuts to international aid. The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, announced a budget shortfall of more than $8 million in July. The result of … Continue reading Palestinians in Lebanon vow to continue protests against UN aid cuts

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Lebanon, Palestine

Palestinians navigate Lebanon strife

My first contribution to AJE Amid heightened tensions, Palestinian refugees walk Lebanon’s sectarian tightrope. Beirut, Lebanon – In a country riven by ethnic, religious, and political tensions since its founding, staying neutral in Lebanon can be a challenging feat. Palestinian refugee camps here are isolated communities, alienated from their surroundings. In the collective memory of the refugees, the camps’ history consists of nothing but sieges, destruction, … Continue reading Palestinians navigate Lebanon strife

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Lebanon, Palestine

Palestinian refugee who fled Syria recounts outpouring of support from EI readers

My latest for Electronic Intifada an update on Um Mohammad and her son. “Suddenly my phone started ringing, some spoke to me in Arabic, others in broken Arabic, and one caller didn’t speak Arabic at all. Ya imi [O mother] there are still good-doers in this world,” Um Muhammad remarked with grace while we stood on the street of a busy vegetable market at the entrance … Continue reading Palestinian refugee who fled Syria recounts outpouring of support from EI readers

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Lebanon, Palestine

Why aren’t Israeli F-16s over Beirut headline news?

  Moe Ali Nayel   The Electronic Intifada  Beirut   24 May 2013  Recently there has been a sound coming from the skies over Beirut triggering unpleasant recollections: the distant roar of Israeli fighter jets as one lies in bed at night. This noise brings with it images and memories from the last war Israel waged on Lebanon, the 33-day war during the summer of … Continue reading Why aren’t Israeli F-16s over Beirut headline news?

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Lebanon

‘Father of Rage’ speaks the truth to power: a challenge to Lebanon’s politicians

A short post on NOW   A man who calls himself Abu el-Ghadab (a nickname meaning ‘Father of Rage’ in English) was interviewed by LBCI News yesterday. The video, which appeared last night, initially garnered only 200 views. Today, it has gone viral, with over 11,000 views, and scores of people sharing it on Facebook and Twitter. This is a translation of what he said: … Continue reading ‘Father of Rage’ speaks the truth to power: a challenge to Lebanon’s politicians

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Lebanon, Palestine

Palestinian refugees are not at your service

My latest: A sad experience published by Electronic Intifada Moe Ali Nayel The Electronic Intifad Beirut 17 May 2013  “Are you enjoying filming our misery? Film: it’s fine, you are like the others. You show up in the camp, film, leave, and we are still here.” I used to reply: but we want to tell the world about your story. Always, with the same sarcasm, is … Continue reading Palestinian refugees are not at your service

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Lebanon

Fueling the fitna

Lebanon’s Sunni-Shia divide growing By Moe Ali Nayel on April 03, 2013 Executive On a quiet Sunday night last month the fraying coexistence that is Lebanese society suffered another tear. Two scholars from Dar Al Fatwa, Sheikh Mazen Hariri and Sheikh Ahmed Fakhran, were assaulted while walking in the Khandaq Al Ghamiq neighborhood of Beirut, while simultaneously, two other Sheikhs were beaten in the Chiyah … Continue reading Fueling the fitna

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