Lebanon

The “Terrorists” in My Grandmother’s Neighborhood

January 13, 2025 by Alex Shams

Originally published in the Boston Review on January 13, 2025. Down a tree-lined street near my grandmother’s house in Tehran is a mosque where locals go to chat, rest, and

Lebanon Reporting

‘They Hit Everyone and Anyone’: From Lebanon, residents share what life has been like since Israel launched its attack.

October 2, 2024 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Oct 2, 2024 in New York Magazine. As told to Alex Shams. On September 17, Israel launched a military assault in Lebanon. It began with attacks that

Lebanon Mexico

À la découverte de la communauté arabe du Mexique

July 16, 2022 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Middle East Eye on July 16, 2022. De nombreux Arabes du Mexique sont originaires de la région du mont Liban. Une importante communauté vit aujourd’hui à Mexico

Arab World Lebanon Mexico Reporting

“أرواحنا منقسمة إلى قسمين”: المجتمع العربي في مدينة مكسيكو

July 4, 2022 by Alex Shams

Originally published on July 2, 2022 on Noon Post. This article is a translation of an article originally published on Middle East Eye on November 15, 2016. العديد من العرب المقيمين

Lebanon Reporting

Not Just Decor: The Struggle for Real Women’s Rights in Lebanon

January 16, 2012 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Transit, the blog of the Goethe Institute in the Middle East. On Saturday, January 14th 2012, Lebanese women and men marched against rape, demanding law reforms that criminalise marital

Lebanon Reporting

A community in grief and rage: Nepalese and Lebanese hold vigil for deceased migrant worker

May 22, 2011 by Alex Shams

Published on Hibr in May 2011. A large banner bearing a death announcement fluttered in the wind last Sunday beside an apartment in Jdeideh as some thirty people gathered nearby

Lebanon Reporting

Beirut’s revolutionary space: Martyr’s Square

May 14, 2011 by Alex Shams

Originally published in Mashallah News on May 14, 2011. “Think Lebanese, think secular” The Arab and global audience has borne witness in recent months to massive pitched battles in the central

Lebanon

Quiet but healthy: reflections on Lebanon’s unrecognized Baha’i community

March 22, 2011 by Alex Shams

Published on Hibr in March 2011. In Lebanon, a sectarian system built to represent all of this country’s various faiths means that feeling invisible is a rare thing. Chances are

The “Terrorists” in My Grandmother’s Neighborhood

‘They Hit Everyone and Anyone’: From Lebanon, residents share what life has been like since Israel launched its attack.

À la découverte de la communauté arabe du Mexique

“أرواحنا منقسمة إلى قسمين”: المجتمع العربي في مدينة مكسيكو

Not Just Decor: The Struggle for Real Women’s Rights in Lebanon

A community in grief and rage: Nepalese and Lebanese hold vigil for deceased migrant worker

Beirut’s revolutionary space: Martyr’s Square

Quiet but healthy: reflections on Lebanon’s unrecognized Baha’i community

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