Last Saturday, several Lebanese, among them politicians, media professionals, and ordinary citizens, commemorated the third anniversary of Luqman Slim’s assassination in the south. Luqman Slim was a writer, literary figure, publisher, and outspoken critic who did not hesitate to voice his opinion, regardless of the extent to which it broke with the mainstream. Above and beyond his many other qualities, he was a courageous person who entered the ring with Hezbollah, its sponsors, and followers, taking them on in their backyard with his bare hands and raw voice.
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The Jeddah Declaration issued after the 32nd Arab League Summit last week coincided with the 23rd anniversary of Lebanon’s liberation from Israeli occupation on May 25th. In Articles Five and Six of its statement, the Declaration stressed the Arab League’s solidarity with Lebanon, urging all Lebanese parties to elect a new president through dialogue and implement the reforms needed to allow Lebanon to overcome its crisis.
Two years after Beirut’s port catastrophe which was an apt metaphor for the wider state of Lebanon the port’s huge grain silos continue to disintegrate and toxic fires feed upon their decomposing contents, terrorizing locals and prompting fears about stinking clouds of carcinogenic dust visiting new afflictions upon a capital city that has been brutally stripped of its
Taking to his social media accounts, outspoken Lebanese political activist and university professor Bassel Saleh has posted screenshots of multiple deat