Hate crimes cannot be tolerated in Lebanon
No citizen is safe when brutality and hate crimes are tolerated. When contacted on Twitter this evening, the…
Poverty and abuse in the Bekaa
Once again, winter is approaching and Lebanon not only faces the environmental disaster of garbage soaking into the…
Split-screen mourning: Paris and Tripoli so far apart
Local broadcaster LBC chose to air a split-screen live shot today of the Charlie Hebdo rally in Paris…
Can the private sector help the Syrian refugee crisis?
Today I spoke to the BBC World Service about the worsening refugee crisis in Lebanon and the…
Tripoli residents: ‘It’s poverty, stupid’
Local channel LBC ran this brilliant five minute interview with an unidentified man on the street in Tripoli.…
Getting access to information in Lebanon
How hard is it to get information from the Lebanese government? The answer may surprise you. I…
Guy in “ISIS photo” can’t stand ISIS
In a story going viral on social media, John McCain is supposedly pictured with members of the extremist…
Refugee Nation: Lebanon fails to cope with population influx
 Here is a copy of my article and photo-essay for this month’s Al Jazeera’s digital magazine, available…
Stereotypes in transition
Neighborhood residents watch TV on a Hamra street corner recently. I recently did an interview with Los…
Remembering Anthony
Remembering Anthony Shadid