The storm that recently hit proved that Lebanon is unable to withstand a typical winter storm, and that the most vulnerable groups—people living in poverty, women, and refugees—are the ones...

As residents of cities that are relatively calmer by virtue of the rules of engagement and our geographical locations far from the battlefields, are we really still living, are we...

About 29,000 people have been internally displaced from southern Lebanon and elsewhere in the country since early October as violence and hostilities escalate on the Lebanese border. And just as...

What you brush off as “sulking” we see as lost rights, and the exaggeration you accuse us of is just a description of reality. No one knows the full extent...

Many women’s crimes are simply the result of the general state of violence in laws and communities that are used against them and the stereotypical distribution of gender roles. This...

We, the strong and independent women, daughters of Dany Bustros, Sylvia Plath, and Soad Hosny, are all without exception suffocating under the weight of silent suffering. Like my friend, we...

“I will give my cheek to my lover and my kisses to anyone I choose…”. While Arabic poetry served to glorify the heroic Arab, poetry by slave women in captivity,...

No matter how old you are and how far you get in life, you are forced to repeat time and again that being single in your 30s or 40s is...