Our first issue of Dots on Letters for the municipalities surrounding the capital Beirut is out. These areas are significant because they are highly dense locations with a large concentration of young people. Although very close to Beirut, their municipalities have much fewer resources than those in the capital. In consequence, basic services like electricity [...]

Many victims of domestic violence in Beirut suburbs still prefer keeping quiet to facing social stigma By Rola Ismail

By Joudy Al-Asmar On a recent summer trip to Cairo, I found myself in the city’s old neighbourhood, videoing a wedding with my digital camera. I thought it would make a nice addition to my videos on YouTube, giving my friends and family the chance to catch a glimpse of the real city. While I [...]

The second edition of No2at 3al 7ourouf for the Shouf region that will be published soon takes a closer look at the area’s youth. It tells the stories of young people who leave Shouf looking for a better future, of those who stay and work hard to pay for their education and of others who [...]

By donning fashionable headscarves, many girls are rebelling against tradition. By Sahar Mansour When Wafaa, 21, emerges from her bedroom, she wears a scarf neatly wrapped around her head, the product of 10 minutes of careful arrangement. But the look of dissatisfaction from her mother, a conservative woman who does not approve of her daughter [...]

Municipalities do not provide enough support to help those with physical impairments, observers claim.

Although bustling cinemas were once a central part of Tripoli’s cultural city life, the current sorry state of the cinema scene reflects how much the city has lost its lustre.

The first issue of Dots on Letters for the town of Bikfaya and the bigger Metn region is out! This first issue blends articles on: the cultural activities of municipalities, Bikfaya’s public library, urban planning challenges in the booming crowded areas of Antelias and Dbayeh, the needs of physically-impaired individuals and the role of municipalities [...]

We just came across an interesting opportunity for young Lebanese between 18 and 25 with a strong interest in media  (which happens to be our target group as well ) The Embassy of the United States of America has announced the “Student Leaders on New Media in Journalism Program” as part of the “Study of [...]

The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), in cooperation with its local partner, the Lebanese Centerfor Policy Studies (LCPS), conducted a focus group study to analyse and evaluate the perception of youth about local government work. Five focus groups were conducted in Tyre, Haret Hreik, Metn (Khinshara and Bteghrine), Baakleen, and Tripoli in April [...]