
Another brick in the wall
Walls seem to be the trendy way to ignore “unwantables.” Lebanon is no different when it comes to trying to “contain” refugees.
Walls seem to be the trendy way to ignore “unwantables.” Lebanon is no different when it comes to trying to “contain” refugees.
I grew up in Lebanon’s largest refugee camp, the one most often in the news due to what often appears like “madness and mayhem”: Ein El-Helweh. But for me, it is simply “home.”
I grew up in Lebanon’s largest refugee camp, the one most often in the news due to what often appears like “madness and mayhem”: Ein El-Helweh. But for me, it is simply “home.”
I never thought I would feel the degree of sadness I have experienced the last few days, during the clashes taking place in Ein El-Helweh camp.
Home should be a safe harbor. But in my camp, there are snipers and the voices of bullets.
When an attempted terrorist attack recently occurred in Lebanon, the media were quick to blame a refugee. Why are we the first to be suspects?