Category: news
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The Worst Kind of Pandemics: the “Exception” in Politics
I chose today to talk about a specific theme: how institutions justified mass surveillance by claiming that this is an ‘exception’ under an unprecedented and tuly dangerous pandemic. Therefore, this article will be divided into three parts. The first part would define the concept of ‘exception’ and give you more concrete ideas about it. The second segment would explain how mass surveillance really works and how data gathering can happen in the simplest of ways. The third and the final part will be mainly recommendations for governments and institutions on how to deal with this pandemic without the politics of exceptions.
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You are under surveillance
Many people are not fully aware that their government is using this pandemic as an incentive to “increase” – because it was already there – mass surveillance on the community.
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The Lebanese Revolution that already won
People have been protesting for eleven days now and the government is numb to the people’s demand. No matter what happens next, this revolution already created a series of achievements for Lebanese citizens to be proud of.
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Why did the “Gilets Jaunes” fail to use Twitter?
Reaching their peak in November 2018, The Gilets Jaunes or Yellow Vests protested against reforms made by the government and had a list of revendications they wanted to implement. However, physical protests went beyond the streets of Paris and took part in the virtual world of Social Media, notably Twitter. The problématique for this paper “How did the Gilets Jaunes Fail to tweet their demands?” will be defended by the argument that the Gilets Jaunes’ set of revendications have shifted from raising the demands to mainly attacking President Macron, on Twitter.
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Farewell Iraq: From Baghdad to Zgharta
This is a Photo Essay. The Photographs tell the story and they are followed by captions for further explanation. The captions are all quotes said by Rana, the Iraqi refugee. she is the narrator of this photo essay:
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Explaining The “Migrant Wave”
Despite the common belief that migrants only fled warzones, Reader and Social Expert Alisha Holland claimed that migrants were affected by various other factors.
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Child Marriage among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Wars change lives and leave a negative impact on people. The war in Syria led to a growing problem which is child marriage. Child marriage has been present for decades but increased dramatically as the war found its way to Syria. In fact, 400 million of the women now aged between 20 and 49 were […]
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…حيث لا يجرؤ أحد على الدخول
في زمن غابت فيه شمس الحق وراء أفق من الظلم و الفساد, أغرقت أمواج المصالح أطفالا أبرياء في قعر بحر اليأس. أطفالا لم يروا من الحياة نورا أو فرحا, أطفالا صرخوا بأعلى الأصوات طالبين يدّا للمساعدة فكتمت هذه اليدّ أصواتهم.
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Lebanon: The brighter side
The first image that pops in your mind when you hear the word “Lebanon” might be dreadful. You might think of my country as a battlefield invaded by illiterates, as a war zone filled with terrorists. But little did you know that
Helena Saadeh 