Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, Gender, Sexuality & Relationships, Identity
Maryam Sadr | Staff Writer One of the most debated topics that had a surprising impact on the midterm election of the USA was access to abortion. With the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, which was passed to legalize safe abortion for women, we are...
Jan 30, 2023 | Featured, Gender, Sexuality & Relationships, Identity
By Thalia Kattoura | Staff WriterAfter being overthrown by a US-led invasion in 2001, the Taliban reclaimed its rule over Afghanistan once again in 2021. Although their government is not officially recognized, the Taliban succeeded in enforcing regulations across all...
Jan 30, 2023 | Gender, Sexuality & Relationships, Identity
By Rana Zalghout | Staff Writer Ever since the Syrian Civil War started in 2011, the topic of refugees in Lebanon has been always controversial and relevant in different social settings. Indeed, as a Lebanese myself, after 11 years of the war, I still hear people...
Dec 3, 2022 | Gender, Sexuality & Relationships
By Rana Zalghout | Staff Writer Growing up, I have always heard misogynist jokes about women that never made sense to me. One of the main jokes is that women’s driving licenses are useless since women don’t know how to drive either way. During every road trip that I...
Dec 3, 2022 | Gender, Sexuality & Relationships
By Nour Makarem | Staff Writer I was scrolling through Tik Tok the other day when I came across a considerable amount of “stay-at-home girlfriend videos,” from user @KendelKay. The comments were flooded with people idolizing such content, commenting “goals” or “me in...
Apr 10, 2022 | Featured, Gender, Sexuality & Relationships
By Dayane Hussein | Staff Writer “Lebanon is like a girl raped 7 times a day by the protectors of the constitution.” This is what the former judge in the Lebanese state council Chikri Sadek said during an interview with “Here Beirut” on a national TV...