Baba, Can I Have Some Money?

Baba, Can I Have Some Money?

By Daniella Razzouk | Staff Writer When discussing the suffering caused by the patriarchal nature of Arab societies, the focus is often on its effect on women and girls. This is only natural as women and girls are the ones being oppressed by this system. However, it...
Stop Empowering Sex Work

Stop Empowering Sex Work

Tia Zeinab | Staff Writer   In a world where everyone has become a sheer victim of capitalism, people are expected to take any road out of poverty, including selling their bodies. With that being said, sex work has become one of the easiest ways to make money,...
Manacled: Through the Eyes of an Introvert

Manacled: Through the Eyes of an Introvert

Magda El Dada | Staff Writer   “You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.” – Yoko Ono In my head exists a voice so loud that it is deafening. In my head there lives a girl with passion embedded into her essence, guiding her through the...
لغة انسان

لغة انسان

إيمان عيتاني | محرّر عندما يولد المرء في بلد كلبنان تختلف أحكامه في كثير من القضايا، فمنذ ولادته تحد آراءه حدود دولية تصارع التقاليد المجتمعية مع سقف آمال ترسمه الأزمات الاقتصادية. في بلد كهذا، ينخرط الفرد في مجموعة من الأحكام المسبقة يمليها عليه المجتمع، و قلّ من...
Languages Cannot be Murdered

Languages Cannot be Murdered

By Daniella Razzouk | Staff Writer It’s September, the school year has begun. You’re sitting in a too-small chair listening to your Arabic teacher explain the syllabus and the plan for the year in perfect, flawless, formal Arabic. They insist that this is how you will...