Why Not Bring Back Tomb Art Like the Ancient Egyptians?
By Rana Zalghout | Staff Writer A few days ago, I was visiting the grave of a dear family member. As I reached the designated gravestone spot, I sat and observed the other gravestones surrounding it. Some of them were recent, they had flowers and some pictures along...
Is the ‘New’ Taliban Any Different?
By Maryam Sadr | Staff Writer It has been more than a year since Taliban retook the control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, exactly two decades after they were “defeated” by the US military. Taliban (in Pashto Ṭālebān, meaning Students) as an Islamic fundamentalist...
A Glitch In the Matrix
By Issam Raad | Staff Writer We were born and thrown into a corrupt matrix that glorifies routine and conventionality. “Normal” individuals survive and spend their free time in places of distraction like restaurants, pubs, cinemas, etc. Few are the available options...
On the Lebanese Parliamentary Elections and the Search for Alternatives: Avoid Blank Ballot Papers!
By Nizar Bou Karroum | Staff Writer In the past few days, Lebanese social networking sites have been buzzing with clips of electoral candidate Michel Elias, grandson of the former minister and deputy, and one of the major symbols of the post-war Lebanese regime,...