Last month, when union leader Hanna Gharib was dismissed from his teaching position at Beirut’s Mar Elias Battina High School, it was not viewed by...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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The Union Coordination Committee (UCC) is eyeing the shutdown of the country’s ports and airport in order to assert more pressure on the government...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Before Wafa Noon’s grandfather died, she asked him a question: If you could turn back time, what would you do differently? The man, a peasant farmer...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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After a 50-day strike, full-time professors at the Lebanese University were successful in obtaining an increase in their salary scale. Now, the fight...
Friday, January 4, 2013
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When Sami entered Roumieh Prison in 2006 on drug charges, he told himself, “This will not be a death sentence.” At the time, he was only months away...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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Lebanese University’s development strategy is under fire for not addressing the needs of students and employees with disabilities, but the university...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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Government employees and teachers, from public and private schools, will go on strike Tuesday and Wednesday, beginning with morning protests outside...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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Hassan Ismail was 14 years old when the only drinking water spring in his village, Mais al-Jabal, was hit during an Israeli raid. It was 1966. That...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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Parents of children in private schools often complain about the price of textbooks, but the head of the Scholastic Publishers Union defends the...
Monday, October 1, 2012
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Lebanon’s public school teachers are in a rut. With their demands being ignored by the state, they are forced to strike for improved working...
Monday, July 30, 2012
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