Blog
In the context of the ongoing crises in the region, we have created this blog that constitutes an outlet for fast-paced publishing for voices on the ground.
Blogs can be on the humanitarian crisis, or take the form of storytelling of personal trajectories or testimonies.
Contact the team by email on daleel-madani@socialsciences-centre.org to contribute and be featured.
The crisis revealed through the stories of Karim and his colleagues highlights how easily the rights and livelihoods of employees can be disregarded by some investors, especially in the absence of effective laws and oversight bodies to protect workers and employees, even with positive examples like Jad’s.
Amara had heard much about the challenges of working in Lebanon even before she left her village in Ethiopia to be employed as a domestic worker, in the hope of building a better future for herself and her family. “But I never imagined I would find myself on the streets, without any official papers, in a country torn apart by war, bombing, and death,” she says.
The ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed hundreds, displaced hundreds of thousands, and led to a humanitarian crisis of unparalleled proportions in the country, reports Sobhiya Najjar.
For the ninth consecutive day, Israeli forces have continued their assault on Lebanon, executing intense airstrikes on various towns and villages in the south, the Bekaa Valley, and the southern suburbs of Beirut. These attacks have led to horrific massacres against civilians, creating a state of fear and desperation across the country.