Pereloup 🔻

الثورة السوريّة، لبنانيّاً «...انطلاقًا من هذه العلاقة الحميمة بين النظامَيْن، لا بدّ، بعد الاحتفال بسقوط الأسد، من لحظة محاسبة داخلية، تبدأ من تخاذل النظام اللبناني مع حكم الأسد والعنصرية الجامعة تجاه السوريين، كمدخل لإعادة اب...

Full article : megaphone.news/oped/%D8%A7%...

True solidarity with the Syrian revolution means more than cheering Assad’s downfall—it requires dismantling the racism and complicity that allowed his regime to thrive. 8/8

The fall of Assad demands a reckoning: Lebanon must confront its role in sustaining his rule and its treatment of Syrian refugees. Racism has been the common language between Lebanese factions, crossing political divides. 7/8

The hypocrisy is glaring: celebrating Syrian freedom while perpetuating systemic racism. It echoes a dark past—supporting the Palestinian cause while scorning Palestinians. 6/8

This paradox runs deep: while some Lebanese supported the Syrian revolution, they dehumanized the very people fighting it. The same media and politicians celebrating Assad’s downfall were leaders in promoting anti-Syrian rhetoric. 5/8

Since 2015, systemic racism against Syrian refugees has defined Lebanon’s policies:
- Forced deportations - Curfews targeting Syrians
- Media campaigns blaming refugees for Lebanon’s crises. These measures mirrored Assad’s dehumanization of his own people. 4/8

Hezbollah’s intervention in Syria to support Assad ensured his survival while costing thousands Syrian lives. Yet, Lebanon's governments mirrored Assad’s policies toward Syrian refugees, fostering exclusion and hostility. 3/8

For decades, Lebanon’s political system was tied to Assad’s regime, shaped by Syrian intelligence and controlled through alliances with local elites. Even after Syria’s withdrawal in 2005, these ties persisted. 2/8

Interesting piece on Megaphone: Lebanon’s relationship with Syria has always been complicated. The fall of Assad highlights a major paradox: while many Lebanese supported the Syrian revolution, they also perpetuated systemic racism against Syrians. 🧵 1/8

megaphone.news/oped/null

Heartbroken that the body of Mazen al-Hamada has been discovered following his disappearance in Syria. Mazen had told his harrowing story of torture in cities around the world in the hopes of changing policy.

I'll never forget meeting him. I pray we'll continue his journey.

Malik Oussekine assassiné dans la nuit du 6-7 décembre 1986 par deux policiers Dans la nuit du 6 au 7 décembre 1986 à Paris, en pleine répression du mouvement étudiants/lycéens, Malik Oussekine, 22 ans, était matraqué à mort dans le hall d’un immeuble parisien où il (...)

Malik Oussekine assassiné dans la nuit du 6-7 décembre 1986 par deux policiers

YouTube video by From the Periphery Souha, Surviving Hell (2001) - Full Film

I'm gonna start a thread about Lebanese film and documentaries. Every day, I'll post a link to a film and provide a small description about it and why its important to understand the country, the history, and the current moment. First up 'Souha: Surviving Hell' (2001) youtu.be/5cK5uXrrRYo?...

REVEALED: Israeli Settler Company Specializing in West Bank Outposts Now at Work in Northern Gaza A prominent Israeli settler offered me $165 per day to demolish homes in Beit Lahia

Housing & Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf visited Gaza, accompanied by Daniella Weiss, godmother of the Zionist settler movement. “Today I toured the Gaza Strip settlements,” he tweeted, framing the expedition as retaliation for the ICC arrest warrants.

open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

a close up of a red light that says alert ALT: a close up of a red light that says alert

C'est absolument la catastrophe dans les universités
je vous explique (rapidement)
la loi de programmation budgétaire mise au vote la semaine prochaine prévoit un transfert de charges de l'Etat vers les universités

Beirut has always been such a noisy city. But it feels so quiet now that the drones are gone.

Bourdieu’s The Force of Law.

Bourdieu’s The Force of Law.

My #cat #Gramsci, fully embodying his namesake, gazes into the chiaroscuro and nods in agreement: "The old world is dying, the new one is slow to appear..."

Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health releases latest casualty figures of the war: Almost 4,000 people killed, more than 16,500 wounded. On Tuesday, the day before the fragile ceasefire came into effect, 78 people were killed. #lebanon

Day 1 of the ceasefire and Israeli forces occupying south Lebanon have already shot towards journalists and continue to destroy public infrastructure

Because that’s what the Israelis do

Elias Shoufani for the Journal of Palestine Studies. Vol 3. No. 2 Israeli Reactions to the War (1973) A settler society in the midst of large indigenous populations like that of Israel cannot withstand the feeling of vulnerable existence. It is rather common to all settler societies. They are unable to admit to themselves a radical change in the native society which they displaced or dominated, since the implications of this for their survival would be too shattering.

After the 1967 war, Israel excluded the possibility that the Palestinians, the Arabs would dare challenge its military power again, Elias Shoufani writes after the 1973 war. And today, 'Thanksgiving,' marks indigenous resistance to settler colonies, we remember: