January 2018 – Freethought Lebanon

Death in Ashrafiye

15January2018Mazen WalkerFreethought, LebanonFreedom, Human Rights, human rights watch, kafa, Lebanon, migrant domestic workers, Politics, suicide

“I woke up to the commotion around 3:30 a.m. I overheard the neighbors saying there was a potential suicide in our neighborhood in Ashrafiye. It was a shocking thing to hear, so I quickly put on my shoes and went down to the street to see what was happening. The policeman on the

On Being Non-White

Brexit, Trump and Identity Politics Kick Off Post-Truth Era

4January2018Joana AzizFreethought, Politics

I was having a glass of vermouth with my friend over the weekend when she looked at me and asked, “Did you know we are not White?” “I thought white meant skin color,” she added while looking at her hands. It’s understandable to link skin color to ethnicity since we have come to classify races