Bab al-Tebbaneh Massacre: Wounds That Never Healed
Nisrine Merheb 2024-12-18 20:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Bab El Tabbeneh Tripoli Massacre Assad Regime
From mass killings to the harrowing question to mothers: “Who do we kill first, your son or your husband?” The 1986 Bab al-Tebbaneh massacre, committed by the Assad regime in north Lebanon’s city of Tripoli, left heartbreaking stories of murder and oppression endured by the residents of this impoverished neighborhood. For Huna Lubnan, ...
Now That the War Is Over... Who Owes Us an Apology?
Nisrine Merheb 2024-11-27 14:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Israel Destruction
We stayed silent for hours, days and months. We endured destruction, displacement and the sight of our homeland being devastated and betrayed. We bore the arrogance of some of you, the empty rhetoric of false (divine) victories and even your pride in our suffering. But now that the war has ended, it is time for you to listen, to apologize and to ...
All but Ideal: Naim Qassem’s Shortcomings
Nisrine Merheb 2024-11-08 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
“Polite” [Sheikh] Naim Qassem might have preferred a career as a chemistry teacher, or perhaps he would have remained content as Deputy Secretary-General. Back then, we might have welcomed his “light” appearances, his intellectual statements and his “modern” positions, like his 2017 statement attacking women who are “adorned” or ...
To Sheikh Naim Qassem: What Success Are We Talking About?!
Nisrine Merheb 2024-10-31 17:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As soon as Sheikh Naim Qassem took his position as the Secretary General of Hezbollah, he subconsciously sought to embody the persona of the “martyred” former chief, Hassan Nasrallah. Suddenly, Qassem became more eloquent, issuing threats against America and weaving colloquial Lebanese into his rhetoric, mirroring the distinctive style that ...
“And When the Buried Female Infant Is Asked”
Nisrine Merheb 2024-10-25 14:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
“And when the buried female infant is asked…” — this Quranic verse denounces the pre-Islamic custom of burying infant girls alive out of fear of “dishonor,” an act Islam would go on to forbid and criminalize. Back then, the infant girl was a victim—killed without consent, without fault, and denied even ...
Arab Aid vs. Iran’s Empty Promises
Nisrine Merheb 2024-10-15 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
South Lebanon Israël humanitarian aid Arabs iran
All we get from Iran is “words, words, and words.” Only the Arab nations are Lebanon's genuine supporters and saviors in this crisis! In just a few days, Lebanon will mark the end of the first bloody month of the brutal war waged by the Israeli Army. Southern Lebanon has become a scorched landscape, and the Beqaa has suffered equally ...
This, Too, Is a Crime!
Nisrine Merheb 2024-10-09 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
There is no room for excuses, in a situation overshadowed by the pervasive presence of death, fear and displacement all around us. We have simply transformed into a “ball of anxiety,” living under the shadow of dread, whether we find ourselves under bombardment or still navigating a tenuous calm, until further notice. Perhaps some of us are ...