Tripoli

Video Games, Poverty and Conflict in Bab Al-Tabbaneh

By Oriol Andrés Gallart
“People get used to war. During the last battle, children were still coming to play. Can you imagine, a seven-year-old boy running through the bullets just to play video games,” says Mohammad Darwish, a calm man with a curled beard framing his face.

Europe Dream Swept Away in Tripoli

By Karlos Zurutuza
It's easy to spot Saani Bubakar in Tripoli´s old town: always dressed in the distinctive orange jumpsuit of the waste collectors, he pushes his cart through the narrow streets on a routine that has been his for the last three years of his life.

Hezbollah Tacitly Accepted for the Sake of Lebanese Stability

By Shelly Kittleson
Concerns about supporting a national army collaborating with a ‘terrorist organisation’ in Lebanon have in recent times been superseded by threats inherent in growing regional conflict.


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