A new book by Cambridge University’s Andrew Arsan arguing Lebanon is “a microcosm of the contemporary world” successfully analyzes the country’s ills, offering a helpful framework for Lebanese seeking change, writes Joey Ayoub.

Twenty-five years after returning to post-war Lebanon, our writer reflects on the disappointed hopes of a generation, and how the country “somehow feels worse now than it did then.”

Al-Jumhuriya joins a rare guided tour of Beirut’s restored Barakat building, an aristocratic villa-turned-sniper-nest, which has finally opened to the public—but only temporarily.

An interview with Yassin al-Haj Saleh, the ‘voice of conscience’ of the Syrian revolution, translated from Flemish into English by: Jorn Decock.

Yazan Al-Saadi writes a heart-filled narration of his experience in Yemen and a comparison between the struggles of the Syrian and Yemeni people with their fight for freedom and dignity.