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Ghassan Salhab: The Dawn?

From lundimatin, #409, December 27, 2023 … Do not believe that man grows up. No: he is born suddenly – a word, in an instant, penetrates his heart with a new pulse. It takes but one scene to make him … Continue reading

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Je est un autre/I is another

From Beirut and the open and permanent crisis that Lebanon is undergoing, Ghassan Salhab evokes in this text the tide of homophobia and transphobia which has come to cover over, to continue and to prolong the ongoing disaster. Our very … Continue reading

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Ghassan Salhab: If only one wall should remain

From lundimatin #389 (27/06/2023) … To revolutionise ourselves [Révolution sur nous-mêmes]. These three words appeared for the very first time in downtown Beirut, the last two words, about ourselves, had been added to the word revolution, which was already stencilled … Continue reading

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Utopia?

Words of Ghassan Salhab, lebanese filmmaker and writer (from lundi matin #365 09/01/2023) … What remains to be said or done once everything has been said, analysed, dissected of the humiliation that power and its mechanisms represent for everyone? From … Continue reading

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Lebanon: The state of things

From lundi matin #250, 23/07/2020 … Will the confinement and the ceasefire get the better of the Lebanese uprising? Will the omnipresence of security be able to bridge the chasm into which the population seems to sink deeper every day? … Continue reading

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