Tracy Jeff Jawad is a political researcher and writer who has worked for the United Nations in New York City and the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut.
Book Club: °®Âþµº sits down with Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck to discuss her latest book 'O', a body of work which gracefully plays with ideas of the mind, body and soul as a vessel to overcome one's material trauma.
At the whim of a neoliberal system that places the few over the many, both Chile and Lebanon's parliaments have struggled to satisfy their population's basic needs. Now, with both countries post-revolution, we observe their similarities.
With Lebanon's economy in free fall, Lebanese students have faced sustained pressures to continue their studies. °®Âþµº finds out how, after the decimation of the Lebanese currency, some students have turned to desperate measures.