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08.12.2025 10:46
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For Arabophones:
My article on the PLO’s properties in Lebanon, published in Al Akhbar’s opinion section, examines the complexities of land tenureship within this property portfolio and how these dynamics have shaped both its use value and exchange value.
08.12.2025 10:46
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"La politique et les actions d'Israël à Gaza répondent à la définition juridique du génocide énoncée à l'article 2 de la Convention des Nations Unies pour la prévention et la répression du crime de génocide (1948)".
01.09.2025 19:55
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This map is part of my Phd in Urban studies, defended in dec. 2024 and which examined land and housing submarkets that emerge in land tenure situation characterised by insecurity and inertia as it is the case for the PLO's property stock in Lebanon.
12.08.2025 14:05
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#Beirut; #Lebanon; #Palestine; #PLO; #Land-tenure-insecurity; #civil-war; #Political-fief; #Political-organisation; #gentrification; #urban-change; #land-value
12.08.2025 14:01
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And through “invisible” traces in the form of distinctive land tenure systems, underscoring the lasting spatial and political imprint of political organisations on Beirut’s urban fabric. For full blog post:https://lnkd.in/eGxDh3WH
12.08.2025 14:01
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The legacy of this settlement persists today through both visible remains, such as former headquarters damaged or repurposed since the 1982 Israeli invasion.
12.08.2025 14:01
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This political investment in land and services reshaped the district’s built environment and socio-economic profile, producing a form of neighbourhood transformation comparable to gentrification but driven by non-market actors.
12.08.2025 14:01
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It concentrated political, military, cultural, and social infrastructures alongside allied Lebanese leftist organisations and its economic arm, Samed.
12.08.2025 14:01
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At its political, financial, and social peak between 1971 and 1982, the PLO established an extensive presence in the Tariq al-Jdideh district—known as the “Republic of Fakhani”.
12.08.2025 14:01
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The case of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) urban settlement in Beirut during the 1970s reveals how neighbourhood identity in the city cannot be fully explained through the dominant dual lens of religious affiliation and gentrification-driven land value extraction.
12.08.2025 14:01
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Remembering a political fief: the Republic Fakhani in Beirut (PLO headquarters)
12.08.2025 14:01
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مشاع وادي الجوز في حماة: حيٌّ قاوم الأسد، فخسر حتّى اسمه!
«وادي الجوز» في حماة شاهد على غياب العدالة الانتقالية في ملفات السكن بسوريا. حيٌّ قاوم نظام الأسد فمُسحت
Securing property rights is an integral part of any housing and reconstruction policy, especially in cities that have experienced war, forced displacement and informal settlements. Very insightful as usual from Aziz Hallaj
www.sot-sy.com/article/1680
12.08.2025 11:27
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Only the security council can recommend suspending/expelling Israel (& the US veto will always block that). But in 1974 the general assembly voted to reject the South African delegation, preventing it from participating in the GA's work.
Why hasn't that happened to Israel now?
12.08.2025 06:48
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Journalistes tués à Gaza, légitimation des médias français
Anas Al-Sharif avait 28 ans. Marié, père de deux enfants — une petite fille, Sham, connue de tous ceux qui le suivaient sur ses réseaux sociaux, tellement (…)
"Anas Al-Sharif et cinq autres journalistes ont été tués par l’armée israélienne le dimanche 10 août 2025. Les journalistes qui ne dénoncent pas ce crime en ces termes en sont directement complices."
Journalistes tués à #Gaza, légitimation des médias français, un édito de @sarragrira.bsky.social
12.08.2025 05:59
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Life for Palestinians under apartheid in the occupied West Bank.
Part of a report by Stuart Ramsay.
12.08.2025 05:55
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This Canadian newspaper is spreading propaganda and lies about a murdered journalist and helping provide cover for Israel's war crimes.
11.08.2025 17:04
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You Can’t Separate the Artist from His Politics: Ziad Rahbani’s Politics of Resistance
Palestine Square
Ziad Rahbani’s genius was never apolitical. From “Wahdon” to “Tal el Zaatar,” his music, plays, and satire wove art into the fabric of resistance. As Maysaa Ajjan writes, his legacy proves that for Rahbani, art was always a political act.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
08.08.2025 20:20
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Presque 900 signatures, continuons à faire circuler cet appel contre ce châtiment collectif inacceptable. Il est urgent d'accueillir étudiants et collègues de Gaza
05.08.2025 14:38
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Bluesky just makes up excuses to treat Palestinians (Such as Alaa here) unfairly.
chuffed.org/project/help...
Alaa, Musa, Ella, and Ellen all need to escape Gaza, still. Donate or spread this around so they can afford to move to Egypt!
07.08.2025 18:33
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'Laboratory of Cruelty': MSF Calls for Immediate Dismantling of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation | Common Dreams
"In MSF's nearly 54 years of operations, rarely have we seen such levels of systematic violence against unarmed civilians."
Doctors Without Borders are saying in the totality of their organization they've never seen such levels of systematic violence against unarmed civilians as they are seeing in Gaza right now.
The GHF isn't saving lives, it's torturing people.
www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-hu...
07.08.2025 17:32
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