On and Within Water: Crossings of the Orontes River between Memory and Local Knowledge
As dams drain the Orontes and deforestation strips timber sources, Syrian and Lebanese boatmakers' traditions vanish, erasing generations of craft ...
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Silenced Voices: Bedouin Lebanese Cultural Identity through Young Women’s Lenses
Six Bedouin women become co-researchers using photography to document their own identities, challenging urban stereotypes and reclaiming the right to ...
Kitchens and Group Chats Against Erasure: How Palestinian Diaspora Archives Survival
When settler-colonial states try to erase Palestinian archives, diaspora communities build their own through practices of care: in group chats, ...
More Scars Than Traces: Christopher Nolan Filmed His The Odyssey in Messenia, But Can the Region Survive the Spotlight?
The same wild coastlines and ancient fortresses that drew Hollywood's cameras are straining under rising heat, overtourism, and a resort ...
From Hakawati to Hashtags: Making History Public in the Arab World
From coffeehouse storytellers to digital archives, communities across the Arab world have long shaped and shared history in public, challenging ...
Whose Forests? Jenu Kuruba Tribes Fight for Ancestral Land and Forest Rights in India
Karnataka’s indigenous forest dwellers face state crackdowns. Their struggle reveals how India’s conservation model erases the very communities who safeguard ...
A Fight for Survival: Elche’s Ancient Palm Tree Climbers Seek UNESCO Protection
Spain’s palmereros are battling EU safety laws and legal limbo to protect their centuries-old palm-climbing craft—and are now seeking UNESCO ...
