Joey is from Lebanon; Aida is from Bosnia. They found opportunity to make many interesting comparisons between Lebanon and Bosnia looking at the ongoing impacts of the Taif Agreement and the Dayton Accords through a feminist lens.
The time has come for a revolutionary grassroots organization that replaces civil society organizations and embassies pandering to the Lebanese regime’s racist policies. We must build a public safety net that transcends fragmented and sporadic individual aid initiatives. This fascist system will not stop otherwise.
Something changed in 2011, and despite the massive repression that protest movements have faced, something has changed within people. That’s going to have a massive impact on the future. There’s going to be a lot of change happening in the region, and we’re only at the start of that process.
Revolutionary processes are long term, with ups and downs. It’s not the end of this history. We should have hope even in these catastrophic times, and it’s very far from being the end.
Much needed, myth-exploding context from the region, essential to understanding the Syrian refugee crisis
“Feminist analysis is not secondary or parallel to other demands, but is at the heart of understanding the patriarchal practices of the violent state.”
