The most blatant, impactful form of political & legal discrimination in #Lebanon is that women cannot grant citizenship to spouses/children. No matter your sect, class, location, race, sexuality- if you’re a “woman” according to the state your “lebanese” nationality ends with you Conversely, if you have a patriarchal lebanese ancestor, are a third generation lebanese-american are a MAN you CAN apply for & grant citizenship to spouses/children. Barring women from equal citizenship has legal, economic, political, &social effects. It also effects elections…

In the undergrad class "Minorities in the Middle East" we watched five films. I am so pleased that some of my students were particularly moved by a film I love, in a way that hurts/inspires. "Marooned in Iraq" by Bahman Ghobadi (2003) heres the trailer:

We also watched, "The Great Population Exchange between Greece and Turkey" --Al Jazeera World, 2018
trailer:

1/ quotes from interview with Donna Murch & Todd Wolfson on the fight at universities

"We did this to save staff & adjunct jobs. The university couldn't make the faculty furlough, but we said we’d do it to create solidarity, to protect staff & adjuncts"

jacobinmag.com/2021/04/worker… We held town halls with ppl from the diff unions, that made legible the experience of all kinds of workers...with the children of dining hall workers & staff who were going to lose their tuition remission. That’s the thing about solidarity: it has to be lived & it has to be built

1/ I couldn't get Hassan #Diab's "my story" out of my head- a wonder of narcissism not only in content, but bc he PUBLISHED it. What follows are some highlights & thoughts on what kind of man would ever think this was a good idea
hassandiab.com/my-story/#

#Lebanon #حسان_دياب 2/ Let's start at the beginning, in the first paragraph:
"In a very strange clairvoyant way, I always felt since my early school years that I would be successful in whatever I aspire for"

I'm not sure this deserves a comment other than WOW.