War reporting as a field of male adventurism? – Analysing gender differences Paper by Linda Otto - This research aims to establish a link between the profession of journalism in war zones and gender issues. pdf
Kohl Winter 2018 issue is out! Journal "Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research" has recently launched its new issue Vol. 4 No. 2 | Winter 2018 under the title "Centralizing Reproductive Justice."
Wigs against the Patriarchy Article How the Lebanese Drag Queen scene is fundamentally challenging heteronormative structures and traditional role models despite the legal system and a lacking tolerance of diversity. While social and familial pressures prevent living out one's identity, Drag shows create a platform for individuality, diversity and alternative family structures- because sometimes you have to choose your own family! By Inga Hofmann
On Incarceration, Surveillance, and Policing - The New Issue of Kohl is Out! Announcement The seventh issue of Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research, "On Incarceration, Surveillance, and Policing," vol. 4, no. 1, Summer 2018 is now online.
Sex, Desire, and Intimacy Journal The sixth issue of Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research, "Sex, Desire, and Intimacy," vol. 3, no. 2 is now Online.
Khadija, do not close the door! - Launch of perspectives #11 The Heinrich Böll Stiftung Middle East has the pleasure to invite you to the launch of the 11th issue of Perspectives:“Khadija, do not close the door!” - Women in Peace, in War and in BetweenWednesday, December 14, 2016, 7 pmDar El-Nimer for Arts & Culture, Clemenceau, Beirut
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis Roua Seghaier reviews Angela Davis’ "Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement." She highlights the intersections of history, memory, resistance, and movement building in times of violence. "International solidarity is not only possible, it is already showing signs of its emergence. Davis explains that the Ferguson movement has understood that it does not need the traditional charismatic Black male leadership. Without romanticizing the movement, she explains that agency shall not be limited to leaders, centering collectivity at the core of change instead." By Roua Seghaier
A Muffled Scream: Queer Affects in Abdellah Taïa’s Salvation Army This paper reads Abdellah Taïa’s Salvation Army, a semi-autobiographical film that chronicles the coming of age of a Moroccan boy through its queer affects. By Dina Georgis
Lebanese mothers give their children life, but not nationality The Lebanese constitution stipulates that all citizens, male and female, are equal before the law in terms of their rights and duties. Karima Chebbo, who runs the legal unit of the My Nationality is a Right for Me and My Family campaign acknowledges that the reality is very different and that the country’s laws contain aspects that are unfair and inequitable, shedding light on the situation of Lebanese mothers married to foreigners being denied the right to pass on their nationality to their families. By Maya Jabaei
Redefining Nature: impressions from a colloquium on the connection between nature and law The Lebanese Penal Code invokes “nature” in order to justify the persecution of homosexuality. Indeed, nature seems to have an undeniable authority. In Beirut, civil society actors now questioned this paradigm and launched an international and pluri-disciplinary inquiry on the multiple facets of the concept of nature. By Alisha Molter and Magdalena Ries