Mona Harb
@monaharb.bsky.social
Professor of Urban Studies & Politics, American University of Beirut
Co-Director, Beirut Urban Lab
Co-Director, Beirut Urban Lab
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Mona Harb
@monaharb.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Beirut's Post-Blast Urban Recovery
A Story of Nonprofits, Aid and a Dysfunctional State
storymaps.arcgis.com
Just published this story map examining nonprofits' roles in the urban recovery process after the Beirut Port Blast--with Luna Dayekh & colleagues at The Policy Initiative.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...
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Sami Zoughaib, Sami Atallah, Rana Habr and @monaharb.bsky.social for The Policy Initiative on the limited real import of Lebanese municipal elections, absent more transformative reform: www.thepolicyinitiative.org/article/deta...
The Policy Initiative - Why Elections don’t Matter until Municipalities are Radically Transformed
A month of voting won’t fix a thousand broken councils—Lebanon’s municipal elections will matter only after the municipalities themselves are radically transformed.
www.thepolicyinitiative.org
May 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Sami Zoughaib, Sami Atallah, Rana Habr and @monaharb.bsky.social for The Policy Initiative on the limited real import of Lebanese municipal elections, absent more transformative reform: www.thepolicyinitiative.org/article/deta...
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NEW: Hundreds of Moroccan conscripts defected to join the Viet Minh during the French Indochina War, later staying and building lives in Vietnam. Basma El Atti tells their story — and that of the generation who returned to Morocco, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/essays/vietn...
newlinesmag.com/essays/vietn...
Vietnam’s Village of Moroccan Defectors
Hundreds of conscripted North Africans were sent to fight France’s war in Indochina — instead they found a new life in Southeast Asia
newlinesmag.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
NEW: Hundreds of Moroccan conscripts defected to join the Viet Minh during the French Indochina War, later staying and building lives in Vietnam. Basma El Atti tells their story — and that of the generation who returned to Morocco, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/essays/vietn...
newlinesmag.com/essays/vietn...
Co-organizing this Winter Institute with dream team Sarah El Kazzaz, Rafeef Ziadah, Azadeh Mashayekhi & Noura Wahby.
Pls consider applying if eligible and kindly share.
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
Pls consider applying if eligible and kindly share.
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
Beirut Urban Lab - Call for Applications: Winter Institute on “Urban, Ecological and Infr
beiruturbanlab.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Co-organizing this Winter Institute with dream team Sarah El Kazzaz, Rafeef Ziadah, Azadeh Mashayekhi & Noura Wahby.
Pls consider applying if eligible and kindly share.
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
Pls consider applying if eligible and kindly share.
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
For those in Barcelona, I am speaking at UPF on Monday, and the event is also streamlined --details in link: lnkd.in/dBuk9tcx
February 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
For those in Barcelona, I am speaking at UPF on Monday, and the event is also streamlined --details in link: lnkd.in/dBuk9tcx
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Yesterday, Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah turned 43 years old, marking his 11th birthday behind bars, away from his family and friends.
May it be the last one apart from his loved ones.
Thinking of him as he is held illegally in custody beyond the completion of his sentence.
#FreeAlaa
May it be the last one apart from his loved ones.
Thinking of him as he is held illegally in custody beyond the completion of his sentence.
#FreeAlaa
November 19, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Yesterday, Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah turned 43 years old, marking his 11th birthday behind bars, away from his family and friends.
May it be the last one apart from his loved ones.
Thinking of him as he is held illegally in custody beyond the completion of his sentence.
#FreeAlaa
May it be the last one apart from his loved ones.
Thinking of him as he is held illegally in custody beyond the completion of his sentence.
#FreeAlaa
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Okay so so far we have starter packs for
Lebanon bsky.app/starter-pack...
Palestine bsky.app/starter-pack... via @danaelkurd.bsky.social
Egypt bsky.app/starter-pack... via @maitelsadany.bsky.social
Lebanon bsky.app/starter-pack...
Palestine bsky.app/starter-pack... via @danaelkurd.bsky.social
Egypt bsky.app/starter-pack... via @maitelsadany.bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Okay so so far we have starter packs for
Lebanon bsky.app/starter-pack...
Palestine bsky.app/starter-pack... via @danaelkurd.bsky.social
Egypt bsky.app/starter-pack... via @maitelsadany.bsky.social
Lebanon bsky.app/starter-pack...
Palestine bsky.app/starter-pack... via @danaelkurd.bsky.social
Egypt bsky.app/starter-pack... via @maitelsadany.bsky.social
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After being in the ICU in critical condition, it is now being reported that Lebanese footballer Celine Haidar has died from the head injuries sustained in the IDF strike.
Football: Lebanese National Team Player Celine Haidar Injured in Israeli Strike
thisisbeirut.com.lb/articles/130...
Football: Lebanese National Team Player Celine Haidar Injured in Israeli Strike
thisisbeirut.com.lb/articles/130...
November 17, 2024 at 3:42 PM
After being in the ICU in critical condition, it is now being reported that Lebanese footballer Celine Haidar has died from the head injuries sustained in the IDF strike.
Football: Lebanese National Team Player Celine Haidar Injured in Israeli Strike
thisisbeirut.com.lb/articles/130...
Football: Lebanese National Team Player Celine Haidar Injured in Israeli Strike
thisisbeirut.com.lb/articles/130...
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November 17, 2024 at 11:12 AM
As I am getting lots of new followers (hi & thanks), this is a thread amplifying the Beirut Urban Lab's team work re: Palestine and Lebanon wars:
**dashboard mapping the government-designated shelters within public schools across Lebanon:
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
**dashboard mapping the government-designated shelters within public schools across Lebanon:
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
Beirut Urban Lab - Government-Designated Shelters in Lebanon
beiruturbanlab.com
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
As I am getting lots of new followers (hi & thanks), this is a thread amplifying the Beirut Urban Lab's team work re: Palestine and Lebanon wars:
**dashboard mapping the government-designated shelters within public schools across Lebanon:
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
**dashboard mapping the government-designated shelters within public schools across Lebanon:
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
AUB's Urban Lab's latest:
36 “evacuation threats” for over 205 buildings, have targeted residential and commercial urban neighborhoods in South Beirut since the 27th of September 2024.
36 “evacuation threats” for over 205 buildings, have targeted residential and commercial urban neighborhoods in South Beirut since the 27th of September 2024.
November 13, 2024 at 9:07 PM
AUB's Urban Lab's latest:
36 “evacuation threats” for over 205 buildings, have targeted residential and commercial urban neighborhoods in South Beirut since the 27th of September 2024.
36 “evacuation threats” for over 205 buildings, have targeted residential and commercial urban neighborhoods in South Beirut since the 27th of September 2024.
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Here it is! A Starter Pack for Middle East News
A couple things
1) Inclusion in this list should not be taken as an endorsement, this is to crystalize the MENA ecosystem so it can grow
2) Limit's 150, so if I missed you, hit me in the replies & I'll get you in the next one
go.bsky.app/2pjNYfP
A couple things
1) Inclusion in this list should not be taken as an endorsement, this is to crystalize the MENA ecosystem so it can grow
2) Limit's 150, so if I missed you, hit me in the replies & I'll get you in the next one
go.bsky.app/2pjNYfP
November 13, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Here it is! A Starter Pack for Middle East News
A couple things
1) Inclusion in this list should not be taken as an endorsement, this is to crystalize the MENA ecosystem so it can grow
2) Limit's 150, so if I missed you, hit me in the replies & I'll get you in the next one
go.bsky.app/2pjNYfP
A couple things
1) Inclusion in this list should not be taken as an endorsement, this is to crystalize the MENA ecosystem so it can grow
2) Limit's 150, so if I missed you, hit me in the replies & I'll get you in the next one
go.bsky.app/2pjNYfP
Reposted by Mona Harb
Just published this story map examining nonprofits' roles in the urban recovery process after the Beirut Port Blast--with Luna Dayekh & colleagues at The Policy Initiative.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...
Beirut's Post-Blast Urban Recovery
A Story of Nonprofits, Aid and a Dysfunctional State
storymaps.arcgis.com
September 5, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Just published this story map examining nonprofits' roles in the urban recovery process after the Beirut Port Blast--with Luna Dayekh & colleagues at The Policy Initiative.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...
Just published this story map examining nonprofits' roles in the urban recovery process after the Beirut Port Blast--with Luna Dayekh & colleagues at The Policy Initiative.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...
Beirut's Post-Blast Urban Recovery
A Story of Nonprofits, Aid and a Dysfunctional State
storymaps.arcgis.com
September 5, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Just published this story map examining nonprofits' roles in the urban recovery process after the Beirut Port Blast--with Luna Dayekh & colleagues at The Policy Initiative.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...
Make sure to watch and please share widely: youtu.be/ECFpW5zoFXA?...
June 26, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Make sure to watch and please share widely: youtu.be/ECFpW5zoFXA?...
Reposted by Mona Harb
The @torproject.bsky.social just published an insightful report on how Israel's defense and surveillance industry, which is marketed as "field-proven" on Palestinians, exports to the rest of the world and threatens privacy and human rights everywhere.
Here are some examples 🧵⬇️
Here are some examples 🧵⬇️
April 14, 2024 at 6:55 PM
The @torproject.bsky.social just published an insightful report on how Israel's defense and surveillance industry, which is marketed as "field-proven" on Palestinians, exports to the rest of the world and threatens privacy and human rights everywhere.
Here are some examples 🧵⬇️
Here are some examples 🧵⬇️
Considering teaching an elective on the politics of (spatial, graphic, engineering) design--any suggestions are welcome!
April 15, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Considering teaching an elective on the politics of (spatial, graphic, engineering) design--any suggestions are welcome!
April 15, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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Nominations are now open for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize - and just one reader's nomination can make all the difference.
All the details, and the nomination form, are here: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize24
All the details, and the nomination form, are here: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize24
April 1, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Nominations are now open for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize - and just one reader's nomination can make all the difference.
All the details, and the nomination form, are here: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize24
All the details, and the nomination form, are here: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize24
Our article on Lebanon's 3RF, the aid program put together by the WB, EU & UN-agencies after the Port blast, is just out in Disaster Prevention & Management. For a copy, DM or email me. Co-authored with Sophie Bloemeke, Sami Atallah, & Sami Zoughaib
www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
March 26, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Our article on Lebanon's 3RF, the aid program put together by the WB, EU & UN-agencies after the Port blast, is just out in Disaster Prevention & Management. For a copy, DM or email me. Co-authored with Sophie Bloemeke, Sami Atallah, & Sami Zoughaib
www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
a very valuable piece on the transformation of the workforce (and society) in Lebanon five years into the multiple crises--must read.
The Policy Initiative's Sami Zoughaib and Wassim Maktabi on how Lebanon's crisis has remade the country's labor market – breaking old categories, upending hierarchies, and making everything more precarious: www.thepolicyinitiative.org/article/deta... menasky
The Policy Initiative - Blurred Lines: Lebanon’s Mutating Workforce
The Policy Initiative is a homegrown, independent, non-profit, and secular think tank launched in Beirut in February 2021 by a group of experts, academics, and activists. Our mission is to lead collab...
www.thepolicyinitiative.org
January 19, 2024 at 6:43 PM
a very valuable piece on the transformation of the workforce (and society) in Lebanon five years into the multiple crises--must read.
Reposted by Mona Harb
Job: Middle East Centre Librarian St Antony’s College - Middle East Centre Librarian
www.sant.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/mi...
www.sant.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/mi...
Middle East Centre Librarian - St Antony's
St Antony’s College invites applications for the post of Middle East Centre Librarian. The Middle East Centre (MEC) is the centre for the interdisciplinary study of the modern Middle East in the Uni...
www.sant.ox.ac.uk
January 19, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Job: Middle East Centre Librarian St Antony’s College - Middle East Centre Librarian
www.sant.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/mi...
www.sant.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/mi...
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"Palestine also brought an enduring pain, one that leads us to hold more precious the traditions and friendships that we maintain despite the distances and separation.”
An exclusive interview with renowned Palestinian artist Samia Halaby 📰 www.newarab.com/features/sam...
An exclusive interview with renowned Palestinian artist Samia Halaby 📰 www.newarab.com/features/sam...
January 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
"Palestine also brought an enduring pain, one that leads us to hold more precious the traditions and friendships that we maintain despite the distances and separation.”
An exclusive interview with renowned Palestinian artist Samia Halaby 📰 www.newarab.com/features/sam...
An exclusive interview with renowned Palestinian artist Samia Halaby 📰 www.newarab.com/features/sam...
i've been on "x" since oct.7.
how is this platform doing on palestine?
i cannot see insightful posts on my feed. and the posts i see have very few likes/engagements. what am i missing? is it a useful learning/exchange platform? should i curate a list?
how is this platform doing on palestine?
i cannot see insightful posts on my feed. and the posts i see have very few likes/engagements. what am i missing? is it a useful learning/exchange platform? should i curate a list?
December 18, 2023 at 1:14 PM
i've been on "x" since oct.7.
how is this platform doing on palestine?
i cannot see insightful posts on my feed. and the posts i see have very few likes/engagements. what am i missing? is it a useful learning/exchange platform? should i curate a list?
how is this platform doing on palestine?
i cannot see insightful posts on my feed. and the posts i see have very few likes/engagements. what am i missing? is it a useful learning/exchange platform? should i curate a list?
Check CFPs of 2024 RC21 Santiago 2024--I am co-organizing panel #9 on South-South collaborations with J. Ruiz-Tagle (Uni. Católica de Chile), M. Brown-Luthango (Uni. of Cape Town), D. (Indian Institute of Human Settlements).
Pls consider applying & share. rc21conference2024.coes.cl/abstracts-pr...
Pls consider applying & share. rc21conference2024.coes.cl/abstracts-pr...
Abstract proposals | RC21 Conference 2024
Home About the Conference ↓ Key dates Conference call & Host Sessions proposals Abstract submission Conference Venues Rules for presenters & session chairs Registration & Accommodation Santiago: get...
rc21conference2024.coes.cl
November 22, 2023 at 9:48 AM
Check CFPs of 2024 RC21 Santiago 2024--I am co-organizing panel #9 on South-South collaborations with J. Ruiz-Tagle (Uni. Católica de Chile), M. Brown-Luthango (Uni. of Cape Town), D. (Indian Institute of Human Settlements).
Pls consider applying & share. rc21conference2024.coes.cl/abstracts-pr...
Pls consider applying & share. rc21conference2024.coes.cl/abstracts-pr...
Check out the new platform of the Beirut Urban Lab--an interactive dashboard showcasing Israeli aggressions on South Lebanon and its acute asymmetry.
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/1...
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/1...
Beirut Urban Lab - Mapping Escalation Along Lebanon’s Southern Border Since October 7
beiruturbanlab.com
November 21, 2023 at 9:50 PM
Check out the new platform of the Beirut Urban Lab--an interactive dashboard showcasing Israeli aggressions on South Lebanon and its acute asymmetry.
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/1...
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/1...