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Joey Ayoub

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I am a Lebanese student, amateur photographer and writer, blogger and co-founder of HummusForThought.com
You can follow me on twitter too: http://twitter.com/joeyayoub

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15 May 2013

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INFOGRAPHIC: The Forced Exile of Palestinians

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In commemoration of Nakba Day, the ‘Visualizing Palestine’ graphic team have released their latest infographic entitled “An ongoing displacement” which “quantitatively catalogues the multiple dimensions of Palestinian displacement and loss of land.”

8 May 2013

Lebanese Police Arrest Four During Gay Club Raid

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‘Ghost', a gay-friendly club in Dekwaneh, Matn, Lebanon, was raided by 12 policemen under the order of Antoine Chakhtoura, the municipality's head. Customers were reportedly bullied out of the club and four individuals were arrested in the incident. Online, netizens expressed their outrage.

23 April 2013

Video: Shop Assistants Beat South African Woman Accused of Shoplifting

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Mother of four Esther Mankge, 49, was filmed begging for mercy while two alleged staff members of a local shop in Limpopo, South Africa, were beating her with ropes, belts, a broom and a rubber hammer.

10 April 2013

U.S. Food Safety Groups Urge for Veto of ‘Monsanto Protection Act’

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Food Safety activists are outraged over the passage of an act by the U.S Congress that protects genetically modified seeds from litigation regardless of the effects on the health of consumers.

7 April 2013

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Bhutan on the Road to Becoming Fully Organic

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The Himalayan Kindgom of Bhutan, famous for its “Gross National Happiness” Index instead of Gross Domestic Product, has set itself the task of being the first country in the world to completely turn to Organic Agriculture.

5 April 2013

Campaign Tackles Migrant Worker Exploitation in Lebanon

Seven NGOs in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs have recently launched the “Fi Chi Ghalat” (Something is Wrong) campaign, denouncing Lebanon's controversial Kafala (sponsorship) System through which all ‘unskilled laborers’ (domestic workers) must have an in-country sponsor responsible for both her or his visa and legal status. That sponsor is usually their employer as well. The online campaign calls for a change of the Kafala system and guaranteeing those workers their rights.

9 May 2012

Lebanon: Uproar Over Homophobic Article in University Newspaper

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Mohamad Sibai, a student at the American University of Beirut, recently wrote a homophobic opinion piece in the university's newspaper, and has stirred up a fierce debate online.

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