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QUEER AND DISPLACED IN LEBANON.

Mosaic (@mosaic.mena) is a queer organization in Lebanon that opened up in 2014 to serve the queer community in the country. While the organization typically focuses on mental health, offering one-on-one therapy or group therapy to disenfranchised or struggling queer people, it has had to change tack recently. Israel’s escalation in Lebanon has forced Mosaic to turn itself into an emergency shelter for its queer community whose homes are located in destroyed neighborhoods.

I was invited to visit Mosaic’s first displacement shelter, and meet the new residents who are (literally) running from Israel’s aggressive onslaught. Mosaic is doing important work and is meeting the moment in Lebanon’s crisis.

Thank you to Yasmin Almokhamed Sarkisian for the art that helps keep our sources safe, and Moritz Wiesel for the expert edit. Thanks to Jihad Jneid and Mosaic for supplemental footage. And of course, please donate to Mosaic directly at their GoFundMe which you can find here:

https://gofund.me/8addfeb6d

#queer #lgbt #gay #lebanon

Israel’s wave of attacks on Lebanon are the deadliest conflict in the country since the 1975–1990 civil war. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 1,000 people, 118 of them children, and displaced 1 million others. Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah but has consistently struck residential buildings in the south and east of the country, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and, recently, parts of central Beirut as well. ⁠
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Nowhere seems safe, especially for those whose apartments are in evacuation zones that encompass nearly 600 square miles, according to the United Nations. As of mid-March, as many as 1 in 5 people in Lebanon have been displaced by Israeli military operations. @afeefness walked the streets of Beirut to learn their stories.⁠
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Read more from Afeef Nessouli and @thrasherxy at the link in bio.⁠
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📷 Bilal Hussein/AP; @afeefness

Israel’s wave of attacks on Lebanon are the deadliest conflict in the country since the 1975–1990 civil war. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 1,000 people, 118 of them children, and displaced 1 million others. Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah but has consistently struck residential buildings in the south and east of the country, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and, recently, parts of central Beirut as well. ⁠
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Nowhere seems safe, especially for those whose apartments are in evacuation zones that encompass nearly 600 square miles, according to the United Nations. As of mid-March, as many as 1 in 5 people in Lebanon have been displaced by Israeli military operations. @afeefness walked the streets of Beirut to learn their stories.⁠
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Read more from Afeef Nessouli and @thrasherxy at the link in bio.⁠
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📷 Bilal Hussein/AP; @afeefness

Israel’s wave of attacks on Lebanon are the deadliest conflict in the country since the 1975–1990 civil war. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 1,000 people, 118 of them children, and displaced 1 million others. Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah but has consistently struck residential buildings in the south and east of the country, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and, recently, parts of central Beirut as well. ⁠
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Nowhere seems safe, especially for those whose apartments are in evacuation zones that encompass nearly 600 square miles, according to the United Nations. As of mid-March, as many as 1 in 5 people in Lebanon have been displaced by Israeli military operations. @afeefness walked the streets of Beirut to learn their stories.⁠
⁠
Read more from Afeef Nessouli and @thrasherxy at the link in bio.⁠
⁠
📷 Bilal Hussein/AP; @afeefness

Israel’s wave of attacks on Lebanon are the deadliest conflict in the country since the 1975–1990 civil war. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 1,000 people, 118 of them children, and displaced 1 million others. Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah but has consistently struck residential buildings in the south and east of the country, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and, recently, parts of central Beirut as well. ⁠
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Nowhere seems safe, especially for those whose apartments are in evacuation zones that encompass nearly 600 square miles, according to the United Nations. As of mid-March, as many as 1 in 5 people in Lebanon have been displaced by Israeli military operations. @afeefness walked the streets of Beirut to learn their stories.⁠
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Read more from Afeef Nessouli and @thrasherxy at the link in bio.⁠
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📷 Bilal Hussein/AP; @afeefness

Thank you @amanpourcopbs and @monesy81 for having me.

Inshallah every advocate’s voice, inside Gaza and outside of it, collectively breaks the siege and stops this genocide NOW.

Israel’s occupation, forced starvation, genocide and eradication of Palestinians has fed off of incredible misinformation and PR, but with every earnest voice we raise, we resist. With a wave of truth telling anything is possible. We need that possibility to turn into Palestinians staying alive and thriving in Palestine.

YouTube link and article in bio.

#journalism #foryou #fyp #explore #explorepage #insta #instagram

Love to be in community with my fellow Lebanese guys @a2theshow 🇱🇧🌈✊

We could listen to @chiosse talk about Brooklyn all day. The full interview with our councilmen is up. Link in bio.

#journalism #fyp #insta #instagram #brooklyn #nyc

— @chiosse sits down With Afeef Nessouli —

What if politicians knew what it felt like to put their bodies on the line for us? Would they be better at solving the problems that we face day in and day out?

Chi Ossé went from a Brooklyn kid promoting NYC nightlife, to a Black Lives Matter organizer, to the youngest NYC councilmember at 23 years old.

A few weeks ago, he was arrested for putting his body on the line to protest deed theft for his constituents. They were actively being victimized by deed scammers in Brooklyn.

I sat down with Chi a couple of times over the last few months to understand his strategy of affecting material change through local politics. He is a politician that has changed how politicians communicate their value to us as constituents and so many have followed his lead.

If there is any time to study what works, it is now.

#journalism #insta #instagram

WAN Team:
Moritz Wiesel
Sal Tamarkin
Yasmin Almok

Yo te llevo dentro
I keep you inside
Hasta la raíz
Down to the root
Y por más que crezca
And even if I’ll grow
Vas a estar aquí
You will be here

Yo te llevo dentro
I keep you inside
Hasta la raíz
Down to the root
Y por más que crezca
And even if I’ll grow
Vas a estar aquí
You will be here

Yo te llevo dentro
I keep you inside
Hasta la raíz
Down to the root
Y por más que crezca
And even if I’ll grow
Vas a estar aquí
You will be here

Yo te llevo dentro
I keep you inside
Hasta la raíz
Down to the root
Y por más que crezca
And even if I’ll grow
Vas a estar aquí
You will be here

Yo te llevo dentro
I keep you inside
Hasta la raíz
Down to the root
Y por más que crezca
And even if I’ll grow
Vas a estar aquí
You will be here

Yo te llevo dentro
I keep you inside
Hasta la raíz
Down to the root
Y por más que crezca
And even if I’ll grow
Vas a estar aquí
You will be here

Yo te llevo dentro
I keep you inside
Hasta la raíz
Down to the root
Y por más que crezca
And even if I’ll grow
Vas a estar aquí
You will be here

Yo te llevo dentro
I keep you inside
Hasta la raíz
Down to the root
Y por más que crezca
And even if I’ll grow
Vas a estar aquí
You will be here

Yo te llevo dentro
I keep you inside
Hasta la raíz
Down to the root
Y por más que crezca
And even if I’ll grow
Vas a estar aquí
You will be here

Yo te llevo dentro
I keep you inside
Hasta la raíz
Down to the root
Y por más que crezca
And even if I’ll grow
Vas a estar aquí
You will be here

PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES, LOVED ONES, & LIVELIHOODS. Please help us find a new place to operate out of so we can continue assisting our people ❤️

Over 1.5 MILLION forcibly internally displaced people in Lebanon!! SOS 🚨‼️ Please consider donating anything from money to food to clothes to hygiene products to pads to diapers to medications to blankets to literally anything! Please share widely! Lebanon is in a state of emergency! SOS 🚨‼️

To donate:
Whish +961 81 526 911
Venmo +1 201 888 1110
Zelle +1 201 888 1110
PayPal +1 201 888 1110

Everything is 100% transparent

#help #volunteer #lebanon #aid #sos

Our third week of protests, this time in Montréal and NYC! Israel continues to erase villages in South Lebanon, continues to kill civilians, continues to target paramedics - every single day. We have a responsibility in the diaspora to create real global consciousness with Lebanon as a people and society. We call on allies to join us by filling the form, taking part in our next sit-in's and events, and being part of a slow process of building power and leverage for our country and society in the face of a brutal military occupation.

Our third week of protests, this time in Montréal and NYC! Israel continues to erase villages in South Lebanon, continues to kill civilians, continues to target paramedics - every single day. We have a responsibility in the diaspora to create real global consciousness with Lebanon as a people and society. We call on allies to join us by filling the form, taking part in our next sit-in's and events, and being part of a slow process of building power and leverage for our country and society in the face of a brutal military occupation.

Our third week of protests, this time in Montréal and NYC! Israel continues to erase villages in South Lebanon, continues to kill civilians, continues to target paramedics - every single day. We have a responsibility in the diaspora to create real global consciousness with Lebanon as a people and society. We call on allies to join us by filling the form, taking part in our next sit-in's and events, and being part of a slow process of building power and leverage for our country and society in the face of a brutal military occupation.

Our third week of protests, this time in Montréal and NYC! Israel continues to erase villages in South Lebanon, continues to kill civilians, continues to target paramedics - every single day. We have a responsibility in the diaspora to create real global consciousness with Lebanon as a people and society. We call on allies to join us by filling the form, taking part in our next sit-in's and events, and being part of a slow process of building power and leverage for our country and society in the face of a brutal military occupation.

Our third week of protests, this time in Montréal and NYC! Israel continues to erase villages in South Lebanon, continues to kill civilians, continues to target paramedics - every single day. We have a responsibility in the diaspora to create real global consciousness with Lebanon as a people and society. We call on allies to join us by filling the form, taking part in our next sit-in's and events, and being part of a slow process of building power and leverage for our country and society in the face of a brutal military occupation.

Our third week of protests, this time in Montréal and NYC! Israel continues to erase villages in South Lebanon, continues to kill civilians, continues to target paramedics - every single day. We have a responsibility in the diaspora to create real global consciousness with Lebanon as a people and society. We call on allies to join us by filling the form, taking part in our next sit-in's and events, and being part of a slow process of building power and leverage for our country and society in the face of a brutal military occupation.

Our third week of protests, this time in Montréal and NYC! Israel continues to erase villages in South Lebanon, continues to kill civilians, continues to target paramedics - every single day. We have a responsibility in the diaspora to create real global consciousness with Lebanon as a people and society. We call on allies to join us by filling the form, taking part in our next sit-in's and events, and being part of a slow process of building power and leverage for our country and society in the face of a brutal military occupation.

HELP us find a new place to operate out of 🙏🏼❤️

Over 1.5 MILLION forcibly internally displaced people in Lebanon!! SOS 🚨‼️ Please consider donating anything from money to food to clothes to hygiene products to pads to diapers to medications to blankets to literally anything! Please share widely! Lebanon is in a state of emergency! SOS 🚨‼️

To donate:
Whish +961 81 526 911
Venmo +1 201 888 1110
Zelle +1 201 888 1110
PayPal +1 201 888 1110

Everything is 100% transparent

#help #volunteer #lebanon #aid #sos

Israel has killed more than 60 people in Lebanon in less than two weeks since the supposed ceasefire.

Join us for the third week of protests across global cities: NYC and Montréal.

Fill form in bio to take part!

Israel has killed more than 60 people in Lebanon in less than two weeks since the supposed ceasefire.

Join us for the third week of protests across global cities: NYC and Montréal.

Fill form in bio to take part!

Israel has killed more than 60 people in Lebanon in less than two weeks since the supposed ceasefire.

Join us for the third week of protests across global cities: NYC and Montréal.

Fill form in bio to take part!

Washington Square Park*. DM if you'd like to help organize!

A peaceful gathering memorializing the victims of a destructive war and occupation.