On Censorship and Surveillance with Yehia Jab...

Home to over 1.5 million Syrian refugees (according to government estimates), Lebanon has witnessed the use of Syrian refugees as scapegoats by the political class. Recently, anti-Syrian refugee discourse has heightened in Lebanon, coupled with dangerous attempts at harming Syria ...  Show more

The economic crisis that began in Lebanon in 2019 has reshaped society in many ways, shifting people up and down the socio-economic strata. While many families in Lebanon have become dependent on relatives sending remittances from abroad, others have not, redefining the concept o ...  Show more

Building off of Jemar's article "The Speech They Wouldn't Let John Lewis Give during the March on Washington" ( https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/the-speech-they-wouldnt-let-john) we discuss personal experiences with censorship as well as a call to action for The Active Witness Ch ...  Show more

An episode with the director of the award-winning documentary Zakaria Jaber. During the episode, we discussed the common political past of our parents being ex-communist members, how we both turned out to be journalists, and the intense period that Lebanon has been experiencing s ...  Show more

What should people be allowed to say online? What sort of control should states or private entities have over images, concepts, speeches and other content created by individuals, groups or the public? Join the guys as they explore the controversial phenomenon of censorship, from ...  Show more

The discussion of freedom of expression begins at 14:20. Ben and Nizar are joined this week by Ayman Mhanna, director of the Samir Kassir Foundation, a regional press freedom and freedom of expression organization to answer the question of whether there is freedom of expression i ...  Show more