The Neo-liberal University Institution
The state, with all its institutions, became a tool that is constantly employed for the continued functioning of the neoliberal system. Although advertised as a system separate from the state in terms of the freedom of the market and individual choice, the neoliberal system depends on the state for its maintenance. For the function and…
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Homework Labour
The university seems to be in a perpetual crisis. Public universities are being eviscerated at home and abroad, while private universities scream of vitality while gutting their students, workers, and campus. Faced with constant internal and external threats, universities are constantly telling us, or being told, that they need to reinvent themselves. The current looming…
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Queer Visions Under Fire
On the 18th of September, Al-Rahma hospital in Tripoli, a facility that provides sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services was raided by a group of men who were part of the current hate campaign against the LGBTQ community. This ambush was on the grounds that the facility ‘promotes homosexuality,’ and the video that went viral…
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Campus Politics
Student movements have long been a strong force in Lebanon. We owe the establishment of the Lebanese University to the students who mobilized on January 23, 1951. Their general strike demanded the establishment of a public national university that was accessible to students of all classes across the country. Access to higher education at the…
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Dead Clubs Society
A core element of the university campus experience is the extracurricular activities students can participate in. The campus experience constitutes clubs, societies, and even student spaces designed to cultivate social involvement among the students as well as generate creative opportunities that encourage them to sharpen their organizational and leadership skills. AUB is known for having…
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Open Campus
Road No. 62, as can be seen in the below cadastral maps of Beirut, is one of the easiest ways to cross from Bliss to Manara. Yet, despite the road being clearly marked as part of the public domain, the only way to cross it is by paying around $20,000 a year to a private…
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Denmark’s Discriminatory Attempt at ‘Integrating’ Refugees
Co-written by Ahmad al Madhawi (Contributor) Throughout recent history, Denmark has rigidly held on to its strict immigration policies, especially when it came to certain nationalities, in spite of the equality ideals it preaches. As such, there is an evident divide between immigration policies aimed at Europeans and those aimed at other nationalities. Case in…
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The Commodification of Punk
The 1970s marked the rise of the punk subculture. As youths were rearing mohawks and safety pin-studded uniforms to protest the economic inequality, they sought to make heard the frustrations of the working class and challenge the deceitfulness of the ruling class. Punk culture revolves around self-expression and individuality as well as political ideologies that…
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On Marxism, Capitalism, and the Sex Industry
Content Warning: Mentions of sexual violence and assault. A popular rhetoric commonly used by liberal and sometimes radical feminist circles about sex work is ‘sex work is work.’ Such phrases provide a borderline lazy framework for the nuances that surround sex work. The phrase ‘sex work is work’ is often used to convey ‘sex work…
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