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Lina AbiRafeh

Lina AbiRafeh

How to leave your country in the middle of war

These days, I toggle between heartbreak and rage. Every night, I wake up at 2am, and again a few hours later, to read the news coming out…

5d ago

How to leave your country in the middle of war

5d ago

Lina AbiRafeh

In the Halls of Power, Promises Fail People

The annual UN General Assembly — better known by its cute little acronym, UNGA — just concluded in New York. This was the 79th year where…

Oct 1

In the Halls of Power, Promises Fail People

Oct 1

Lina AbiRafeh

Keeping faith alive in a dark world…

I’m struggling to have faith these days. Truthfully, I never had it. I don’t subscribe to religion and don’t hold imaginary hopes (unless…

Sep 8

Keeping faith alive in a dark world…

Sep 8

Lina AbiRafeh

Are we “Acting for Humanity” on this World Humanitarian Day?

Today, August 19, is World Humanitarian Day. This day honors humanitarian workers and raises awareness of humanitarian efforts around the…

Aug 19

Are we “Acting for Humanity” on this World Humanitarian Day?

Aug 19

Lina AbiRafeh

Beirut Blast Four Years Later… and Lebanon Still Bleeds

Today marks four years since the devastating blast that tore through Beirut. This event–one of the largest non nuclear explosions in…

Aug 4

Beirut Blast Four Years Later… and Lebanon Still Bleeds

Aug 4

Lina AbiRafeh

To Harris or not to Harris

*Props once again to Kit Nicholson who digs deep and gets the good stuff!

Jul 30

To Harris or not to Harris

Jul 30

Lina AbiRafeh

The Price of Principles

*With profound thanks to Yasmina Benslimane for the passion and purpose behind the principles, and to Olivia Hooper for the research.

Jul 18

Jul 18

Lina AbiRafeh

Politics and Feminism in Bed: How does your guy measure up?

I’m not in the business of judging other people. I’m too busy living my feminist life to care much about who is–or isn’t– feminist. I hold…

Jun 27

Politics and Feminism in Bed: How does your guy measure up?

Jun 27

Lina AbiRafeh

Election-Angst and the Best of Bad Choices

*Huge thanks to Kit Nicholson for research, writing, and retaining hope in what is to come.

May 29

Election-Angst and the Best of Bad Choices

May 29

Lina AbiRafeh

Love in the Time of Genocide

In Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez writes of love in a political period of illness and war. Love takes the shape of the…

May 16

Love in the Time of Genocide

May 16

Lina AbiRafeh

Lina AbiRafeh

Global women's rights activist, author, speaker, aid worker with 3 decades of global experience - and lots to say! More on my website: www.LinaAbiRafeh.com

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