Some Things of Interest

FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN BEIRUT:

This is a mapping project that our friend at the university, Mira Mortada, worked on last year. She compared taking the van (usually regarded as the fastest, and yet most dangerous mode of public transport in Beirut) to when he mother would drive her to university. She included a traffic meter, and stops and switches she would make, etc. She also added in a few comments that van passengers or her mom would say while on the way. (You will notice those in Arabic on the map...) 

I found it much better to understand when it was printed, but it's like A1, so maybe you print it in a smaller size or something for practicality.....

here's the link:
http://yourmediafiles.net/content/nZX53fja9fvA8KYVAWp6/Final+Map.pdf

FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND XENOPHOBIA IN BEIRUT, in the particular case of migrant domestic workers from The Philippines, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, and other countries:

This is a report I just submitted for a course I was taking in university. It is a report about migrant domestic workers and the human rights violations they face in Beirut, and it particularly deals with their use of public space. This introduces Lebanon's history with these workers, and explains their current conditions. Towards the end, the report becomes kind of a proposal for a project to make people aware of these issues.

Let me know if you have any questions, please, I did a lot of research on this matter, and I's be happy to answer any questions you have.

here's the link:
http://yourmediafiles.net/content/9JGhBMRgVEpVh1VpJb43/LeenCfinalproposal.pdf




FOR GENTRIFICATION:
I'm scanning in an article about a neighborhood in Beirut which has recently become a "hip" creative hub... I'll have it on here by tomorrow....