SMEX • 11 Mar 2026

Digital Rights Amid a Regional War: Threats and Responses

Beirut, March 9, 2026 — Israel has displaced more than half a million Lebanese residents from South Lebanon, Beirut, and…

  • Gulf Countries
  • Lebanon
  • War on Lebanon
Elham Barjas • 30 Jan 2026

New Study: Women as Political Actors in Lebanon’s October War

Israel’s war on Lebanon was not merely a military confrontation broadcast on screens. At its core, it was a war…

  • Lebanon
Mohamad Najem • 29 Jan 2026

Oracle in Lebanon could threaten digital sovereignty

The American company Oracle and Lebanon’s Minister of State for Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Kamal Shehadeh, recently signed an undisclosed…

  • Digital Rights
  • Digital Sovereignty
  • Lebanon
SMEX • 28 Jan 2026

Bread&Net 2025: Building a collective movement for digital rights in the WANA region

Bread&Net took place in Beirut in October 2025, bringing together more than 550 participants from across the West Asia and…

  • Bread&Net
  • Digital Rights
  • Lebanon
SMEX • 27 Nov 2025

One year on: Israel still violates Lebanon’s digital sovereignty with impunity 

One year after a ceasefire agreement was signed by Israel, Lebanon, and five mediating countries, one thing remains clear: Israel…

  • ads library
  • Israel
  • Lebanon
Mahdi Krayem • 08 Oct 2025

Drones in Lebanon: Who can fly them and are they legal?

After shooting the celebrations for the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary at the Jezzine Municipality, photographer Rami…

  • Data Protection Law
  • drones
  • Lebanon
SMEX • 16 Sep 2025

Lebanon: Ensure Draft Media Law Upholds Free Expression

Recently Proposed Amendments Would Restrict Rights (Beirut, September 16, 2025) – Lebanon’s parliament should ensure that a draft media law…

  • Freedom of Opinion and Expression Coalition
  • Lebanon
  • Media Freedom