https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/When-Revolution-Reinvents-Public-Space-in-Beirut.html https://metropolitics.org/When-Revolution-Reinvents-Public-Space-in-Beirut.html 2020-09-18T05:00:00Z text/html en Ines Lakrouf & translated by Oliver Waine Lebanon Beirut public space mobilization demonstrations revolution <p>In the fall of 2019, peaceful protesters in Lebanon were demanding an end to corruption and calling for a movement of national unity. A young urban planner gives her account of these events, and of the ways in which the inhabitants of Beirut are reclaiming public spaces. <br class='autobr' /> In Lebanon, anger has been expressed loud and clear since October 17, 2019. Beyond the anecdotal side of a mobilization triggered by the imposition of a WhatsApp tax, as reported in the media, it is against an attack on the</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-Debates-.html" rel="directory">Debates</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Lebanon-+.html" rel="tag">Lebanon</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Beirut-+.html" rel="tag">Beirut</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-public-space-+.html" rel="tag">public space</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-mobilization-+.html" rel="tag">mobilization</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-demonstration-+.html" rel="tag">demonstrations</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-revolution,187-+.html" rel="tag">revolution</a>