Magazine
A diverse online publication issued by our media unit, with the support of Diakonia, to promote the rights of persons with disabilities in Lebanon and carry their voice to the local and international communities. Prepared and edited by people with and without disabilities, under the supervision of the LUPD President, Sylvana Lakkis, and editor-in-chief Imadeddine Raef, it welcomes opinions, articles, investigations and contributions from everyone writing under the umbrella of human rights and the social model in dealing with disability issues.
News
Protest in Front of ESCWA with the Gathering of Residents of Southern Border Towns
22 / 09 / 2026Demands included the withdrawal of the Israeli enemy, the return of prisoners, support for the right of displaced people to return to their towns and villages, extending state authority over them, backing the displaced, and speeding up reconstruction.
Annual Union Meeting with the General Assembly in Baalbek
06 / 09 / 2026On Sunday, September 6, 2026, the LUPD administration held its annual meeting with General Assembly members in the Baalbek region at the union’s center in the city. Over twenty members attended, along with Secretary Jihad Ismail, Vice President Hussein Jaber, Administrative Board member Zeinab Wahoud, and a number of friends and supporters. This gathering is […]
Articles
Why are people with disabilities missing from the Ministry of Health’s vision?
20 / 08 / 2023More than two decades after the promulgation of Law 220/2000 on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Lebanon, obtaining any basic health right for this group of citizens requires a lot of demands and direct communication from organizations of persons with disabilities to the ministry and even direct communication with the minister himself. Why? […]
Dossiers
Violence against girls and women with disabilities in their own words
23 / 08 / 2023Written by: Nagham Sharaf The news of women and girls being subjected to violence comes as a surprise despite its frequency, as if it is the first time we hear about it, whether through official news published in the media or those circulating on social media, and despite the wide awareness campaigns that affect public […]
Investigations
Three years after the Beirut port explosion: Disabled wounded if they tell the tale
23 / 08 / 2023The explosion was the worst thing that could happen to an entire people, and even now it seems futile to write these words in the face of a reality that we have not been able to internalize, perhaps because it is too much for us to bear. We were in Beirut, and the last one […]
Causes
Shared Transportation Plan. A long-term dream
20 / 05 / 2022As soon as the French bus donation to the Lebanese government arrived in May 2022, a specialized team from the Lebanese Union for Persons with Disabilities inspected the arriving buses to document their readiness for use by disabled passengers. The inspection showed that the buses include equipment that facilitates the use of crutches and wheelchairs, […]
Laws
Have we entered the age of the international convention?
23 / 08 / 2023After a sixteen-year wait, Lebanon’s official alignment with the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) was ratified by the House of Representatives and promulgated by Law No. 291, dated April 12, 2022, and concluded by Cabinet Decision No. 42, dated February 6, 2023. Here we are in the first year after […]
Profiles
Zahi Anisi: The young writer who challenged autism
23 / 08 / 2023Zahi Hassan Anissi was born in 2007 in Brazil, the firstborn of his parents, from the town of Ghazieh in southern Lebanon. As the days went by, his parents noticed that their two-year-old son did not respond to being called. He has poor eye contact and interaction with those around him, and is hypersensitive to […]
Steps
Disability rights between reality and law
14 / 01 / 2023We congratulate the legal researcher and volunteer at the Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities, Ms. Hanin Jarkas, for defending her master’s thesis entitled “Legal Protection of the Rights of Persons with Additional Needs in Lebanon”, after she persevered in preparing it for a year of hard work and diligence, and her research efforts […]
Varieties
“My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, Writer and Illustrator
23 / 08 / 2023Not currently displaying “My Left Foot is a 1989 Irish film directed by Jim Sheridanand starring Daniel Day-Lewis. The true story of the movie is based on Christy Brown’s novel My Left Foot, which he wrote with his left foot. The movie tells the story of Christy Brown’s life from the moment he was born, […]
