We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them. Albert Einstein Members of the Lebanese Association for Parents of Students in Foreign Universities demonstrate outside the Central Bank in Beirut, Lebanon. (Hussam Chbaro) Minister of Health Hamad Hassan administrating the Sputnik-V vaccine in the arm of Minister of Public Works and Transport Michel Najjar, right, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Dalati Nohra)The first shipment of the “AstraZeneca” COVID-19 vaccine upon its arrival at Rafic Hariri Beirut International Airport, in Lebanon. (Ramzi Al-Hajj / Nida AlWa ..read more

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away. Philip K. Dick Youths celebrate across from the Panama-flagged MV ‘Ever Given’ container ship as it is tugged in Egypt’s Suez Canal after it was fully dislodged from the banks, near Suez city, Egypt. (Ahmad HASSAN / AFP)Police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest against a new proposed policing bill, in Manchester, Britain. (Phil Noble / REUTERS)A member of the group Hadhret Rjel Tounes performs during a show at the Municipal Theatre in Tunis, Tunisia. (EPA)10-year-old Fiammetta attends her online lessons in the ..read more

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Steve Jobs Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri walks after his meeting with President Michel Aoun, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon. (Bilal Hussein / AP)A man rides his motorcycle with his son in the back while carrying several bags of bread after leaving a bakery in Beirut, Lebanon. (Marwan Tahtah / Al-Akhbar) A woman carrying a card that reads “Wake up” during a demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon. (Hussein Baydoun / Al Araby Al Jadeed)S ..read more

Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure. Thomas A. Edison People hold placards during a “Stop Asian Hate” rally, following the deadly shootings, in Atlanta, Georgia, US. (Shannon Stapleton / REUTERS)Demonstrators lie on the ground covered with sheets during an Extinction Rebellion protest outside the Victorian state parliament, in Melbourne, Australia. (James Ross / EPA)A woman walks over crosses on the ground painted by activists who are angry at the government’s response to the coronav ..read more

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. Albert Einstien People celebrate the release on bail of Kinda El Khatib after being arrested on the charge of collaborating with Israel, in Akkar, Lebanon.A man walks past a closed shopping center, the Arabic reads: “Closed until the Lebanese Lira is rescued”, in Saida, Lebanon. (Aziz Taher / REUTERS)The fist of the so-called “17 November revolution” is barely seen between the smoke coming out of burning tires, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. (Nabil Ismail)A car passing through two burned tires used as a roadblock dur ..read more

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings. Albert Schweitzer Participants with the word “Harta” written on their bodies link arms as they mark International Women’s Day at Avenida 18 de Julio in downtown Montevideo, Uruguay. (REUTERS / Mariana Greif)A fresco by French-Swiss artist Saype, painted as part of his worldwide “Beyond Walls” project in Ganvie, a village on stilts in Benin. (Valentin Flauraud / Saype)People wearing masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic wait to buy low-cost cooking gas from the Petrobrás Oil Tankers Union in the Vila Vintem ..read more

There is far too little discussion about the collapse of the middle class, almost no discussion at all about the incredible income and wealth inequality in this country and the fact that we’re moving toward an oligarchic form of society. Bernie Sanders A protester sitting near a burning tire, during a demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon. (Marwan Tahtah)A plane emerging from behind black smoke coming out of burning tires, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Mustafa Jamal Eddine / Al Modon)Protesters near some burning tires during a demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon. (Dar al Mussawir)A woman emerges from the smok ..read more

There is no such thing as a weird human being, It’s just that some people require more understanding than others. Tom Robbins Sahrawi women take part in a parade at the Awserd refugee camp in Tindouf, Algeria. (Ramzi Boudina / REUTERS)Religious images hang on the wall inside the COVID-19 ward of a hospital in Yaremche in theIvano-Frankivsk Region, Ukraine. (Reuters)Women laying in coffins representing those killed in domestic violence during an event for upcoming International Women’s Day in front of Tel Aviv’s district court, Israel. (AP)An Ultra Orthodox man wears three masks over his face ..read more

They had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes George Orwell Raquel Sukkar of Lebanon competes in the Qualification Race during the Women’s Cross Country 5 km F at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Oberstdorf, in Oberstdorf, Germany. (Matthias Hangst / Getty Images)A car drives by burning tires during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon. (Hasan Shaaban / Bloomberg)A demonstrator sits on the ground near a burning fire during a protest against the fal ..read more

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us wants to be in calm waters all our lives. Jane Austen People pray in front of the rubble of demolished homes during a protest in Jerusalem, Palestine. (AP)Nour Mohamed, 27, an Egyptian woman skateboarder wearing a full veil (niqab), takes a selfie with her board during the Red Bull Mind the Gap first skateboarding event in Egypt. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh / REUTERS)People pray as screens show devotees gathering via Zoom application during a ceremony to commemorate Makha Bucha Day at the Wat ..read more