Mariana Nakfour is a social anthropologist based in Lebanon whose work engages cultural, socio-political, and environmental issues in the Middle East. She has conducted ethnographic and policy research across Lebanon, on marginalized communities, women’s economic inclusion, refugees, and political and religious institutions. She is also an Anthropology instructor at the American University of Beirut (AUB).
“Come together, O people of Palestine, come together. Palestine did not bid you farewell; it left, Palestine did not bid
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Sitting on the concrete floor of the port, the fishermen each had a big wooden basket in front of them.
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