Abu Khalil, a man with grey hair and olive skin, recounts his still-ongoing journey and memories of leaving the Golan for Amman, Damascus and Beirut

People of many nationalities live in Lebanon. What is their position on the revolution?

As a point of transit, Lebanon has allowed many neighbours condemned to never meet each other to become friends. Iman and Nida, from Gaza and the West Bank, are two of them.

For some Syrians, the Lebanese uprising seemed like a second chance for the pro-democracy movements that quickly deteriorated after 2011.

Tens of thousands of migrant domestic workers work in Lebanon. For them, learning Arabic becomes a tool for empowerment and freedom.

Wadi Khaled became home to some of the first refugees in the early days of the Syrian war. People here, who did not become Lebanese citizens until the 1990s, maintain mostly good relations with their Syrian neighbours – but face more hardship than others in the country.

Not once since the first humans took their initial steps, discovering their environment, have the flows of migration ceased.

With the changing situation in Syria, many refugee families have started to think about returning. But it is far from safe for people to go home.

Defying a ban against LGBTI+ events in Turkey’s capital Ankara, queer film fest KuirFest sets out on a tour to three Turkish cities.

Enduring years of trauma and suffering, young Palestinians find a curative sanctuary in art and articulate dreams through their creations.