Lebanon’s Finally Looking at Racism and Human Rights Abuses in the Face

Racial intolerance in Lebanon and the Middle East, is indeed a pervasive problem which especially affects migrant domestic workers and refugees. The first step in reforming and creating a system that supports its victims and criminalizes offenders is creating awareness. This is something that has been largely missing in Lebanon. But thankfully racial intolerant practices are now  being unearthed and awareness is being raised through hunger strikes and movements like the Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) which highlight several examples of racist practices such as tourist resorts that place signs banning  “radios, foods and maids” and that deny entry of customers because of their skin color. (Source: http://www.greenprophet.com/2012/06/racism-abuse-lebanon/ )