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How People Reclaimed Public Spaces in Beirut during the 2019 Lebanese Uprising

Author: Wael Sinno

In: The Journal of Public Space, Vol 5, No 1, 2020, pp. 193-228

In the context of discussing the importance of public spaces where citizens can protest and make public speeches, this article examines how the Lebanese demonstrators have used and reshaped multipupose public spaces such as streets, open public spaces such as gardens, and abandoned urban facilites such as a partially built cinema.