Javier Guirado

Javier is a PhD student at Georgia State University. His research focuses on the history of social movements and urbanism in the Persian Gulf, and some of his work has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Fundación Alternativas, and The Maydan.

Street art of former Lebanese cabinet members dressed as prisoners with graffiti.
Opinion   •   20/05/2022   •   9 min read

Lebanon Parliamentary Elections 2022: an overview

A low turnout, new representatives, and Hezbollah lose their parliamentary majority.

Opinion   •   17/09/2021   •   7 min read

9/11, 20 years on: an alternative perspective

The events of September 11th, 2001 changed the world. Of the four planes hijacked that day, two caused the collapse …