Jenny Gustafsson

Our new series on people & agriculture in Lebanon LAND STORIES Each story tells the history of a crop: how it came to the region, how it was farmed & used, what it means to people today. All people we meet practice sustainable farming land-stories.org

@chintanwriting Nice!!!!!

I got my ear pierced as a birthday present to myself when I turned 40 yesterday. It was fun.

NEW: Bangladeshi architects are adapting to climate change with innovative designs using traditional techniques and local materials, from movable houses to brick hospitals built to resist rising sea levels, writes @atJenny for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/reportage/arch…

New – solidarity fund for women’s rights work mamacash.org/funds/solidari…

Call for Applications: A five day workshop in Kolkata on exploring the unknown Bengal at its colonial and postcolonial turn through the lens of history, geography, labour studies, caste, environment, gender and others. Apply by: 3 Feb 2025. mcrg.ac.in

@AsfyXi Oh! RIP verkligen. Som han definierade vår barndom!

En sorgens dag. Leif ”Loket” Olsson är död. Legendarisk handbollsdomare. Episk programledare. Mannen som gjorde Bingolotto till mainstream. Loket blev 82 år gammal.

The 8th story in our Land Stories series, from Akkar, is about loubieh, the much-loved green bean that is cooked, often with olive oil and tomato, and eaten with its pods. And also about seeds and freedom! With Ahmad and his nephews, Taymm and Khoder land-stories.org/loubieh

Our 7th story, from South Lebanon, is about the olive tree – “a friendly sister of eternity, neighbor of time” in the words of Mahmoud Darwish. Many thousands of trees were destroyed in the Israeli bombings, and many more were not harvested this season. land-stories.org/olives

Our new series on people & agriculture in Lebanon LAND STORIES Each story tells the history of a crop: how it came to the region, how it was farmed & used, what it means to people today. All people we meet practice sustainable farming land-stories.org

Hot off the press! My new article on refugee rights claiming through protest at UNHCR Beirut. Free e-prints available here: tandfonline.com/eprint/IVH6PKG…

Rural Homs and Damascus, winter 2024-2025

Small grants for work on education, entrepreneurship, sustainable cities & climate in Lebanon Deadline March 15 gov.pl/web/lebanon/po…