{"id":62512,"date":"2021-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/62512\/municipality-of-zgharta-issues-racist-rule-regarding-syrians-and-foreigners"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:11:10","slug":"municipality-of-zgharta-issues-racist-rule-regarding-syrians-and-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62512\/municipality-of-zgharta-issues-racist-rule-regarding-syrians-and-foreigners\/","title":{"rendered":"Municipality of Zgharta Issues Racist Rule Regarding Syrians And &#8220;Foreigners&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lebanon24.com\/news\/%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86\/866688\/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B2%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%9F\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Lebanon24<\/a>, the municipality of Zgharta-Ehden chose to end the week by issuing a racist decision evicting all &#8220;foreign workers&#8221; from the Northern towns. <br \/>  <br \/>  The municipality announced that all &#8220;foreign workers&#8221; had until September 25 to leave the town, stating that they would otherwise be facing prosecution. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The municipality of Zgharta-Ehden issues a new racist decision to evict all foreign workers from the area by September 25 while threatening with prosecution, after its last curfew decision 2 months ago for &#8220;security and safety concerns&#8221;.<\/p>\u2014 Anti-Racism Movement | (@ARM_Leb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARM_Leb\/status\/1441035572076761093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  This is not the first time municipalities in Lebanon engage in racism or prejudice against Syrians and other foreigners, including migrant workers. Previously, the Nahr Ibrahim municipality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/61995\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a similar decision<\/a> forbidding Syrians and &#8220;other foreigners&#8221; from roaming the streets between 9PM and 6AM.<br \/>  <br \/>  These municipalities also cloak their racism by using terms like &#8220;foreigners&#8221; when in fact they are targeting Syrians. It would be interesting to see these municipalities expel Swedes, Russians, and Americans \u2014 also foreigners. 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