Daraj is an independent digital media platform (Lebanon) created by experienced journalists.

Our goal is to offer Arabic speakers an alternative kind of journalism, free from political funding and influence, which controls other mainstream Arab media institutions.
We are committed to making the access to truth a priority, through professional and ethical journalism. We publish investigative pieces, op-eds and feature stories in a variety of formats: written, visuals, video, and audio.

Daraj covers important issues with a focus on under-reported topics like women and minorities’ rights, environmental and climate changes, freedom of thought, belief and expression, and gender identity. We firmly believe in partnerships and collaborations, and so we republish content from other platforms that share our values.

We at Daraj aim to start a conversation between different generations of authors, journalists, designers, and technology experts. We want to move from a traditional media model to a more modern one, where multimedia allows a more direct interaction between the platform and its users.

To be editorially independent, we believe in the necessity of being financially independent. This is why Daraj is a commercial company, with plans of becoming a for-profit one at a later stage. Until then, we receive international funding, while always making sure to be completely transparent about the money we receive.

Daraj

Basic information

Name
Daraj s.a.l.
Title
Independent digital media platform
Country
Lebanon
City
Beirut

Supported projects

Burning Skies: Behind Big Oil’s Toxic Flames

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Environment

EU / AFRICA / MENA – Five European oil and gas majors rank among the top 10 largest polluters in Africa and the Middle East when it comes to gas flaring, reveals this investigative series. These companies include Shell, BP, ENI, TotalEnergies and Perenco, as revealed by the Environmental Investigative Forum (EIF) and the media network European Investigative Collaborations (EIC), Daraj Media, SourceMaterial and Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism.

Tripoli’s Wastewater Treatment Plant: It Took 120 Mln Eur And Two Decades

  • Corruption
  • Environment

TRIPOLI — The investigation looks into the blocks and obstacles that still prevent the expensive wastewater treatment facility in Lebanon from proper functioning.

Two Danish power plants pollute Lebanese tourist gems

BEIRUT - In the last decade, Denmark has promoted itself as a green frontrunner. But the investigation shows how Denmark is not only exporting windmills and green know-how, it has also supported and built polluting power plants outside its own borders.