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THE NEW ARAB/7.11.25 — Groups of men clad in white rhythmically tapped the blades of their swords against their bloodied foreheads as they marched through Nabatieh’s historic city centre. Women...
THE NEW HUMANITARIAN/6.4.25 — Nearly 40,000 people have fled Syria’s sectarian violence for neighbouring Lebanon over the past three months. With many fearful of returning anytime soon, their arrival...
NEWLINES MAGAZINE/5.23.25 — Many of Lebanon’s southern border villages have become ghost towns. Some residents trickle in and out, gathering their belongings or attempting to repair their homes...
MIDDLE EAST EYE/4.21.25 — A son dug out his elderly mother’s tiny, black shoes from a pile of rubble, which used to be her home. He held the shoes gently, then tenderly kissed their tips...
THE NEW ARAB/4.16.25 — On 28 March, an evacuation warning from the Israeli army sent Beirut’s southern suburbs into panic. Residents rushed to leave the densely populated neighbourhood by car or on...
MIDDLE EAST EYE/2.10.25 — Mountains of rubble and debris line the roads in Khiam, on Lebanon’s eastern border with Israel. Months of heavy fighting between Hezbollah and Israel have left most of the...
INKSTICK MEDIA/2.10.25 — hen I met Ali Haj Hassan in Douris, a town in northeastern Lebanon, he was sifting through all that remained of a state-run civil defense center: a massive pile of rubble. It...
MIDDLE EAST EYE/2.1.25 — On the outskirts of the southern Lebanese border village of Yaroun, residents stood atop a dirt barricade, looking down at their homes and olive groves. Below, Israeli...
THE NEW ARAB/1.16.25 — The clock is quickly ticking down on the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire deal. The US-brokered accord gave 60 days for Hezbollah to end its armed presence in southern Lebanon and for...