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Continue reading →: ‘Post’ War Writing Workshop“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation.Healing is an act of communion.”Bell Hooks, All About Love In January, with relative calm…
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Antisemitism, Beirut, Belonging, Free Speech, Gaza, Grief, History, Hope, Human, Human Empathy, Human Story, Injustice, Israel, Journalism, Lebanon, Migration, palestine, Student Protest, Trump
Mahmoud Khalil
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Continue reading →: Mahmoud Khalil“My name is Mahmoud, and I am a political prisoner.I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana where I wake to…
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Continue reading →: HeartbrokenTwo weeks ago 2 of my best friends’ in Lebanon big brother was killed by an Israeli bomb. He was 27 years old, and…
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Continue reading →: “People of Gaza Teach Life”“I think people in the West, they have this idea – and I don’t blame them – because it’s the narrative from the Western…
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Continue reading →: Cycle of PainToday marks one year since the October 7th attacks by Hamas, and the beginning of Israel’s destruction of Gaza. The cycle of pain has…
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Continue reading →: Words from FriendsIt’s been such a difficult couple of weeks in Lebanon. I am constantly in touch with friends, as everybody scrambles to check on each…
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Continue reading →: Pray for LebanonGraffiti and signs from the streets of Beirut this week, and a few articulate voices whose words I wanted to save. It’s been a…
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Art, Asylum Seeker, Belonging, Hope, Human Empathy, Human Story, Kurdish, Migration, Race Riots UK, Racism, Refugee, Stateless, Stateless Person, Stop Hate
Capturing the Light
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Continue reading →: Capturing the Light“Through my lens: Capturing the Silent Stories of Napier Barracks”. reads the caption on one of Heji’s beautiful photographs on his instagram account. “You…
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Architecture, Beirut, Culture, History, Hope, Journalism, Lebanon, Tour Guide, UNESCO World Heritage, Walking Tour, Zajal
Layers of Lebanon
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Continue reading →: Layers of LebanonI’m so excited to be back in Beirut, and even more excited to share my conversation with Samira, a heritage activist and the woman…
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All eyes on Congo, Asylum Seeker, Congo, DRC, Human Story, Injustice, Migration, Patrice Lumumba, Refugee, Rwanda, Stateless, turkey, Turkiye
Stories from Turkey and the Congo
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Continue reading →: Stories from Turkey and the CongoHere in Izmir, Turkey, Imece Initiative is supporting many people who have come from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). People from the…
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I’m Chrissie
In 2022 I quit my job in a small INGO, and moved from London to Beirut, because of my partners job (and a desire for adventure). Read more...
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