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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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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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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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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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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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