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Before-after satellite imagery of a border village named Aitaroun in southern Lebanon, showing the village before Israeli occupation forces destroyed it, and after.

When a Satellite Image Becomes a Form of Return

By

Zaynab Mayladan

An older woman dressed in black sits beside a bed inside a tent-like shelter, holding a folded blanket. A small plate of fruit and a book rest on the bed next to her.

“They’re Trying to Take Paradise From Us”

Photographs by

Fatima Joumaa

A mural of a green military tank is painted on a concrete wall with graffiti and a low brick barrier above; a woman is confronting the tank; trees and blue sky are visible in the background.

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Dispatches From the Lebanese Stronghold

Edited by

Lara Bitar Christina Cavalcanti Sintia Issa Lylla Younes Basyma Saad

Children walk through the charred remains of what was once a school.

Textbook Genocide: Why Israel Bombs Schools

By

Jo Kelcey

Reporter stands next to blast-damaged car

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Dispatches From the Lebanese Front

Edited by

Lara Bitar Christina Cavalcanti Tracy J. Jawad Livia Bergmeijer Sintia Issa Farah-Silvana Kanaan

A loaf of Arabic bread inflates inside an oven. Fire seen in the background.

Rising Food Prices and Limited Government Action Deepen Lebanon's Food Insecurity

By

Mohammad al-Khansa

“We’re Broken”: A Testimony of Displacement From Alma al-Shaab

By

Tracy J. Jawad

Triumphant, Dahieh Residents Celebrate Their Return Home

By

Livia Bergmeijer

The photo shows several damaged tombstones in Beirut's Bachoura Cemetery.

Can the Dead Rest? Israeli Strike on Bachoura Damages Beirut’s Historic Cemetery

By

Tracy J. Jawad

The Internal Security Forces surround the Hamra Star entrance and prevent displaced residents from entering the building. Beirut, Lebanon. October 21, 2024. (Fatima Joumaa/The Public Source)

Amid War, Displaced Families Fight for Housing Rights

By

Fátima Fouad el-Samman