Annia Ciezadlo

Annia Ciezadlo is the investigations editor at The Public Source.

Illlustration of people trapped within structures.

“We Are Everywhere, But Invisible”: How One System Facilitates Sexualized Violence and Protects its Perpetrators

Christina Cavalcanti

A self-portrait of journalist Issam Abdallah in the foreground, carrying his DSLR camera and microphone, to the background of destroyed buildings. Clear winter day.

Israel Killed Issam Abdallah but Cannot Kill the Story

Christina Cavalcanti

شباب يمضون الوقت قرب البحر في منطقة الميناء. طرابلس، لبنان. 28 تِشْرين الأَوَّل ٢٠٢٢. (مروان طحطح، مصدر عام)

حصار في عُرض البحر

Yara El Murr

A composite of a senior woman protesting during the October 2019 uprising in the foreground against an old Mar Mkhayel barber shop in the background.

Indefinitely Deferred: Dignified Retirement Inaccessible to Most

Layla Yammine

A composite of two images: a girl covering her eyes and looking away with a shy smile on her face in the foreground, with a classroom in the background.

Public Education: Thousands of Children Left Behind at the Start of the School Year

Layla Yammine

Christina Cavalcanti

Two rows of solar panels installed on land surrounding villa that oversees a village.

Privatizing the Sun: The Dark Side of Lebanon’s “Solar Revolution”

Julia Choucair Vizoso

Yara El Murr

Image overlay of a shopper carrying grocery bags over a deserted city street at night. Beirut, Lebanon. 2021. (The Public Source)

“We Didn’t Even Try”: How Lebanon's Chaotic COVID-19 Strategy Let Thousands Die

Yara El Murr

Map of Nour Square, at approximately 9:50 p.m. on the evening of January 27, when security forces fired live ammunition at protesters, showing locations of officers, television crew, a live streamer, and where eyewitnesses believe Omar was shot.

The Killing of Omar Tayba: A Visual Investigation of a Protester’s Death in Tripoli

Kareem Chehayeb

A Sudanese woman protests outside the UN ESCWA building in downtown Beirut

“Where Is Your Humanity?” African Families Demand Humanitarian Evacuation

Richard Salame

An ambulance on a debris-strewn street with smoke and flames visible in the background. Trees and damaged vehicles are present.

“In My Free Time, I Go to the ER”: Frontline Healthcare Worker Isn’t Going Anywhere

Dana Hourany

A photo taken from below; a woman stands by a window in a dark room. The sky outside is a clear blue. The sunlight hits her softly.

“Open for Lebanese Only”: Displaced Migrant Workers Left With Few Options

Richard Salame

Annia Ciezadlo

People hold up posters and signs at a protest. The poster in the center of the image is a photo of martyred Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, killed by Israel on August 10, 2025. Next to it is a poster that reads: "NYT LIES, GAZA DIES"

On the Ethics of Embedding With Génocidaires

The Public Source Editorial Committee