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Inside a large arched greenhouse with overhead irrigation nozzles, one woman walks toward the back carrying two yellow watering cans while another woman uses a yellow can to water trays of green seedlings on a raised metal table.

“A Silent War on Life”: The Fight for Lebanon’s Land and Seeds

By

Yara El Murr Julia Choucair Vizoso

A woman stands amid rubble, center frame. Around her are fully demolished and semi-demolished buildings. She is wearing a helmet and flak jacket. To her left is a graphic that reads: “Lucy Williamson | BBC Middle East Correspondent”

Israel’s Willing Propagandists: What the Media Won’t Tell You When It Embeds With the Military

By

Habib Battah Christina Cavalcanti

A pair of hands holds a pouched sheep skin with a round piece of fresh white cheese inside.

From Mouneh to Takeout: How Beirut Ate My Teta’s Recipes

By

Layla Yammine

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

Textbook Genocide: Why Israel Bombs Schools

By

Jo Kelcey

A black and white photo of a group of people leaning against one another, asleep on the floor, in what looks like a basement.

The Same Defeats: On Half a Century of Growing up as a Child of the War

By

Lina Mounzer

A composite photo. A group of five men in suits are huddled together in the foreground deep in discussion. In the background is a hallway with stacks of loose papers, merged with a large poster that reads: "UNDP's Technical Support to the Ministry of Finance in Lebanon: Closing Event."

Inside Experts: What Happened When an Army of Consultants and Technocrats Tried To Fix Lebanon

By

Richard Salame

An old black and white photo showcasing a hillside with a castle perched atop.

Stolen By a Map: The Haunting History of Lebanon’s Lost Villages

By

Dana Hourany

A man in a cap with a white mustache points a thick black hose into a plastic grey water container, and water flows from the hose into the container. There are other such containers around him.

Riding with the Black Hose Brigade: The Truckers Who Bring You Water When the Government Fails

By

Christina Cavalcanti Dana Hourany

A man rides a motorcycle on a road filled with sewage water. Bamboo sticks protrude from the side of the road.

From Flush to Crop: Akkar Farmers’ Desperate Use of Raw Sewage Water

By

Layla Yammine

Data Reporting by

Richard Salame

Illlustration of people trapped within structures.

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

By

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

By

Christina Cavalcanti

Kids playing football on the sand in the middle of a sandstorm that colors the entire photo golden-yellow.

Lebanon, Radical Hope, and the Natural Economy in the Age of Climate Breakdown

By

Simon Assaf