Christina Cavalcanti | The Public Source

A man stands with his back to the camera and the sea before him. The sun is bright and the water is a deep blue.

Abducted by Israel and Abandoned by Lebanon, Lebanese Fishermen Fear the Sea

By

Lylla Younes Christina Cavalcanti

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 large crowd of thousands of people walking together, carrying posters and photos.

“I’m in Pain Every Day”: For Survivors of the Beirut Explosion, It’s Still August 4

By

Christina Cavalcanti

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

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 pencil drawing of Palestinian prisoners under the moonlight, looking up at the moon in awe, and at its glow/reflection on the ground near them.

“Victory Over My Jailer”: The Afterlife of Revolutionary Walid Daqqa’s Steadfast Love

By

Walid Daqqa

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

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Christina Cavalcanti

A woman with long black wavy hair holds a cluster of stinging nettle leaves in her hand while she picks more. She is bending next to a large bluish kale plant on her right

Plantcestral Remedies for Perennial Ailments

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Chris Trinh Christina Cavalcanti Yara El Murr

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

By

Layla Yammine Christina Cavalcanti

A wide shot showing a young woman dressed in black making her way through a foraging trail down a rocky path. Trees line up the top of the hill and stand tall against a cloudy blue sky.

Returning to the Land and Our Oral Plantcestral History

By

Yara El Murr Christina Cavalcanti

A scene from one of the confrontations on Hamra Main Street, where tens of students charge, amid tear gas, some of them armed with stones.

The Student Movement in Lebanon, a Struggle Through Time

By

Fátima Fouad el-Samman