Fátima Fouad el-Samman

Fátima Fouad el-Samman is a writer and translator at The Public Source.

With fists raised high, the women walk by the Zionist military site of Al-Abbad, denouncing America and ‘Israel.’ March 6, 2024. Houla, South Lebanon. (Fatima Joumaa/The Public Source)

Jabal Amel’s Defiance, From Adham Khanjar to Hassan Hussein

Jabal Amel represents an unfaltering resistance to Zionist expansionism and Western imperialism.

صورة للمشاركات/ين في الاجتماع السياسيّ التنظيميّ المنعقد في مانشن بيروت خلال أيّار

رؤى حول التنظيم: نهج جديد

غابرييل توبينامبا

A terrified family taking refuge from shelling under a metallic bridge.

Capturing the End Times: The Unseen Realities of Photojournalists in Lebanon

Fátima Fouad el-Samman

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

Fátima Fouad el-Samman

On the left, two old men chat before a mural by Tripoli’s visual artist Ali El Rafei, close to Al Shiraa Square in El Mina. At the top right corner, a picture of politician Ashraf Rifi covers part of the mural.

If These Walls Could Speak

If Tripoli's walls could speak, what would they say?

يد أم الشهيد تمسح على تراب قبره. الصوانة، لبنان. (فاطمة جمعة، مصدر عام)

عودة حمزة إلى الأرض، وعودة أم حمزة الى القرية

Fatima Salah Joumaa

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

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Amal Khalil at her desk in the Al-Akhbar office, editing an upcoming episode of her newly launched program, Ahel al-Ared (The People of the Land).

“Where Should I Be, Shama‘ or Khiam?”: Amal Khalil’s Two Decades of Militant Journalism

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صورة من العام ١٩٥٠ لنساء يرتدين السواد ويبكين قرب ضريح في مقبرة التوانسة بحي الشجاعيّة، التي تضمّ قبورًا للشهداء والأولياء. غزة، فلسطين المحتلة. ١٩٥٠. (الأرشيف الشخصي للدكتور شكري حجازي)

متى نعودُ إلى البيت؟

Refaat Alareer

Asem Alnabih

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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

Lylla Younes

Christina Cavalcanti

A collage of a young girl (Milad Daqqa) playfully standing by an iron-barred window with her father's handwritten notes reflecting on the glass.

“They Make Death, and I'm the Labor of Life”: Palestinian Prisoners’ Sperm Smuggling as an Affirmation of Life

Layal Ftouni

A black-and-white photo features a southern Vietnamese female guerrilla fighter pointing her rifle with determination, embodying the resilience of those who fought for their homeland.

Resistance or Death: The Struggle for Life Under Imperialism

Khalil Kawtharany

Karim al-Amine

Fátima Fouad el-Samman