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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

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Layla Yammine

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

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Layla Yammine

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Richard Salame

Intertwined electricity and generator cables hang close to the balcony of an apartment in the industrial zone of Beirut

Sound and the Fury: Living With Noise Pollution in Beirut

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Layla Yammine

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

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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

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Layla Yammine Christina Cavalcanti

Two staff members work at their desks.

طلاب أم عمال؟ طلاب الطب في الجامعة اللبنانية على خط المواجهة في نظام صحي متداعٍ

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يارا المرّ ليلى يمّين

Composite of images taken of Lebanese passports and of the Beirut International Airport.

“Like a Prison”: Lebanon’s General Security Makes Passport Renewal a Nightmare

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Yara El Murr Christina Cavalcanti Layla Yammine

Composite of images provided by Zoukak of their performance of the Rave Empire in France.

Zoukak’s Political Theater: A Space for Collective Reflection Amid Crisis

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Layla Yammine Yara El Murr

تركيب صور من فترة ازمة المحروقات في لبنان خلال صيف ٢٠٢١

كيف دُمِّر نظام النقل المُشترك في لبنان ولصالح من؟

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ليلى يمّين

Composite of images taken at a hospital in Lebanon and of protests organized by Lebanese University students. Photos taken on October 19, 2021 and October 25, 2011, by Marwan Tahtah. (The Public Source)

Students or Workers? Lebanese University Medical Students on the Frontline of a Crumbling Healthcare System

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Yara El Murr Layla Yammine

عناصر من أمن الدولة يديرون السير قرب محطة محروقات في الجديدة، تزامنا مع ممارسات احتكارية من قبل المحطات وشركات الاستيراد.

كارتيلات، ومصارف، وسيارات: نهج سياسي يدهس النقل العامّ في لبنان منذ التسعينات

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ليلى يمّين كريم مرهج

A lively street scene in front of a building with arched windows and a sign in Arabic and French. People are walking, and cars are parked nearby.

Reporting From the Frontlines: Urgent Dispatch From Nabatieh

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Layla Yammine