Yara El Murr

Yara El Murr is a journalist at The Public Source.

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

Yara El Murr

Christina Cavalcanti

Layla Yammine

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

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

Layla Yammine

Yara El Murr

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

Delivery driver on the go on a wet street.

Always on the Move, Yet Trapped in Precarity: On the Buried Dreams of Gig Economy Drivers

Christina Cavalcanti

Yara El Murr

Always on the Move, Yet Trapped in Precarity: On the Buried Dreams of Gig Economy Drivers

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

Yara El Murr

Layla Yammine

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

Health care workers take a break outside the Rafik Hariri University Hospital. Beirut, Lebanon. April 17, 2020. (Marwan Tahtah/The Public Source)

Costly and Unsustainable: Where Lebanon’s COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Went Wrong

Yara El Murr

Costly and Unsustainable: Where Lebanon’s COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Went Wrong

With new appliances now unaffordable, repair shops for washing machines, stove tops, and fridges have become a common sight in the neighborhood. Nabaa, Lebanon. June 26, 2021. (Mohamad Cheblak/The Public Source)

Nabaa’s Changing Face: Repurposing and Refurbishing in Times of Crisis

Once thriving markets are now shuttered, storefronts are turned into repair shops, daily life is being reworked.

Nabaa’s Changing Face: Repurposing and Refurbishing in Times of Crisis

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

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

The Dikkenneh Co-op, Basta al-Tahta. Beirut, Lebanon. April 16, 2021. (Rita Kabalan/The Public Source)

"We All Benefit:" On the Little Dikkeneh Co-op That Could

Yara El Murr

"We All Benefit:" On the Little Dikkeneh Co-op That Could

An illustration of blankets and cloth hanging from balconies with ABAAD’s hotline for domestic abuse written on them, in solidarity with women imprisoned in their homes during lockdown. Source: Noora’s Story in “Where to, Marie?” p. 33. Artist: Joan Baz.

From the Archival to the Fictional: How "Where to, Marie?" Revives Local Feminist History

Yara El Murr

Christina Cavalcanti

From the Archival to the Fictional: How "Where to, Marie?" Revives Local Feminist History