Zahra HankirElieJournalist Zahra Hankir fortuitously met with Elie Halabi days after the devastating Beirut blast in August 2020. This is the story of…Sep 8, 2021Sep 8, 2021
Zahra Hankir‘My pain is everyone’s pain’Ahmad Hajj Steify, Syrian labor worker, 48, as told to Zahra Hankir in Medawar, Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn…Oct 2, 2020Oct 2, 2020
Zahra Hankir‘Even if this country heals, it will never be what it was before’Emil Abu Naaman, 88, and his sister Renee, 78, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya…Sep 24, 2020Sep 24, 2020
Zahra Hankir‘People want to dream. But here, in Lebanon, there is no room for dreams’Joyce Sayyah, 35, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.Sep 11, 2020Sep 11, 2020
Zahra Hankir‘I would rather die from hunger than go on TV and cry and say I don’t have food to eatMarie Abboud, 53, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.Sep 8, 2020Sep 8, 2020
Zahra Hankir“After the shock settled, it finally hit me: my life’s earnings had disappeared in a split second”Ghassan Khatib, 54, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020
Zahra Hankir‘I have no hope. I feel nothing. All we have here is despair, dread, hate, and war.’Samuel Awdeh, 22, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.Sep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020
Zahra Hankir‘I smile, because crying never did me any good’Huda Tomeh, 69, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.Aug 30, 2020Aug 30, 2020
Zahra Hankir‘Did the explosion discriminate?Ghassan ‘Abu Ahmad’ Barakat, Labour Worker, 68, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.Aug 29, 20201Aug 29, 20201
Zahra Hankir“Can we move to a country that loves children?”Pascale Safadi, 34, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.Aug 28, 2020Aug 28, 2020