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Zahra Hankir

Elie

Journalist Zahra Hankir fortuitously met with Elie Halabi days after the devastating Beirut blast in August 2020. This is the story of…

Sep 8, 2021

Elie

Sep 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, 2020

‘My pain is everyone’s pain’

Oct 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, 2020

‘Even if this country heals, it will never be what it was before’

Sep 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, 2020

‘People want to dream. But here, in Lebanon, there is no room for dreams’

Sep 11, 2020

Zahra Hankir

‘I would rather die from hunger than go on TV and cry and say I don’t have food to eat

Marie Abboud, 53, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.

Sep 8, 2020

‘I would rather die from hunger than go on TV and cry and say I don’t have food to eat

Sep 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, 2020

“After the shock settled, it finally hit me: my life’s earnings had disappeared in a split second”

Sep 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, 2020

‘I have no hope. I feel nothing. All we have here is despair, dread, hate, and war.’

Sep 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, 2020

‘I smile, because crying never did me any good’

Aug 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, 2020

‘Did the explosion discriminate?

Aug 29, 2020

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, 2020

“Can we move to a country that loves children?”

Aug 28, 2020

Zahra Hankir

Zahra Hankir

Journalist and editor of OUR WOMEN ON THE GROUND, 19 essays by Arab and Middle Eastern women journalists, with a foreword from Christiane Amanpour

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