Abby SewellA round-up of my work from 2018: a few stories I hope you’ll readAround this time last year, I published some thoughts on my first year as a freelance journalist working overseas. I think everything I…Jan 6, 2019Jan 6, 2019
Abby SewellElection Day in Lebanon’s Tripoli: bribes, sandwiches, calm and discontentMay 6 marked Lebanon’s first parliamentary election in nine years, an occasion that was greeted with hope, trepidation, and — in many cases…May 7, 2018May 7, 2018
Abby SewellLessons learned in my first year as an overseas freelance journalistA little over a year ago, I left a staff newspaper job in Los Angeles and set up as a freelancer in Beirut.Jan 12, 20183Jan 12, 20183
Abby SewellAnger swirls around U.S. Jerusalem decision in Beirut, bolstering HezbollahA pair of demonstrations in Beirut against U.S. President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel offered a study…Dec 12, 20171Dec 12, 20171
Abby SewellBefore #MeToo Egyptian women had the BuSSy ProjectIn 2006, long before #MeToo, a group of Egyptian students decided to create a forum for women to tell their stories about culturally taboo…Dec 8, 2017Dec 8, 2017
Abby SewellLebanon’s trash crisis: per Human Rights Watch, still stinksTrash might not seem like the most pressing of Lebanon’s problems at the moment, especially after the recent bizarre political saga of…Dec 1, 2017Dec 1, 2017