Lebanon
As marches set off around central Beirut towards the port on the second anniversary of the Beirut Port explosion, two more silos collapsed following three-week long fires which have been blazing, sending an eery cloud of smoke rising in the air akin to the port explosion. For Al Jazeera. August 2022.
White coffins are carried with the names of the firefighters killed after being sent to attend to a fire in one of the port warehouses, which triggered the explosion. For Al Jazeera. August 2022.
Demonstrators signed their names alongside an oath written on a giant Lebanese flag, swearing on the ‘blood of the victims and injured’ to achieve justice. For Al Jazeera. August 2022.
Tatiana Hasrouty, 21, is demanding international action to bring a UN fact-finding mission to Lebanon in order to hold those accountable for the death of her father who was killed in the explosion. For Al Jazeera. August 2022.
Gathering in front of the port, the names of 241 victims of the Beirut Port explosion were read before a pledge was made to bring justice for them. For Al Jazeera. August 2022.
Leading the march from the Karantina Fire Brigade is a blood stained Lebanese flag, symbolising the blood on the hands of the state, as evidence shows government officials knew the dangers of storing ammonium nitrate in the port. For Al Jazeera. August 2022.
The families have been calling for the silos to be protected and preserved as a memorial of those killed. For Al Jazeera. August 2022.
Protestors clash with security forces outside parliament on the first anniversary of the Beirut Port explosion which killed over 200 people, injured 7,000 and destroyed much of the surrounding neighbourhoods. Still no justice has been found.
The first process of making hemp fibres is crushing the dried stalks of the hashish plant. For The New Arab. May 2022.
After being crushed and then scraped through metal the hemp fiber becomes softer, almost ready to be used for making paper or textiles. For The New Arab. May 2022.
Hamza Chamas has collected bags of hemp seeds from nearby hashish farmers in order to make superfood hemp milk and cakes. For The New Arab. May 2022.
A shed filled with hashish plant stalks in Boudai village, normally burnt, but saved by Hamza Chamas to make fibres for paper, textiles and hempcrete. For The New Arab. May 2022.
Various samples of hempcrete blocks made by Hamza Chamas and his community. The darker block has more clay in the mix while the white brick has more lime added. For The New Arab. May 2022.
The start and finished product of crushing hashish stalks. For The New Arab. May 2022.
Thirty women from Kenya slept inside the hallway and stairwell of their consulate in Beirut, Lebanon for most of January after escaping abusive working conditions. New Frame Magazine. January 2022.
People from around Beirut donated blankets and food for the women sleeping at the Kenyan consulate, as they awaited help from the UN to arrange travel documents and flight tickets back home. New Frame Magazine. January 2022.
Kenyan women escaping the abusive Kafala “sponsorship” system in Lebanon decry a lack of action by their consulate. New Frame Magazine. January 2022.
Catherine Macharia, 40, tries to rest in the stairwell of the Kenyan consulate in Beirut after leaving the shelter of the NGO Caritas who she said in the end, weren’t helping her. New Frame Magazine. January 2022.
Georginah Gikaria, 35, has two daughters who aren’t going to school in Kenya because she hasn’t been paid or been able to send money to them since last July. For New Frame Magazine. January 2022.
Christine Achieng, 20, shows her arm after her employer burnt her with a hot cake tin while scrambling to take her phone away from her. New Frame Magazine. January 2022.
Buzuruna Juzuruna which plants and saves heirloom seeds on the farm in Beqaa Valley promotes food sovereignty and the empowerment of peasants. Stills during visit for AFP.
The women on the farm also make their own traditional saj bread from baladi, or local, wheat.
Hezbollah supporters look out over the border with Israel, from the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh as people gather in support of Palestine. For Al Jazeera. May 2021.
Marches in solidarity with Palestine have been ongoing in Lebanon, especially through refugee camps in Beirut, have been ongoing for the last week, with buses also transporting people from the capital to the border. For Al Jazeera. May 2021.
Young men use ropes to climb the border wall with Israel as IDF soldiers ready to fire rubber bullets. For Al Jazeera. May 2021.
A man wearing a Hezbollah shirt climbs the border wall with Israel, now adorned with Palestinian flags and green Hezbollah flags, generally used for people from other religions or sects who join the predominantly Shia Muslim movement. For Al Jazeera. May 2021.
Youth spray graffiti on the border wall with Israel, celebrating various resistance movements against Israel as well as Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah. For Al Jazeera. May 2021.
Lebanese army soldiers were deployed along the border in order to try and deter protestors from getting too close to the wall. For Al Jazeera. May 2021.
Wearing a keffiyeh symbolic of the Palestinian political party Fatah and bearing the flag of PLO leader Yasser Arafat, this woman was the oldest in attendance at solidarity protests in the Lebanese border village of Adaisseh. For Al Jazeera. May 2021.
The face of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is celebrated on posters made by the movement’s supporters, the dominant demographic in the south of Lebanon. For Al Jazeera. May 2021.
On the left is Lebanon, on the right of the border wall is Israel. The wall has seen a flash of resistance over the last few days in support of Palestine. For Al Jazeera. May 2021.
Protest in Mar Elias and Shatila Camp, Beirut against Israel’s bombing of Gaza, brutal attacks on residents of Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem and attacks on Palestinians in Al Aqsa Mosque compound. May 2021.
Ra’ad Hariri and his two sons sit in their one room apartment they have rented since being evicted from their house in Karantina following renovations after the Port explosion. For The Daily Beast. Jan 2021.