Journalisting, knitting and sewing in Lebanon🐌 Eyes on environment, rural life, offbeat 📝 My recent reporting: https://xitter.cf/t.co/AWIQijOQVl
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Khijou and Samar al-Khateeb are two sisters from the Moadhamiyet al-Sham suburb of Damascus.
Between them are more than three years of torture and arbitrary detainment in Assad's prison network, and multiple loved ones lost to prison:
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I first wrote this story back in October, when a new Lancet report found Lebanon had the world’s fast rising rate of cancer deaths.
The situation only worsened since then, as Israeli bombs forced hundreds of cancer patients to flee their homes and miss their treatment
Lebanon has the world's fastest-rising rate of cancer deaths. In @newlinesmag today, @MEdwardsJO tries to find out why: newlinesmag.com/reportage/le…
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Lebanon's dating scene 1) niche dating apps filter matches by specific political parties 2) offline "blind art dates" separated by wooden boards 3) interfaith couples announce romance only after the wedding 4) packed speed-dating parties.
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Excellent piece by @MEdwardsJO about love & dating in Lebanon amid multiple crises newlinesmag.com/spotlight/wa…
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8. 🧵As the fate of Syria’s minorities continues to make headlines, this essay by @MEdwardsJO offers a firsthand account from Sweida, the Druze-majority province, as it adjusts to a dramatically changed political landscape.
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NEW: In Akkar, northern Lebanon, Sufism thrives while it fades elsewhere. Villages keep centuries-old “zikr” prayer ceremonies alive, blending mysticism & joy. @MEdwardsJO reports from the celebrations of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday for @newlinesmag
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From Tyre’s bomb-scarred banana fields to Tripoli’s Ottoman clock tower, @MEdwardsJO rode the length of Lebanon on its first new public transit system in decades. She recounts the experience for @newlinesmag, with photos by João Sousa. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ri…
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NEW: From Tyre’s bomb-scarred banana fields to Tripoli’s Ottoman clock tower, @MEdwardsJO rode the length of Lebanon on its first new public transit system in decades. She recounts the experience for @newlinesmag, with photos by João Sousa.
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ri…
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NEW: In Lebanon's Druze mountains, belief in reincarnation intertwines with the trauma of the country’s civil war, which began 50 years ago. @MEdwardsJO writes about memory, loss and rebirth for @newlinesmag.
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In Lebanon's Druze mountains, belief in reincarnation intertwines with the trauma of the country’s civil war.
A fascinating piece by @MEdwardsJO @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/reportage/re…
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Lebanon today is awash with hope. The combined efforts of the opposition have brought to power a president and prime minister who are bent on implementing reforms. Long road ahead, but this is nothing short of a tsunami, and a victory for October 17.
Children, reduced to bits of torn body parts in cardboard boxes:
I found only one poster for a missing imprisoned woman among thousands of posters of men on my recent visit to Damascus, where families are posting pictures of their loved ones who went missing (or were killed) in Assad's prisons
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Yet the Assad regime's prison network was uniquely cruel to women, sisters Khijou and Samar told me from their home near Damascus.
“As female detainees, as mothers of detainees, as wives of detainees, we have no forgiveness."
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One of the several biggest domestic Syria stories these days involves Sweida/Druze:
- @MEdwardsJO reports from Sweida, the home province of Sultan al-Atrash, with a long history of revolt against outsiders, for @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/spotlight/jo…
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NEW: Sweida celebrates the fall of the Assad regime but uncertainty looms under Syria’s new rules. What does the future hold for Syria’s Druze? @MEdwardsJO reports from the province for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/jo…