Journalisting, knitting and sewing in Lebanon🐌 Eyes on environment, rural life, offbeat 📝 My recent reporting: https://nitter.cf/t.co/AWIQijOQVl
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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.
By @MEdwardsJO newlinesmag.com/spotlight/wa…
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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.
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/jo…
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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
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/su…
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Current Top Read:
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.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/re…
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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…
Madeline Edwards retweeted
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.
Madeline Edwards retweeted
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…
Madeline Edwards retweeted
My heart aches for Dania, the wife of journalist Ayman Al-Jadi, one of the five journalists killed in Gaza last night. Ayman was waiting at the hospital as his wife went into labor with their first child. He never had a moment of joy—married during the war without celebration, and killed just moments before meeting his newborn. Dark days.
Madeline Edwards retweeted
That win-win is called disaster capitalism—it happens when companies use disasters and war zones as new markets to boost profits at the expense of local communities. Plenty of past examples to show why that approach poses risks to Syrians: shorturl.at/vsE3q
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The funeral of the martyr Mazen Hamada, who was killed under torture in Saydnaya Prison.
RIP 🙏
الله يرحمك يارب
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Marie Colvin, assassinated.
Majd Kamalmaz, left for dead in prison.
Jamal Shaheen al-Mutni, tortured to death.
American citizens killed by Bashar al-Assad, the man Tulsi Gabbard called "not an enemy of the United States."
Madeline Edwards retweeted
Today, the body of Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada was found. He was tortured in 2012 before his release and departure from Syria. Mazen disappeared in 2020 after being coerced by the Syrian regime’s embassy in Berlin to return to Syria.
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I have no news about my detained father in Syria. Like millions of Syrians, I’m torn between hope & fear.
We’re searching through harrowing videos, clinging to any chance. Yet, Key international humanitarian organisations are absent.
The weight of waiting is heavier than ever
Madeline Edwards retweeted
Searching for a #Missing Family Member?
Recent events in #Syria left many seeking news about their missing relatives. If you have any inquiry, contact the #ICRC #Lebanon Community Contact Center at:
📞 01 727727
We're here to listen & collect the necessary info for follow-up.
Madeline Edwards retweeted
Does anyone know anything about a Sudanese citizen prisoner of Syrian prisons, who most recently would have been in Mazzeh prison? He may have gone to Sednaya at one point but it’s not clear.
A contact is looking for news of his father
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. @RaedAlSaleh3 Raed Al-Saleh, Director of the @SyriaCivilDef White Helmets team:
Five specialized teams from the Syrian Civil Defense have been working for hours to search for possible secret doors or underground cells in #Sednaya Prison.
Despite conflicting information, we have opened several areas inside the prison, including the kitchen and bakery, but have found nothing so far.
We are putting all our efforts into finding new hope, but we must be prepared for the worst.
Nevertheless, we continue to work and search every corner of the prison, accompanied by two guides who are familiar with all the prison's details.
We will provide you with any updates as soon as they become available.
Myself and all the families of Syrian detainees need your prayers to find our loved ones, whom we haven’t seen or heard anything about since 2012.
🤲
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اعتقل ابن ابن عمي، عبدالله تركماني من قبل قوات النظام المخلوع في حمص عام ٢٠١٦ حين كان لا يزال بسن الثامنة عشر ووفقاً للأخبار التي وصلتنا فقد أودع في سجن #صيدنايا. والدته في حمص تنتظر على أحر من الجمر أي خبر عنه.
هذه صوره وأرجوا ممن يعلم أي شيء عنه أن يتواصل معنا
الاسم الكامل: عبدالله عمار تركماني
مواليد 1/1/1997
اسم الام: كرام
تولد حمص باب السباع
اعتقل بتاريخ 5/كانون التاني/2016
#سجن_صيدنايا
