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Fatima Al Mahmoud

Fatima Al Mahmoud

Foreign Affairs Reporter
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Fatima Al Mahmoud is a Foreign Affairs Reporter at The National and a fellow with the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Programme.

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A woman in Zahle, in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, casts her vote on May 6, in the country’s first legislative election in nine years. AFP
Lebanese diaspora registering online for elections say they have ‘a duty to vote’

Non-resident citizens say they want to build country worth going back to

LebanonNovember 17, 2021
Commuters on a bus in the Nabaa neighbourhood of Beirut, Lebanon. Getty Images
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Lebanon bus rewards aim to boost public transport use

The 'Save and Ride' project was conceived in response to the country's fuel crisis

MENANovember 05, 2021
Petrol queues in Beirut in September. Zomato will no longer deliver in Lebanon. Bloomberg
Zomato pulls out of Lebanon as financial crisis claims another scalp

The company will shut down services by the end of the year

LebanonOctober 28, 2021
Will.i.am wearing Xupermask.
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Superhero-inspired smart face mask could be future of PPE technology

The Xupermask smart gadget, shown at Gitex, was created in collaboration with American rapper will.i.am

UAEOctober 21, 2021
Elissa Massaad is part of the team for the Lebanon pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Chris Whiteoak
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Together, We Walk: Lebanon to send message of hope at Expo 2020 Dubai

For six months, the country will bring together some of its brightest minds for the world to meet

Expo 2020September 22, 2021
Students sit for an exam at Saints Coeurs Ain Najm school in Mansourieh, Lebanon, June 29, 2021. Reuters
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Back to school in Lebanon: 'no electricity and no fuel - how will our children learn?'

Education sector in crisis at start of academic year

Beyond the HeadlinesSeptember 15, 2021
With foreign currency transactions limited amid the economic crisis, Lebanese look to holidaying at home. Reuters, file
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Lbnb: Lebanon launches local version of holiday rental app

App created to bypass bank restrictions and allow payment in local currency

LebanonSeptember 07, 2021
Embrace staff work at their desks in Beirut, Lebanon, 29 July 2021 (issued 02 August 2021). Embrace is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that promotes awareness, advocacy and dignified mental health services and, among other things, operates a national hotline people can call to receive mental health support. They support psychologically affected victims from the 04 August 2021 Beirut port explosion, among others. Embrace operates the National Lifeline in Lebanon (1564) for Emotional Support and Suicide Prevention Hotline, in partnership with the National Mental Health Program at the Ministry of Public Health. EPA / NABIL MOUNZER
Lebanon helpline hit by crises as public mental health deteriorates

'People's lives are on the line'

MENAAugust 16, 2021
A statue called 'Life from Rubble' created by artist Hayat Al Nazer is displayed in front of a destroyed building at Beirut port on the anniversary of the explosion. Picture Alliance via Getty Images
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No closure for Beirut blast trauma survivors without justice

Lebanese struggle with hidden and untreated wounds one year after deadly blast

MENAAugust 05, 2021
Sunset view of 'The Gesture', a 25-metre sculpture by Lebanese architect Nadim Karam, to commemorate the victims of last year's Beirut blast. Reuters
Music videos filmed at Beirut blast site spark outrage

‘Insensitive’ tributes have been criticised on social media as the country marks one year since the deadly explosion

MusicAugust 03, 2021
The blast was believed to have been caused by an estimated 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse. EPA
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Lebanese opt for social media blackout on 'doomsday' blast anniversary

One year on, many are seeking to avoid memories of the lethal port explosion

MENAAugust 03, 2021
A shopper walks past near-empty shelves at a supermarket in Beirut, Lebanon March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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A look inside the suitcase of a Lebanese expat

Travellers pack medicine, food and other basic goods to compensate for shortages in Lebanon

LebanonJuly 01, 2021
Young people are seeking opportunities away from Beirut and elsewhere in Lebanon, as the country suffers under economic and political crises. EPA
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'Home sick and sick of home': Lebanese expats face dilemma

Lebanon's young diaspora say they miss home but are not planning to return as economic crisis worsens

LebanonJune 23, 2021
Pharmacist Siham Itani, right, inside her pharmacy in Beirut. Reuters
Severe drug shortages in Lebanon threaten intensive care operations

In a rampant black market for medicine, intensive care units are low on vital drugs

LebanonMay 26, 2021
People watch a whirling dervish perform during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a tradition ahead of the Fitr feast, in Lebanon's southern city of Saida late on May 8, 2021. Dervishes are adepts of Sufism, a mystical form of Islam that preaches tolerance and a search for understanding. Those who whirl, like planets around the sun, turn dance into a form of prayer. / AFP / Mahmoud ZAYYAT
Eid Al Fitr 2021 to begin on Thursday in Lebanon

The country will go into a two-day lockdown during Eid

LebanonMay 12, 2021
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