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      Fatima Al Mahmoud

      Fatima Al Mahmoud

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

      Articles

      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
      Headphones
      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
      Camera7
      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
      Camera6
      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
      Camera7
      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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