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      Fatima Al Mahmoud

      Fatima Al Mahmoud

      Foreign Affairs Reporter
      Location
      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

      Amal Mudallali was first appointed as permanent representative of Lebanon to the United Nations in 2017
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      How Ramadan guides Amal Mudallali in her work as Lebanon's UN representative

      The diplomat is behind a recent appeal for global vaccine equity

      May 04, 2021
      Lebanon has seen cases drop thanks to lockdowns but is taking no chances, with another Easter lockdown starting on Saturday. Courtesy: Dubai Media Office
      Camera7
      Lebanon to go into lockdown for Orthodox Easter

      The country will enforce a 24-hour curfew between May 1 and May 4, when Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter

      LebanonApril 28, 2021
      Single-use plastic recycled and used to manufacture a drain cover in Lebanon. Courtesy of Ziad Abi Chaker
      Play17:27:49
      This Lebanese engineer is replacing stolen metal drain covers with plastic ones

      Ziad Abi Chaker is replacing stolen metal drain covers with recycled materials that last longer and cost less

      LebanonApril 28, 2021
      Education minister Tarek Majzoub said year 12 pupils would be first to return to school as part of a three-stage plan to restart education in Lebanon. Office Of Lebanese Prime Ministry / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
      Lebanon schools to move to blended learning from April 21

      First phase of return to school will begin with Year 12 pupils

      LebanonApril 15, 2021
      The Covid-19 outbreak and the collapsing economy are making life more difficult than when Lebanon was at war, citizens of the country say. AFP
      Civil war survivors say poverty in Lebanon worst in living memory

      Those who lived through the war say poverty is rising faster than at any time in living memory

      LebanonApril 13, 2021
      Ramadan decorations are put up in Beirut, Lebanon, amid coronavirus restrictions in 2020. This year, the holy month again takes place against a background of Covid-19 measures. Reuters
      Camera12
      Ramadan 2021 in Lebanon: Covid-19 rules and all you need to know

      What is it, what will be different this year and all the latest on Ramadan 2021 in Lebanon

      LebanonApril 13, 2021
      A building that was badly damaged in the explosion at Beirut port on August 4, 2020. AFP
      Camera11
      ‘Helpless and hopeless’: despair grips Lebanon’s youth

      Young adults in the country are struggling to cope with the succession of crises hitting their homeland, and many feel overwhelmed

      LebanonApril 12, 2021
      Audio-only app Clubhouse has allowed people in Lebanon to connect amid the pandemic and multiple crises. Getty Images
      How Clubhouse is encouraging dialogue in Lebanon

      The voice chat app has become a way for people in the country to connect and engage

      April 06, 2021
      A rescue mission was launched to find the missing refugees who were later found dead. Reuters.
      Syrian refugees found dead in bitter cold in Lebanon

      Two women and two children discovered by search teams

      LebanonApril 01, 2021
      An empty shopping district in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 17, 2021. Reuters
      ‘Every day we discuss closure and then decide to keep going,’ say Lebanon’s restaurateurs

      Restaurants and cafes reopened on March 22 despite record coronavirus numbers

      MENAMarch 30, 2021
      Lebanon's caretaker health minister Hamad Hassan watches as a teacher receives a Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine in Beirut. AFP
      Lebanon’s teachers receive Covid-19 vaccinations

      Teenagers with exams approaching are set to return to school soon

      LebanonMarch 29, 2021
      A volunteer gives Covid-19 advice to people in an apartment balcony in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
      Lebanon announces total lockdown for Eid Al Fitr and Easter

      The country heightened its Covid-19 measures amid rising numbers of cases

      LebanonMarch 27, 2021
      The cost of food in Lebanon has risen dramatically in the past year. EPA
      Lebanon declared 'hunger hotspot' by humanitarian organisations

      Lebanon is one of 20 countries at risk of steep hunger rise

      LebanonMarch 25, 2021
      A medical worker prepares the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Lebanon received 33,600 AstraZeneca doses on Wednesday. Reuters
      Lebanon receives first AstraZeneca batch after controversy

      Delivery of the Covid-19 doses had been delayed over safety concerns

      LebanonMarch 24, 2021
      Lebanon plans to inoculate up to 80 per cent of the population by the end of 2021. EPA
      Lebanese company to import one million Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccines

      Less than 2 per cent of Lebanon's population has received a vaccine dose

      LebanonMarch 19, 2021
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