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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

      Many countries paused use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine when several people who received the shot developed blood clots. Reuters
      Covid-19: Lebanon to delay AstraZeneca vaccine inoculations

      A batch that was due to arrive in March has been pushed until further notice

      MENAMarch 17, 2021
      A pupil sits in an empty classroom at Our Lady of Lourdes school in the Lebanese city of Zahle after coming to collect books he left there before a Covid-19 lockdown. AFP
      Lebanese schools resume lessons after strike but problems remain

      Education Minister Tarek Majzoub called for the strike over lack of state action to deal with crisis

      LebanonMarch 15, 2021
      A file photo showing Lebanon's caretaker health minister Hamad Hasan administers a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, in Beirut. Reuters
      'We’re still in danger': health experts warn of another Covid-19 surge in Lebanon

      Rising cases paired with a slow vaccine roll-out and eased lockdown measures are recipe for disaster, experts say

      MENAMarch 11, 2021
      Crimes against women in Lebanon increased by 107 per cent in 2020 compared to 2019. Getty Images
      'I can’t be with this human any more': Lebanon’s domestic abuse survivors speak out

      Lebanese internal security forces recorded 116 calls to their domestic violence hotline in January 2021 alone

      FamilyMarch 07, 2021
      Men receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine dose during a coronavirus vaccination campaign at Lebanon's American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital in Beirut. Reuters
      Lebanese man wins court case to get Covid vaccine within 48 hours

      Claims that members of parliament were vaccinated before people in priority groups

      LebanonMarch 05, 2021
      The fall of the Lebanese pound has broad implications for businesses and wage earners. Reuters
      Lebanese lira's fall to speed up as political paralysis goes on, experts say

      Owners of small businesses say crisis will eventually force closures

      LebanonMarch 03, 2021
      Lebanon plans to inoculate up to 80 per cent of the population by the end of 2021. EPA
      Lebanese MPs defiant in face of vaccine criticism

      The World Bank said Lebanon’s vaccine funding is at risk after MPs appeared to have jumped the queue

      LebanonFebruary 25, 2021
      A medical professional prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Beirut. EPA
      Anger as Lebanese President Michel Aoun and wife have vaccine

      Media office confirms inoculations after 16 MPs broke protocol by having the Covid-19 shots

      LebanonFebruary 23, 2021
      Men receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine dose during a coronavirus vaccination campaign at Lebanon's American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital in Beirut. Reuters
      World Bank official says Lebanon vaccine funding may be cut over cronyism allegations

      Lebanon is set to receive $34 million for vaccines under the World Bank's Lebanon Health Resilience Project

      MENAFebruary 23, 2021
      A man takes a selfie while carrying a dog in front of the Pigeons Rock in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
      Laundry, flowers and tennis: Businesses gradually reopen as Lebanon eases lockdown

      Some people worry lack of compliance with the rules could cause cases to surge

      MENAFebruary 23, 2021
      Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli is one of the poorest areas in the country. Reuters
      Lebanese police summon dentist for feeding Tripoli protesters

      Anti-corruption group vows to fight bias towards ruling class in the judicial system

      LebanonFebruary 19, 2021
      A Lebanese army soldier stands guard during a protest against the lockdown at Al Nour square in Tripoli, northern Lebanon. EPA
      Lebanese army receives food donated by French embassy

      Military signs agreement to receive donations valued at $60,000

      LebanonFebruary 16, 2021
      An elderly woman receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 at the Dar Al-Ajaza Al-Islamia Hospital (House of Muslim elderly) in Beirut. Around 28,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in Lebanon on February 13 . The first doses will go to the elderly and health workers according to the high risk groups priority order. EPA
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      #NoWasta: Covid vaccine monitoring in Lebanon to fight corruption

      World Bank and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent team up to stop patronage and favouritism deciding queue for vaccinations

      LebanonFebruary 16, 2021
      Nurse Abdullah Khattabi poses for a portrait in the Intensive Care Unit at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital in southern Beirut, which will be the first in Lebanon to start vaccinating its staff after the first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrives on February 13, 2021. Tom Nicholson / The National
      ‘Our only ray of hope’: Lebanon to begin vaccinations amid steep virus outbreak

      First batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines will arrive on Sunday

      MENAFebruary 14, 2021
      A medical staff member assists a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in an intensive care unit at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, in Beirut, Lebanon January 19, 2021. Picture taken January 19, 2021. Reuters.
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      'Yo-yo' lockdowns blamed for rising cases and surge in Covid-19 deaths in Lebanon

      Lebanon recorded more deaths in January 2021 than it did in the past year

      LebanonFebruary 07, 2021
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