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      Mahmoud Rida

      Mahmoud Rida

      Multimedia Producer
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      Abu Dhabi
      Mahmoud Rida is a Multimedia producer at the National News in Abu Dhabi and an Emmy award-winning journalist and media professional with more than 15 years of expertise in film, television production, and journalism.
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      Articles

      A Lebanese barber shaves the beard of a customer at the door of his shop during a power outage in a southern suburb of Beirut. AP Photo
      Play44:24:10
      Lebanon: Electricity shortages linked to surge in respiratory illnesses

      Carcinogens levels in the air rise as more Lebanese rely on highly polluting generators for power

      MENAAugust 17, 2021
      Collapse of Lebanon’s electricity sector causes rising pollution and respiratory illness
      Play44:24:10
      Collapse of Lebanon’s electricity sector causes rising pollution and respiratory illness

      Carcinogens in the air to quadruple as Lebanese become reliant on highly polluting private generators

      EnvironmentAugust 16, 2021
      Anger and agony after fuel tanker explosion in Akkar, Lebanon
      Play26:38:34
      Anger and agony after fuel tanker explosion in Akkar, Lebanon

      Angry protesters storm the house of a prominent businessman because a tanker of fuel he was hoarding exploded on Sunday, killing at least 28 people.

      LebanonAugust 16, 2021
      Lebanon’s fuel crisis threatens hospitals with closure
      Play31:19:28
      Lebanon’s fuel crisis threatens hospitals with closure

      Cash-strapped hospitals shut down air conditioning and lights in a bid to save electricity despite health risks

      LebanonAugust 12, 2021
      Muslims perform Eid Al Adha prayers in front of the Al Ameen Mosque in Downtown Beirut. Few Lebanese are in the financial position to celebrate the occasion as in years past. EPA
      Play35:46:50
      Lebanese struggle to afford meat this Eid Al Adha

      Butchers say trade is down 80 per cent amid muted celebrations

      LebanonJuly 21, 2021
      Meat unaffordable in Lebanon this Eid Al Adha
      Play35:46:50
      Meat unaffordable in Lebanon this Eid Al Adha

      Less Lebanese families can afford meat this Adha due to economic crisis

      LebanonJuly 21, 2021
      Hariri resignation sparks outrage as news of Al Hariri���s resignation broke.
      Play20:01:25
      Hariri resignation sparks outrage

      Hundreds of protesters blocked roads as news of Al Hariri’s resignation broke.

      LebanonJuly 15, 2021
      French minister delegate for foreign trade and economic attractiveness Franck Riester warned on Tuesday that Beirut’s port privately-managed container terminal may soon shut down, warning against a “real short-term humanitarian and health threat” for Lebanon’s food supply.
      Play18:26:08
      French minister warns that Beirut’s container terminal may shut down

      French minister delegate for foreign trade and economic attractiveness Franck Riester warned on Tuesday that Beirut’s port privately-managed container terminal may soon shut down, warning against a “real short-term humanitarian and health threat” for Lebanon’s food supply.

      LebanonJuly 13, 2021
      Sky the sniffer dog can distinguish between different Covid-19 variants, which could help Lebanon's fight against new strains. Mahmoud Rida
      Meet the sniffer dogs detecting Covid-19 variants

      Sky might be the solution to Lebanon's fight against the Delta variant

      LebanonJune 14, 2021
      Palestinians watch rolling news coverage of violence in Jerusalem from a cafe in Beirut’s Shatila refugee camp. Gareth Browne / The National
      Play37:53:04
      From Lebanon, Palestinian refugees watch spiralling Jerusalem violence

      Thousands of Palestinians in Lebanon are glued to 24-hour news coverage from the homeland they have never seen

      LebanonMay 11, 2021
      Ahmad Sadaka, Beirut's musaharati, wakes people at 2am for suhoor. Mahmoud Rida / The National
      Play33:47:22
      Meet Beirut's musaharati keeping the ritual alive

      Ahmad Sadaka continues his father's work as Beirut's musaharati, touring the streets and waking people up for suhoor

      LebanonMay 02, 2021
      Volunteers at Ghiras NGO preparing iftar meals for pick up.
      Play25:33:09
      'Searching for bread': Lebanon's economic collapse leads to suffering during Ramadan

      Hyperinflation in Lebanon leaves millions of people unable to afford even basic iftar meals

      LebanonApril 26, 2021
      Emir Mansour Assaf mosque in central Beirut
      Play30:19:22
      Beirut mosques serve Ramadan worshippers despite scars of port blast

      Repairs delayed by lack of funding as Lebanon struggles with economic crisis

      LebanonApril 18, 2021
      Shoppers que at a bakery in Lebanon's capital,Beirut, on April 13, 2021 (The National, Mahmoud Rida)
      Bread crisis in Lebanon could lead to loss of hundreds of jobs

      Rise in bread production costs fuelled by an 85 per cent drop in value of national currency

      LebanonApril 14, 2021
      Many people in Lebanon rely on private diesel generator companies to supplement erratic supplies from the state grid. Now they may too have to ration supplies. EPA
      Cash and fuel shortages hit Lebanon's electricity providers

      Many Lebanese may soon have to cope with daily hours-long power cuts amid worsening economic crisis

      MENAApril 01, 2021
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