Beirut explosion
Women behind the lens: ‘The next day she got a tattoo of broken glass’
Rania Matar has found inspiration in Beirut’s resilient women, trying to rebuild lives after the huge blasts that wrecked the city
Rania Matar
07, Jun, 2023 @6:30 AM
The Guardian view on Lebanon’s crisis: a people betrayed | Editorial
Editorial: The elite are running the country into the ground, while poor and middle-class people face economic collapse and vanishing services
Editorial
12, Feb, 2023 @6:30 PM
Beirut explosion inquiry in chaos as judges row and suspects released
Sudden restart of investigation sets off developments leaving doubts justice for victims will be delivered
Martin Chulov in Beirut
25, Jan, 2023 @6:41 PM
The Lebanese House; Shattered Glass of Beirut; Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime – review
In all their ruined glory a Beirut house and ancient glassware are recreated or restored, two years after the city’s devastating port explosion. Plus, a magnificent snapshot of postwar Britain’s industrial might
Laura Cumming
28, Aug, 2022 @12:00 PM
Ancient glass vessels restored after Beirut blast go on display at British Museum
Eight objects from Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods were shattered in port explosion two years ago
Nadeem Badshah
27, Aug, 2022 @8:23 PM
‘The pain gets worse’: Lebanese mark second anniversary of Beirut port explosion
Further collapse of city’s grain silos, almost to the minute of blast, seen as symbol of failure to bring anyone to justice
Martin Chulov in Beirut
04, Aug, 2022 @6:03 PM
Top Human Rights Watch investigator allegedly hacked with Pegasus spyware
Allegation marks latest example of how NSO clients have used powerful surveillance tool to target campaigners and journalists
Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
26, Jan, 2022 @5:01 AM
’It took months for the glass to leave her body’: making Memory Box and surviving the Beirut blast
Lebanese film-makers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige explain how their experiences of war shaped their new film – and how art freed them
Cath Clarke
13, Jan, 2022 @2:20 PM
Lebanon faces ‘depressing’ Christmas as internet crisis stops festive calls
With telecoms barely working, a plunging currency and young people emigrating, it’s a bleak Christmas for weary Lebanese
Martin Chulov
24, Dec, 2021 @8:00 AM
Fraught calm follows Beirut’s worst day of sectarian violence in decade
World leaders appeal for peace in Lebanese capital as militia groups prepare to bury dead
Martin Chulov in Beirut
15, Oct, 2021 @4:04 PM
Lebanon forms new government, ending 13-month standoff
Administration greeted with little enthusiasm by Lebanese people desperate for slide into chaos to stop
Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent
10, Sep, 2021 @4:16 PM
‘No sense of safety’: how the Beirut blast created a mental health crisis
A year on from the devastating explosion, people are struggling to sleep and PTSD is widespread – amid economic chaos
Hannah McCarthy
04, Aug, 2021 @1:35 PM
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