Lyne Sammouri 04/08 15:50 - Reading : less than a minute
At the Karantina Fire Station, families of the firefighters who died in the Beirut Port explosion gathered in silence to mark five years since the blast. The annual march of remembrance continues toward the Statue of the Emigrant.
Moncef Ait-Kaci 04/08 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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That day began like any other. Sam, a young bartender then working in Hamra, was already on shift, and the restaurant was packed. “I was preparing orders when I felt the ground shaking. A massive jolt. They say there were two explosions, but I only heard one. A sound unlike anything I’d ever heard.” Jacques, architect, was sitting down to ...
This is Beirut 04/08 14:52 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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On the fifth anniversary of the devastating Beirut Port explosion, which killed over 200 people and injured thousands, officials and institutions have renewed their calls for justice and remembrance, while tributes were held across the country. Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar visited the Beirut Fire Brigade headquarters, where he laid a wreath at ...
Fady Noun 04/08 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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“Beloved and suffering Lebanon” was the heartfelt theme of a prayer vigil held Sunday evening in the outdoor courtyard of Our Lady of Deliverance Church, in Beirut’s Karantina district near the port. The ceremony, attended by Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Paolo Borgia, featured a candlelit procession and the blessing of the 75 olive trees - ...
Yara Germany 04/08 12:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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On August 4, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Hussein Baydoun didn’t understand what was happening. Bleeding, he photographed the disaster and lost faith in this country. A tribute by This is Beirut to those who still carry August 4 in their bodies, their hearts and their silence.
Lyne Sammouri 04/08 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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For the fifth anniversary of the Beirut port explosion, residents reflect on the day that reshaped their lives and a memory that still demands justice.
Yara Germany 04/08 10:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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On August 4, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Mireille Khoury lost her son Elias, killed by the explosion. Since that day, she says she no longer exists. A tribute by This is Beirut to those who still carry August 4 in their bodies, their hearts and their silence.
Charles Chartouni 04/08 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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American political scientists in the sixties were quite pessimistic when analyzing the cascading political crises befalling Lebanon since the late fifties. Leila Meo used the label of “improbable nation” (1963), and Michael Hudson characterized it as a “precarious republic" (1965). This sense of instability prompted numerous scholars to ...
This is Beirut 04/08 08:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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On the fifth anniversary of the Beirut port explosion, President Joseph Aoun reaffirmed the Lebanese state’s commitment to uncovering the full truth behind the deadly blast and holding all those responsible accountable, “regardless of their positions or affiliations.” In a statement released on Monday, August 4, President Aoun ...
Michel Touma 04/08 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Five years of impunity… Five years marked by sustained pressure, intimidation, threats and brazen displays of militia and mafia-style tactics, all aimed at obstructing justice. The apocalyptic and tragic August 4, 2020, explosion that tore through the Port of Beirut and devastated nearby neighborhoods including Ashrafieh, Gemmayzeh, Mar Mikhail ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 03/08 20:30 - Reading : less than a minute
August 4, 2020, 6:08 PM. A blast shattered Beirut. Five years later, the wounds remain. This is the story of that moment – and everything that followed.
Natasha Metni Torbey 03/08 19:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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Five long years. Five years since the explosion on August 4, 2020, that mushroom-shaped cloud that swallowed the capital, crushed hundreds of lives, and left a nation in shock. Yet in Beirut, life has gone on as if nothing happened. As if more than 240 people had not died, as if over 7,000 had not been wounded, and as if the country were not ...