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Zahra Hankir

6 months

So grateful to wake up to this wonderful review of Eyeliner: A Cultural History🧿 "Each chapter is more interesting than the last. Hankir doesn’t take her subject too seriously; her history lessons are peppered with cultural references and good humor."

The Window Treatments to the Soul

In her perceptive cultural history, “Eyeliner,” Zahra Hankir shows that liquid versus pencil is only the beginning.

www.nytimes.com

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@ZahraHankir

4 years

Even Covid-19 panic-buying won’t help these poor, undesirable brussel sprouts

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1 year

Friends! After 2 yrs of pandemic travel (to 6 locations, incl Chad, Jordan, India & Japan), multiple illnesses (incl Covid in Kerala & post-covid complications in NY) & at least 4 panic attacks, I've finished the draft for EYELINER: A CULTURAL HISTORY (publication due next year!)

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4 years

Today is Loujain al-Hathloul’s 31st birthday. She is spending it in prison in #SaudiArabia for the ‘crime’ of advocating for gender equality. The family of the women’s rights activist hasn’t heard from her in over six weeks. #FreeLoujain #FreeLoujainHathloul #LoujainAlHathloul

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4 years

This incredibly powerful photo is circulating on FB, original source unknown “My government did this” #BeirutExplosions #لبنان__ينتفض #Lebanon

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4 years

I was invited by #Women20 #W20 #SaudiArabia (an official #G20 engagement group) to moderate its summit in October. I have declined as I stand in solidarity with women's rights defenders in Saudi Arabia & beyond, including #LoujainAlhathloul , who remains in prison in the country.

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2 years

Today I think of my grandparents who were exiled from Palestine to Sidon in 1948. They lost everything & lived in poverty. Only recently did I learn that as a child, dad regularly ate mouldy bread. He still recalls the hunger. It took him decades to speak of this trauma #Nakba74

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1 year

@ballesteros_312 @lawrence_wright More than a little

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4 years

THREAD. Some of you have been asking how you can help people in #Lebanon 🇱🇧 during this brutal economic crisis. I've put together a thread of resources and organisations to donate to Please do look them up before donating/contributing Suggestions welcome, esp local charities:

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Zahra Hankir

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5 years

Thrilled to share the cover of OUR WOMEN ON THE GROUND, a collection of essays by 19 Arab & Mideastern women journalists who reflect on what it’s like to report on the region.The book is available for PREORDER! Our foreword is by the indomitable @CAmanpour

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4 years

Been waiting for this take, @zeinakaram delivered: protests "waned even before the outbreak, a combination of fear & fatigue giving way to resignation...coronavirus has...given authorities a means to further suppress protests.But the movements aren't over"

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4 years

My father is a doctor in Saida (Sidon, #Lebanon ) who mostly treats #Syrian and #Palestinian refugees. Yesterday he told me that for the first time patients have been coming to him to say they are hungry and simply can not bear the hunger.

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1 year

@CjvHenderson @lawrence_wright Who’s gonna tell him

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3 years

Arab friends, this مكنسة is being sold for $50 in Brooklyn lol

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Zahra Hankir

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3 years

Conflicted about sharing this during a pandemic but excited to say I’m working with Penguin on my 2nd book: a feminist history of eyeliner from Nefertiti to Amy Winehouse. I’ll study the impact kohl has had on conceptions of beauty, power & gender, focusing on nonWestern cultures

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Zahra Hankir

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1 year

@iamcaspermonroe @SpencerAlthouse And she would have been completely delirious, probably drunk, and gripped by fear and a sense of urgency. Actually thought this was the perfect way for her to die

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Zahra Hankir

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3 years

Baba refuses to leave Lebanon, come what may. But his sister who he is closest to informed the family yesterday that she is emigrating to the UAE to join her sons & age in dignity. He is quietly heartbroken. Sitting in silence. The damage this country is doing, it’s immeasurable

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

3 years

I wrote about a dilemma many Lebanese face — to leave or to stay — a decision often rooted in desperation & despair. I also touch on watching #Lebanon unravel from afar & the guilt & privilege associated with living abroad. But really, this is about Bassem

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

4 years

Ya ilahi these pics of #Fairouz are incredible. Cropped Macron out so we can focus on what’s really important. I particularly appreciate that she is wearing a face shield vs a mask

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

1 year

had a bit of an upset stomach, drank some 7up, and now it's gone. could it be that this is a miracle medicine, as our arab ancestors taught us?

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

3 years

Indeed - can’t stress enough the importance of recognising the bravery of local journalists in Palestine at this time - particularly local women journalists, who are risking so much to report the news despite the personal toll the situation inevitably takes on them

Zaina Erhaim 🪬

@ZainaErhaim

3 years

And she is back to work in the morning! Shout out to Samar, Mariam & all the brave local journalists in #Gaza who are reporting what’s happening despite living through the horror! ✊🏽

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

4 years

Some incredible artwork of me by the Saudi troll army!

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

3 years

I met Elie Halabi shortly after the Beirut blast. He lost his sister-in-law & home that day, and every day since then he struggled immensely to rebuild his life. At the end of 2020, he contracted COVID-19. Four hours ago, he passed away from a stroke.

This is my story, my daughter.

Elie Halabi, 84, as told to Zahra Hankir in Mdawar, Beirut, on August 20, 2020.

medium.com

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

4 years

A v different type of content: two species of sea turtles that breed in south #Lebanon (the green 🐢 & loggerhead 🐢) are classed as endangered & vulnerable. Conservationists in Saida have been caring for eggs by hand & they released a batch of baby turtles into the sea today 💕

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

4 years

“exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being & a native place, between the self & its true home: its essential sadness can never be surmounted” - Edward Said, who died 17 years ago today

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

4 years

Elie Halabi, an elderly man who has lived in Mdawar (near Karantina) his entire life, lost his sister-in-law & home in the #BeirutBlast . He is now homeless & asked me to tell his story. I was so moved by his words that I've written them all up here:

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Zahra Hankir

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1 year

my mum has a WhatsApp group with a bunch of Lebanese mamas and they plan on making moghrabiyeh tomorrow to support Morocco in the World Cup lmao (moghrabiyeh is the Lebanese take on Morocco’s culinary staple, couscous)

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

4 years

LBC is reporting on women migrant workers who are helping with the clean-up operation at Down Town #Beirut . Absolutely incredible and heartwarming to see these women speak so fondly of #Lebanon given how the kafala system discriminates against them ❤️ 💔 #LebanonExplosion

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Zahra Hankir

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2 years

She still made us so proud <3 Still the first Arab player to make it this far at #Wimbledon , even though she won't be taking the title home. 🇹🇳🎾🎉. Mabrouk Ons Jabeur, mabrouk Tunisia

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

3 years

Mama spent hrs trying to fill the car with gas in #Lebanon this morning before giving up. Baba is back at work after recovering from COVID & made $2 today: people can’t afford to see a Dr or avoid it entirely. He was feeling low. “It’s the humiliation,” he said, of being Lebanese

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

5 years

PUBLICATION DAY KLAXON! It’s 6am in NY & I’m bleary-eyed but still so ready to officially start celebrating #OurWomenOnTheGround after 2 yrs of hard work that have resulted in 19 inspiring essays by Arab & ME women reporters, packaged with mad 💕 into 1 @PenguinBooks anthology

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@ZahraHankir

3 years

A tribute to the #BeirutBlast victims, including little Isaac. Never forget

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5 years

It’s a grim, rainy eve in London but I just saw @KathyBurke emerge from the crowd on New Oxford Street like the vision that she is, carrying a tropical-patterned brolly, wearing diamond-patterned trousers, & very clearly giving no f*cks at all. Was too starstruck to say anything

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

4 years

#TeacherAppreciation 🧵 I just got the most AMAZING email from Mrs W, my English teacher from when we lived in the UK in the 80s/90s(my parents left Lebanon during the war) I was 7 She's now 72 She sent a pic of my workbooks, which she kept for 25 yrs, w #OurWomenOnTheGround

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

6 years

#MyNakbaStory thread: 1/ In June 1947, my grandpa Abu Adel secured a building permit from the Government of #Palestine for a home in Balad al-Shaykh, a village on the outskirts of #Haifa . For yrs, he'd been selling ful medammes (favabean stew) & hummus from the back of a donkey—

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Zahra Hankir

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4 years

A #Lebanese woman who fell into a coma following the #BeirutBlast a month ago woke up today. She has two gorgeous children who have been waiting for her. Thinking of Samo, who @lynnkchaya and I met a week ago. He had no hope at the time. God bless ♥️

‘I have no hope. I feel nothing. All we have here is despair, dread, hate, and war.’

Samuel Awdeh, 22, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.

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4 years

After a month of coma due to #BeirutExplosion , my mom’s cousin woke up this morning ❤️ #Beirut #Lebanon

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1 year

I'm beyond thrilled to share the cover of EYELINER: A CULTURAL HISTORY, designed beautifully by Lynn Buckley. The book will be published in 9 months, on November 14, by @PenguinBooks US and @HarvillSecker + @vintagebooks UK. Preorder here:

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

3 years

Robert Saleh, born to Lebanese immigrants, becomes the NFL's first Muslim coach 🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧

New York Jets

@nyjets

3 years

Done deal. Let's get to work. #TakeFlight

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@ZahraHankir

4 years

The embroidered Arabic lettering on Al-Kateab’s dress reads “We dared to dream and we will not regret dignity." Easily the best-dressed at the #Oscars #syria @forsamafilm #forsama 😍

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

3 years

I’m going to be the annoying Lebanese person who says that Dolly Parton’s doctor, Naji Abumrad, is in fact Lebanese

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Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine. @VUMChealth

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@ZahraHankir

3 years

If you dig in, you’ll discover oil, and human rights violations

Madonna Kalousian 🦉🍉🥄

@MKalousian

3 years

This orientalist cake 🤣🤣😭😭

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4 years

Is there a limit to the amount of emotional anguish one person can handle? Mariam, 64, who lost her Karantina home, says yes. She survived the Lebanese civil war, poverty & breast cancer. But the #BeirutBlast has broken her, she says Her story, her words

‘Listen to me, listen to a woman who’s endured deep pain: leave this country’

Mariam Abdel Sater, 64, and her daughter, Desiree Darouni, 30, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic…

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

3 years

Saudi Arabia deplorably sentences Loujain alHathloul to almost 6 yrs in jail. The court suspended some of her sentence & backdated the start of her term, meaning she should have 3 mos left to serve. Thinking of her family today, especially @LinaAlhathloul

Saudi rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul sentenced to almost six years in jail

Court suspends some of sentence and backdates start of term, meaning she only has three months left to serve

www.theguardian.com

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

4 years

Of all the economic explainers on the catastrophic situation in #Lebanon rn this is by far my favourite The guy at the beginning says "guys, does anyone have change for two dollars?" Absolutely love the random slipper and cake at the end

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@ZahraHankir

4 years

The Lebanon bit lolll (accurate)

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@ZahraHankir

4 years

the number of IDF soldiers popping up on my Tinder account while I’m in South Lebanon is truly astonishing

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

5 months

My latest piece is about the brave Palestinian journalists who are reporting on Israel’s bombardment of Gaza despite the many risks involved & the emotional toll of the work. This is the deadliest period for journalists since CPJ started tracking the data

These Journalists Are Reporting From Gaza Amid Israeli Bombardment

"We’ll continue to publish, to live, to rebuild our lives, and to revive the region. We won't give up."

www.teenvogue.com

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Zahra Hankir

@ZahraHankir

5 years

JOURNO THREAD: Western/international media covering #Lebanon / #LebanonProtests : if you need commentary from women on the ground, try reaching out to: Bissan Fakih @Jafra_ Lara Bitar @LaraJBitar Luna Safwan @LunaSafwan Abeer Saksouk @abirsasso Julie Kebbi @JulieKebbi

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1 year

I'm so proud of EYELINER & I'm so thankful to all the incredible people I met around the world who shared with me surprising, profound & delightful stories about eyeliner, kohl, kajal & sormeh, etc. I'd hoped, but never imagined, that I would learn so much from just this 1 object

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Zahra Hankir

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4 years

My 11yo half-Lebanese half-British nephew just said he'd choose a drop of hummus over a chocolate bar in a heartbeat and now my work as an Arab auntie is done peace out

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4 years

We delayed publicising the UK @vintagebooks edition of Our Women on the Ground last week given the tragic events in #Lebanon . But today I would like to bring attention to the importance of seeking out local voices on the ground in #Beirut during this very difficult time. 1/

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Now, more than ever due to tragic developments in #Lebanon , we are reminded why we should seek out local voices during times of conflict and uncertainty. #OurWomenOntheGround is an essay collection feat. 19 Arab women journalists, ed. by @ZahraHankir 👇

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4 years

"The determined daughter of a family of modest means, she had managed to break into the nearly all-male world of the Beirut Fire Brigade, devoting herself to public service & making plans to build a family of her own" Thank you for writing this @Abihabib

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@ZahraHankir

3 years

COVID-19 has been infected with the Assads

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3 years

The subhead is genius "Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiine"

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3 years

Omg Our Women on the Ground is in @bellahadid ’s pile of books 📚😍♥️ 🇵🇸

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@ZahraHankir

1 year

I've met & interviewed drag queens, geisha, chicanas, cholas, bedouins, makeup artists, influencers, dancers, actors, you name it. I can't wait to share my journey with you. I genuinely never thought that I could pull this off, but mama told me to keep going & mama's always right

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4 years

“ #Beirut I hate you so much for making me leave...I hate you for everything you’ve taken from my mother. I hate you so much for finding a way to punish me when I’m not even there. Beirut I hate you as much as I hate myself for still belonging to you” - Hamed Sinno via FB 💔 🖤 🇱🇧

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3 years

"Netflix is a cinematic rummage sale: some authentic treasures gleam enticingly atop a pile of junk within which rarer gems lurk—but it requires some digging. Reader, I dug—& found that Netflix is offering a batch of Lebanese films from the past 50 yrs"

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3 years

This piece filled with infographics really puts into visual perspective how dire the situation is in #Lebanon Attached, what 10,000 lira can get you today (a liter of milk) vs in 2019 (a liter of milk + vegetables + fruit + rice + chicken) @AJEnglish

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4 years

In photos: Snippets from #Karantina , a poor Beirut neighbourhood that was devastated by the #BeirutBlast . The residents I photographed asked that I share these photos widely ‘so everyone can see what happened here.’ The area has received less attention & aid than others, they say

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3 years

In which the Arab origins of Falafel are described as ‘baggage’

The falafel is part of my Israeli psyche – here’s my recipe

This London chef and author is missing proper streetside falafel dripping with hot sauce and tahini – but they can be recreated at home

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5 years

Abdullah: 'Words have consequences' #Boris : But Iran Abdullah: 'Words have consequences' Boris: But my great grandfather was a Muslim #ConservativeLeadershipRace #BBCOurNextPM

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3 years

Lebanon keeps "hurtling towards collapse," similar to how it's perpetually been "on the brink." When do we say it's collapsed, and that the "brink" is behind us? Where's the line exactly?

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3 years

On #WorldRefugeeDay I honor my grandparents who became refugees in Lebanon in 1948 when they were expelled from their newly built home in Haifa, Palestine & forced to join the Nakba—losing their livelihood but never their determination. We still have the land papers. Never forget

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3 years

LOVE this piece on "immigrant" or "ethnic" blankets by @Maya__Salam . literally just spent 6 weeks in lockdown in Lebanon wrapped in one can attest to this: "you’ll never unknow the feeling"

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4 years

This adorable Lebanese girl's singing-in-quarantine is so lovely & light & very Fairuzesque. A rough translation from Arabic of the 1st bit: Corona oh corona / In your name [we're exhausted] / our loved ones & relatives / can't visit us anymore / Oh corona

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3 years

#ThePresent , a short film which tells the story of a Palestinian man's struggles to buy his wife a wedding anniversary gift in the West Bank, left me breathless. It's on Netflix now: watch it Mabrouk to @farah_nabulsi & @Hindoisms for such an incredible film & the Oscar nom 🇵🇸🎬

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3 years

I often turn to Palestinian journalist Asmaa al-Ghoul's essay in my book, Our Women on the Ground. Her words hit hard today in particular: "I wanted to gather the pain of the war’s wounds into my arms so it could join my old wounds, but the war had burned the air in my chest"

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4 years

My dear uncle Nabil passed away in Saida, Lebanon, this morning. He was 76. Per Islamic tradition, he was meant to be buried today. But the men who perform burials here all have COVID-19, so the family has had to postpone putting him to rest. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.

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3 years

"They are made from repurposed wool sweaters with fleece from recycled plastic bottles" Instantly iconic

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3 years

Today I grieve for Elie. All he wanted was four walls, to live in dignity, to be surrounded by loved ones, to be listened to. Lebanon took that away from him. RIP Elie. I’m so sorry your life ended this way. You wanted peace and it is now yours, for eternity.

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3 years

I’d been pushing to get dad a vaccine appointment in Lebanon. He should’ve been booked in a while ago as he’s an elderly practising doctor with comorbidities. He finally got an appointment slotted in for next week. Except now he has COVID & is in hospital. Inshallah he’ll recover

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3 years

Lebanese man recovering from COVID-19 requests a chicken shawarma sandwich (in writing) post-extubation ♥️

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Yesterday, we extubated an ICU patient who has been intubated for about a month due to COVID. Today, being on BiPAP, there was only one thing he needed to express, through writing: "Chicken Shawarma".

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During the #BeirutBlast , Ghassan, a 68-yr-old Syrian labor worker, was working at a building in which several ppl died. "All I could see was death," he says. The tragedy has deepened his feelings of grief: 2 of his sons were killed in Syria during the war

‘Did the explosion discriminate?

Ghassan ‘Abu Ahmad’ Barakat, Labour Worker, 68, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.

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3 years

Supermarkets in Saida/Sidon ( #Lebanon ) are now disposing of / giving away frozen goods as they can no longer keep freezers on (no doubt this is happening all over the country). Mum doesn’t buy anything that requires freezing anyway due to the power cuts.

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5 years

Hundreds of #Lebanese in #London are standing in solidarity with protesters back home in front of the Lebanese Embassy on this glorious day: these two girls are my absolute favourite 😍💪🏽🇱🇧 #LebanonProtests #Lebanon #ثورة

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4 years

Taken and posted with permission - #JusticeForShukriAbdi protest at Hyde Park #London today. #SAYHERNAME #ShukriAbdi #BlackLivesMatter

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3 years

Eid mubarak from Sidon, Lebanon 🕌

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5 years

Congratulations to @khalafroula , who's just been appointed editor of @FT , after decades of tireless & trailblazing work covering the Middle East & beyond. This makes her the first woman and Arab to hold the post

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4 years

Flash the rescue dog - 1 Mustapha Adib - 0 #Beirut

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3 years

Omg - #ThePresent , a short film which tells the story of a Palestinian man's struggles to buy his wife a wedding anniversary gift in the West Bank, just won a #BAFTA ! 🇵🇸 Mabrouk to @farah_nabulsi & @Hindoisms , this is tremendous news and so well-deserved

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4 years

My mum sends me the greatest Arab mama memes

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3 years

Sharing some visuals from my book research in Chad & Jordan, where different ethnic groups use kohl in different & fascinating ways. This one is of a member of the Wodaabe ethnic group. All pictures taken and shared with permission #eyeliner #eyelinerbook

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Happy 85th Birthday to #Fayrouz ( @FayrouzOfficial ), queen of all queens, who graced us with these pics* when #Lebanon most needed them ❤️ 🇱🇧 👑 *cropped out Macron

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excited to share that my 2nd book, EYELINER: A CULTURAL HISTORY, has found a UK home! it will be published by @HarvillSecker & @vintagebooks Harvill Secker snaps up 'ingenious' cultural history of eyeliner by Hankir

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4 years

Musa, a 24-yr-old port worker, lost his #Karantina home & his livelihood in the #BeirutBlast – some of his friends are missing. While his pregnant wife & children survived, Musa says they're suffering unimaginably & are being ignored bc they're Syrian:

‘Given what I have experienced here, disaster after disaster, I would rather be in Syria’

Musa Muhammad Naasan, Port Worker, 24, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.

link.medium.com

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3 years

Without electricity in #Lebanon elevators aren't functioning. baba speaks of having to skip home visits to patients because he's too old to climb flights of stairs. he's reminded not only of the disintegration of the state but also of his limitations as he ages. how fucking cruel

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“A girl died of a scorpion sting last week because there was simply no dose of anti-venom to be found.” Behind the Crisis in #Lebanon , a Vast Bank-Run Ponzi Scheme via @thenation

Behind the Crisis in Lebanon, a Vast Bank-Run Ponzi Scheme

From gas lines to medicine shortages, Lebanon is suffering the fallout of years of political and financial corruption.

www.thenation.com

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Samo, 22, says he feels nothing. The #BeirutBlast left his mum in a coma; she may never wake up. His 14-yr-old sister was injured & their home was wrecked. He doesn't have a job. And he recently lost his father. But he insists he feels nothing. His story:

‘I have no hope. I feel nothing. All we have here is despair, dread, hate, and war.’

Samuel Awdeh, 22, as told to Zahra Hankir in Karantina, Beirut. Translated from Arabic. Photos by Lynn Chaya.

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And now, I'm going to hibernate for 4 months. See yaa (pictured, eyeliner from all over the world, a small selection of books I’ve read for research, me in Kerala with a kathakali dancer, backstage, and my final proofread just in time for recycling pickup )

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Life in #Lebanon : Small victory for mama today, she sent this pic of a makeshift power source which is enough for a fan, the tv, and internet router. Baba slept for the first night in days. They were on a waiting list for this UPS for weeks. And they are among the privileged 💔🇱🇧

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5 years

Ridiculously thrilled to see this @nytimes review of #OurWomenOnTheGround . The volume "rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent playbook, deactivating the old clichés. Each of these women has a story to tell. Each has seen plenty"

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What does one say to elderly parents in #Lebanon who haven’t slept in days due to the heat & lack of electricity/AC/fans? Who haven’t driven to work/been out because of depleting fuel/worry over violence at gas stations? Who have been carefully calculating what to eat & when?

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for the 1st time today I could only video call mum for 2 mins bc there was no electricity & she's running out of internet credit & has to carefully use it. i could barely get a word in due to connectivity. she's on the verge of tears. I hate that there's nothing I can do #lebanon

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This week two UK doctors—both of immigrant backgrounds—lost their lives to #Covid19 : Dr Habib Zaidi, 76, a Pakistani-British GP & Dr Adil El Tayar, 63, a Sudanese surgeon. Both reportedly died on Wednesday. They devoted their lives to helping others. RIP

First working NHS surgeon dies from coronavirus - BBC News

Sudanese surgeon Adil El Tayar worked in Saudi Arabia, Africa and in two of London's main hospitals.

www.bbc.co.uk

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4 years

Lebanese millennials, who remembers this from childhood?

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3 years

“You’re giving us arms & we’re saying we don’t want to go to war, we want to eat & get an education. I speak to you from the city of Tripoli with the men here, in 10 years we’ll get an education (by force) & we’ll throw you (the politicians out) & we’ll become the MPs ourselves”

Ziad

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3 years

بس يفيق فرجوه هالفيديو ..

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One of mama’s best friends is her neighbour on the 2nd floor. They usually have sob7iyes (morning gatherings).Since the outbreak they’ve been catching up via balconies instead, speaking while many meters apart. The neighbour sent us this pic💕I so wish I could be in Lebanon today

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3 years

fleeing the US to Lebanon next week

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Oh Jerusalem, my love! Tomorrow orange trees will blossom & olive trees will rejoice Your eyes will dance, the migrant pigeons will return to your sacred roofs Your children will play again Fathers & sons will meet on rosy hills. My town, town of peace & olives- Nizar Qabbani

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