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Luna Safwan

Luna Safwan

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Luna Safwan is a Lebanese freelance journalist who works on press freedom and freedom of expression. She has a special focus on Syria and the Lebanese protest movement, and has reported on migrant workers and marginalised refugee communities.
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Mohammed Maghrabi, an 82-year-old bookseller, rests on his couch under Fiat bridge in Beirut before the fire. EPA
Homeless man who ran bookshop under Beirut bridge loses stock and home in fire

Mohammed Maghrabi has lived under a bridge selling books for over a year, but his collection was lost to the flames on Thursday night

LebanonJanuary 21, 2022
Luna Safwan
A sculpture made from debris of the Beirut blast. AFP
Sifting through the rubble of our minds in a shattered Beirut

A year on from a fatal explosion in the city's port, residents are still coming to terms with collective trauma

CommentJuly 30, 2021
Luna Safwan
Relatives of those arrested in anti-government protests in Tripoli shout slogans and block the roads with burning tyres in front the house of Judge Fadi Akiki during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon on February 24, 2021. EPA
Lebanon wrongly singles out specific protesters as 'terrorists'

Rioters in Tripoli committed offences, but they have been charged disproportionately to their crimes

CommentMarch 03, 2021
Luna Safwan
Lokman Slim, who was found shot dead in his car on February 4, 2021 in the south of Lebanon. AFP
Lokman Slim: the assassination of a most elegant critic

The Lebanese publisher and activist was not just a hero – he was a piece of Beirut's memory, writes Luna Safwan

CommentFebruary 04, 2021
Luna Safwan
A student from the American University of Beirut holds up a placard during a protest against the adjustment of the dollar rate for new tuition fees, in Beirut last week. AP Photo
From placards to political power: these student protesters are Lebanon’s future

A new generation of politicians, unaffiliated to the entrenched ruling class in Beirut, will emerge from this movement

CommentJanuary 03, 2021
Luna Safwan
Lebanon was once a beacon of free expression in the Middle East, but the media landscape is taking a dark turn. Getty
I dared to criticise Hezbollah on Twitter, and paid a heavy price

The militant group is using social media to target female journalists and change Lebanon's media landscape

CommentOctober 18, 2020
Luna Safwan
Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri greets the audience on his arrival at a regional banking conference in Beirut on November 23, 2017. Hussein Malla / AP Photo
Stability is top priority for Lebanon, Hariri tells bankers

Prime minister calls for focus on country's internal matters rather than regional issues

November 23, 2017
Luna Safwan
Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri, right, meets President Michel Aoun, left, and Parliament speaker Nabih Berri, centre, at the presidential palace in Baadba. AFP Photo
Lebanon PM Hariri says resignation on hold

The surprise announcement coincided with Lebanon's Independence Day

November 22, 2017
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