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Amal Khalil (@amal.khalil83 ) has spent two decades reporting from the frontlines in south Lebanon guided by an unwavering commitment to land and people. In this interview by Fátima Fouad el-Samman (@fatimaelsamman ), Amal reflects on the ethics, labor, and politics of journalism. She speaks of the pressures she faced while covering corruption cases and social issues, and the responsibility she felt documenting the stories and struggles of the people of the South. Read the interview at the link in bio. #SouthLebanon #IsraeliOccupation #MilitantJournalism

[Dispatches from the Lebanese Stronghold] ㅤ Announcing the launch of our live blog for reports, testimonies, interviews, commentary, and photo blogs on the imperial war against the region — with coverage brought to you from the Lebanese stronghold. ㅤ We will update the live feed while continuing to produce our signature long‑form journalism, in-depth reporting, and historical investigations. ㅤ Read now at the link in bio! ㅤ (Photo courtesy of the Belrohiyyah Collective) ㅤ #Lebanon #News #Journalism #War

With the Zionist attempt to invade South Lebanon now underway, we are at an existential crossroads against occupation, normalization, and imperial scheming on our land. Presently, we are only accepting works that chronicle, analyze, document, or contextualize the current U.S.-Israeli aggression, waged with the complicity of Arab vassals and the military endorsement of Western states — from the standpoint of our joint struggle from Palestine to Iran. We are looking for rigorous, well-sourced work — journalistic, historical, or investigative — that is grounded in anti-imperialist and anti-colonial commitments on Lebanon and the region. We are also interested in photo essays, testimonies, and interviews that allow us to make sense of this moment. Please refer to our submission guidelines at the link in bio before submitting, and include a short bio with your pitch. Published work is compensated. *The Public Source is currently closed for submissions on topics unrelated to the ongoing war.* #CallForSubmissions #PitchUs #Lebanon #GlobalSouth #JournalismJobs

In a 2024 conversation at the American University of Beirut (@aub_lebanon ), drawing on records, documents, and maps from the PLSC collection (@aub.plsc ), Dr. Salman Abu Sitta reflected on how archives preserve Palestinian history and identity against epistemic violence, colonial erasure, and the cultural dimensions of genocide. Marking 78 years of the ongoing Nakba today, his words speak to the urgency of documenting truth, recovering all that was stolen by Zionism, and asserting a future rooted in justice and return. Read the transcript at the link in bio. #Nakba78 #PalestinianArchives #SalmanAbuSitta

“Do you think we would bury our loved ones this way if we didn’t believe we would return one day? At the Haret Saida cemetery, temporary burials are held almost daily. The bodies of the deceased are interred as a wadi‘a — entrusted for safekeeping until they can be returned home — preventing families from practicing their mourning rites as Israel’s ongoing war disrupts their grief and their loved ones’ ability to rest. The practice of temporary burials in Lebanon is largely rooted in the South. It is a promise that the dead, like the displaced, will one day return home. Journalist Zaynab Mayladan reports. Read more at the link in bio. #BurialRites #LebanonWar #Martyrs #TemporaryCemetery #SouthLebanon

“The very function of a home is transformed once it’s destroyed. It becomes an indictment.” ㅤ In Tayr Debba, Srifa, and Jwayya, life clings to those who remained: A shepherd, a medic, and portraits of martyrs greeting returnees from the edges of collapsed walls. ㅤ Fatima Joumaa (@fatiimajoumaa ) bears witness to the life that carried on in southern Lebanon. ㅤ Read her testimony in “The After-Image” at the link in bio. ㅤ #LebanonWar #Photography #WarPhotography

⁨ ”تقول أمي أنّ أقسى ما في الحرب ليلُها.“ شهادة المصورة زهراء لقّيس (@zahraa_lakis ) من قلب الجنوب عن الأب الشهيد، النزوح الذي لا ينتهي، والفجر المتسلل. اقرأوا تفاصيل ليلة من ليالي الحرب على الرابط في البايو. #لبنان #حرب⁩

“I don’t document the war alone. I document people. It’s a duty.” ㅤ Photographer Abbas Fakih (@abbas.fakih ) returns to his hometown of Nabatieh, to an archive he could not bear to face: friends and neighbors killed in Israeli airstrikes over the last 16 months. ㅤ In every frame, a story. ㅤ Read his testimony in The After-Image, curated by Fatima Joumaa (@fatiimajoumaa ), at the link in bio. ㅤ #Nabatieh #LebanonWar #Photography #WarPhotography

On World Press Freedom Day, we join the Union of Journalists in Lebanon (@ujlebcom ) in demanding a media law that protects press freedoms and safeguards the rights of journalists. #WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom #JournalismIsNotACrime

On World Press Freedom Day, we remember and honor journalists killed by Israel for reporting on and documenting its war crimes. Since October 13, 2023, 15 Lebanese journalists have been targeted by Israeli forces, many in deliberate, premeditated attacks. We call on the Lebanese government to accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over crimes committed on its territory since October 2023, including those resulting in the deaths of journalists Issam Abdallah and Amal Khalil. #WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom #JournalismIsNotaCrime

“The Red Cross pulled a child out from under the rubble after a strike on Arabsalim, which was extremely difficult and traumatic to witness,” recalls photographer Abbas Fakih (@abbas.fakih ) after Israel’s “Black Wednesday” massacres across the country. In Sour, photographer Hasan Fneich (@hasanfn ) turns to a frightened child after a strike on a nearby building and says, “Nothing happened, ya ‘ammo.” “Some people were breaking down in the street. It was chaos,” photographer Ahmad Chihadeh (@ahmad_chihadeh ) said the scene in Ain el-Mraisseh reminded him of the terrifying pager explosions. These images are accompanied by three testimonies from local photographers in Beirut, Sour, and Nabatieh, bearing witness to the U.S.-Israeli war on Lebanon Read more in our photo blog, “The After-Image,” curated by Fatima Joumaa (@fatiimajoumaa ), at the link in bio. #Beirut #LebanonWar #Photography #WarPhotography

Announcing the launch of “The After-Image,” a collection of firsthand testimonies from local photographers, documentarians, and visual artists bearing witness to the U.S.-Israeli war on Lebanon. In it, we also feature reflections penned after the image was processed — offering space for contributors to grapple with what they witnessed. Curated by Fatima Joumaa (@fatiimajoumaa ) #Photography #Images #LebanonWar