When they tell you stories about magical nights and heartwarming eves with the big family united around the chimney and the Christmas tree, tell them about this small population that you once belonged to, which refused - no matter the circumstances - not to celebrate the year-end holidays. As if…

First, you get emotional. Then, you get anxious. And then, you start disconnecting. Until, just like the October 2019 revolution, Beirut becomes a bittersweet memory, a chapter in your book of life you look back to with nostalgia, anger, sadness, yet with a lot of relief. A year has passed…

I thought that nightmares only existed in our minds. I thought that people were exaggerating on social media when they described the horrendous conditions over here. I thought that we were done with the TV show “Survivor” years ago. …

She had been suffering for years now. Yet her condition drastically deteriorated starting October 2019. But she was still fighting. She was still breathing. She was still showing glimmers of hope, of tenacity, of survival. Her family — despite everything — still believed she could make it. They roamed her…

It’s no secret that I struggle mentally. Everybody does. Maybe I feel blessed to be able to express my feelings through writing. It’s time to open up. For the past few weeks, I have progressively gone back to my cocoon, to process the passing of a colleague and dear friend…

Where to start, Beirut? Coming back for a surprise Easter vacation, 6 months after leaving you ‘for good’, I never thought I would be departing again, a fortnight later, with so many emotions. Not the ones I felt back in October 2020, such an indescribable feeling when you carry your…

This is my story. And this is the story of every human being in this piece of land we call Lebanon, who has left, who is leaving, or who will leave in the current and upcoming period of uncertainty that is looming over the country, and that has pushed many…

To date, I still remember the gush of blood and heartbeats I felt exactly 10 years ago, when I was told to choose my career and life path. The decision had to be quick, and there was frankly not much of a choice to make, nor time to think or…