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Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

Rodayna Raydan is a Lebanese British journalism graduate from Kingston University in London covering Lebanon. On Twitter: @Rodayna_462

BEIRUT, LEBANON - OCTOBER 11: Emergency workers stand on rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike on October 11, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. At least 22 people died, and over 100 were injured, in the strike in central Beirut last night, according to Lebanese officials. Israel said the target was a high-ranking Hezbollah official. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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'Hard to just breathe': Mental health crisis grips Lebanon amid Israel's war

A visitor looks at portraits of late Franco-Lebanese film director Maroun Baghdadi and pictures from his movies at the venue of an exhibition dedicated to his memory in Beirut on December 12, 2023, as Lebanon commemorates the 30th annivesary of his death in an accident at the age of 43. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Lebanon's resistance through culture: Return of Beirut’s Metropolis Cinema

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

Thurayya, 28, inspects her avocado trees in a village south of Beirut, on November 22, 2021.

Growing demand for Lebanon's avocados offers promising prospects for farmers

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

Fishing boats are moored at the port of Karantina, north of Beirut, as their owners protest against the continued use of the nearby Karantina landfill waste dump site and its resultant waste pollution harming the local fishing industry, May 24, 2018.

In Lebanon, women break barriers by tinkering fishing nets to secure income

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

Aisha Mohammed Ali, 25, a mother of five who is a refugee from Aleppo, Syria, teaches the alphabet to one of her daughters, on January 5, 2022 in Tripoli, Lebanon. Tripoli is home to one of the country's largest population of Syrian refugees, 9 out of 10 of whom live in extreme poverty. (Photo by Andreea Campeanu/Getty Images)

Syrian refugees in Lebanon turn to TikTok 'begging' for money

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

This picture taken on March 21, 2020, shows an aerial view of the Ashrafieh district of Lebanon's capital, Beirut.

As Lebanon unravels, Beirut neighborhood takes security into its own hands

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

A volunteer serves food to needy children at a kitchen set up by charity groups in Lebanon's southern city of Sidon on Dec. 7, 2019.

Economic meltdown in Lebanon leaves schoolchildren hungry

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

Cancer drugs are seen at a pharmacy, Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 7, 2022.

Lebanon’s worsening health sector leaves patients suffering

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

beekeeper

Lebanese women find sweet success with beekeeping

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

An aerial view of the city of Zahle in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, photo taken during a press tour by the Lebanese air force, July 1, 2021.

From homes to guesthouses: some Lebanese find ways to survive economic meltdown

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

Snow blankets the area of Mdeirej, in the mountains east of Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 18, 2021.

Lebanese turn to logging in preparation for winter

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture

Beirut office

Co-working draws Lebanese amid economic, power crises

Rodayna Raydan

In Boqaata, reporting on culture