Alexandra Sandels
Contributor. Alexandra Sandels is a journalist based in Beirut.
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Mleeta, Lebanon--Families examine a captured Israeli Merkava tank and the charred remains of armored vehicles and war booty seized from Israeli troops. Lebanese boy scouts pose on grenade launchers and motorcycles and snap photos of each other while...
By late December each year, the slopes in Lebanon’s glitzy Mzaar ski and mountain resort, nestled in Faraya village 2500 meters above sea level northeast of Beirut, are usually dusted with snow and crowded with winter sports enthusiasts. In...
American writer/photographer Michael Luongo’s latest book, "Gay Travels in the Muslim World," a compilation of personal stories by Muslim and non-Muslim men, has stirred considerable controversy in recent months. But it’s the...
Through the blurry self-portraits and dark images fused with symbolism they silently share the torment, anger and fear they have lived through.
One photo shows a decaying shower. This is where he used to make her wash off the blood after he beat her...
Beirut--On 21 October this year, 26-six year-old Ethiopian migrant worker Zeditu Kebede Matente was found dead hanging from an olive tree in the Lebanese town of Haris.
A few days earlier, 23-year-old Kassaye Etsegenet, also a domestic worker from...
