Mohamed Al-Berjawi was born in Noueiri area in Beirut on June 11, 1985, to a family of three children. Mohamed’s life was not easy; in his childhood, he suffered from torn feet tendons, along with heart problems. He enrolled in school hoping he would be able to complete his education, but his health condition imposed […]
Michel Zeitoun, Lebanese born in 1934, retired from Bardawil& Co. many years ago. On August 4, 2020. He was home in Gemmayze, and he sustained vision loss in his left eye. He also lost his wife Hayat Jerji, and his daughter Maria was injured in the Beirut explosion. watch video
Hussein Sawan, a Lebanese port worker born in 1984. On August 4, 2020, while he was out fishing in the port area, the explosion happened, and as a result, his right index was amputated, and his under-eye bones fractured, which affected his vision and consequently his work. watch video
Habib Semaan, Lebanese born in 1959, was in his bakery un Achrafiye on August 4, 2020. Shattering glass injured his leg, and as he did not receive proper treatment, he suffers from multiple leg strokes. He walks slowly and he can’t work long hours. His treatment is too expensive for him to afford. watch video
Antoine had five brothers and sisters: Joseph, Georges, Janette, Rosette and Yvette.he was married to Mrs. Feryal Geroges Haddad, and had a son and two daughters: Roy, Najat and Carole. He grew up in Hammana, and graduated with a degree in Urban Planning. He loved his village tremendously, and was commonly known as “Daddy”. Antoine
Amin was born in Tarik Jdide. He grew up in the streets and neighborhoods of Beirut, where he completed middle school. He was passionate about mechanics and learned its techniques at 17 years old. He was known as the “fixer” and could fix anything you think of. But because of the economic situation, he gave
Amer was born in 1995 in a village in the district of Baniyas in Syria. He grew up in his birth town where he attended primary school, before he dropped out to join the workforce at a very young age. He was a nice, bright little kid. Amer moved to Lebanon fleeing the difficult economic
Ali grew up in Al-Karak – Zahle, where he finished middle school. He then moved with his parents to Beirut and attended secondary school in Burj Al Barjane, yet soon dropped out. Ali was helpful, he never complained when any one asked him for his assistance. He was dynamic, brave, generous, and loyal. He was
43-year old Ali Mcheik, from Shaath in the Bekaa, is not only the victim of the explosion in the Port of Beirut, moreover, he has been the victim of the deteriorating economic situation in Lebanon, that forced his previous employer to lay off a large number of workers, including himself. He wanted to give his
Ali was born in Egypt, in a family of three sons and two daughters. He grew up in a religious environment, and his father was a renowned Islamic Sheikh and religion teacher. Ali, the eldest of his siblings, was the family’s main provider. He worked in Jordan for eleven years, then moved to Lebanon around
