Mohamed Dakdouki’s fate led him to battle death for survival, yet, life was not enough for his expectations; August 4, 2020, was a point of no return. On the afternoon of August 4, Mohamed was working in a warehouse close to the explosion site in the port of Beirut. He stopped to take video footage […]
It was not Rita’s inevitable fate on August 4, 2020, it would have indeed been very different if it wasn’t for the “ammonium nitrate” criminals. Rita, a working mom of two was in her house in Fassouh-Achrafiye on that fateful evening. She was walking in her kitchen to prepare a cup of coffee when the
Marwan Chamouni, married with two daughters, one of whom lives with a disability, was back at work on August 3, 2020, after a one-week vacation with his family.August 4, 2020 was a normal working day for him and his colleagues at the port of Beirut. In fact, Marwan, whose work involves ships, works for a
To die is a destined fate, but to live with a permanent disability that increases life’s burdens and hardships is the hardest thing ever. “It was like a tornado”, with these words, Mustapha describes the moment of the explosion. Mustapha Berri was born in the village of Chhour in South Lebanon in 1960; he was
Hussein El-Hussein was born on February 10, 1998, in Aleppo, he attended school in his hometown until grade 9 under very difficult economic conditions. At the age of 15 he started working with his father in plumbing after his parents and seven siblings fled to Lebanon in 2013, looking for peace and security. They first
Saeed suffered from the explosion that hit Beirut like many others on that fateful day. He recalls the details of what happened in August 2020, saying “never again!”Saeed, a physically disabled person whose disability was caused by a medical error, felt an earthquake had hit the area where he lived in Jal El Dib. He
Imane Mehrez is a Lebanese housewife born in 1971. Because of the August 4 explosion, Iman suffered from a brain damage and she can’t walk anymore, as part of her home ceiling collapsed on her head. Her hand is also partially paralyzed. Her only treatment is painkillers. watch video
Joelle suffers from a congenital brain defect; she was born in Gemmayze in Beirut and attended school in the same area. When she was younger, she worked as a teacher for a while, before she received a disability card from the Ministry of Social Affairs because of her medical condition that did not allow her
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Mohamed Fadel El-Mohamed is a Palestinian-born truck driver at the port of Beirut. On August 4, 2020, he was at work, and he sustained partial eye injuries; his eyesight gradually decreased. Following his injury, he was transferred from being a truck driver to becoming a concierge at the same company he worked for. watch video
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Hamza Rizk, a Lebanese born in 1965, he used to work in a company specializing in batteries in Mar Elias in Beirut. He suffers from a pre-explosion disability in his right leg, and his condition worsened after he received a blow to the same leg, caused by the August 4 explosion. He now faces walking
