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
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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
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
Mahmoud Naboulsi was full of love and life. He was a passionate electrical technician who worked hard and dreamed of a better tomorrow. However, like every other Lebanese, he was faced with the sad truth that life as he knew it before the August 4 explosion will never be the same. Two years later, Mahmoud
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Mohamed Tarchichi, a Lebanese born in 1992, owns a shop in Moudawar area in Beirut. On August 4, 2020, Mohamed was working at the shop when a huge explosion happened. His bones were damaged, and he lost 2 cm of his right leg, which cause walking difficulties and permanent stabbing pain in his lower back,
Ghassan Fakhreddine, born in 1964, is a Lebanese security officer at Touch – Mar Mikhael. While he was on shift duty on August 4, 2020, the explosion rocked the city of Beirut, and he sustained an injury to his left hand, causing permanent damage, and part of his intestine was removed.
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Khodor Mehrez is a Lebanese hairdresser born in 1983. He was home in Karantina at the time of the explosion on August 4, 2020; he sustained a leg injury that caused a permanent disability. His life turned upside down and he is currently unemployed, while he used to be watch video
