Ali worked as a car mechanic and a driver moving containers at the port of Beirut. He was married for the past three years and had a child. When the fire erupted before the explosion on August 4, 2020, he was sharing videos of the flames with his friends when he was pushed by the […]
At a young age, Ali supported his family following the passing of his father. He majored in hospitality and mastered the techniques of Italian cuisine. He worked at different restaurants, the last of which was “Margherita Pizzeria” in Gemmayze. On August 4, 2020, as he took a short break outside the restaurant, the explosion happened,
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Ali majored in Civil Engineering and had a passion for alternative medicine. He worked for a Lebanese-Italian company specializing in kitchens, trying to achieve financial and professional success. On August 4, 2020, he was with his wife and her family at Loris Restaurant in Gemmayze, and he was trapped under the rubble as a result
Alexandra was still under three years old when her father decided to leave Qatar where he worked and settle in Lebanon. She participated with her family in the October 2019 revolution and walked alongside protesters in Martyrs Square in Downtown Beirut. Alexandra is one of the youngest victims of the August 4 explosion. She sustained
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Ahmad grew up in Latakia and lived a beautiful happy childhood. At 21, he moved to Lebanon seeking a better life. He worked at the Port of Beirut onboard a ship -Abou Karim 3-, and married Diana, the love of his life. Ahmad did not know he lived nearby a volcano. The August 4 explosion
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Abdelmouhib moved to Lebanon 6 years earlier for work. On August 4, 2020, as he got off from work, he decided to visit his relatives in the Port neighborhood of Beirut. Unfortunately, the explosion cut his plans short, and he lost his life, trapped under the rubble. It was impossible to send his body to
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Abdelkader grew up in Aleppo in Syria and moved to Lebanon in 2013 to work as a blacksmith. On August 4, 2020, he got off work to organize a little celebration for his son’s birthday. On his way home, the blast was heard, and a metal board fell on his back in the Karantina area,
Abdelkader was a father of three and worked in maintenance. To make ends meet, he also worked as a valet, parking cars in Zaitunay Bay. On August 4, 2020, he was on his shift, and he sustained multiple head injuries and fractures. He entered a coma until August 18, 2020 when his heart stopped beating
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Abdelhalim was a Psychology and Philosophy student at the Faculty of Social Sciences in his home country. Fleeing the war in Syria, he moved to Lebanon in 2013 and enrolled at the Lebanese University to pursue his education. He worked at a restaurant in Gemmayze – Sandwich w Noss –, where he sustained extreme injuries
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Abdul Rahman Bachnati, Lebanese born in 1976, is a civil defense volunteer. On August 4, 2020, he left his coffee cart and joined his teammates at the fire department as soon as he heard about a fire erupting in the port of Beirut. However, the intensity of the blast pushed a wooden cabinet on his
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