Farid Basila is a Lebanese accountant born in 1960. While in Saifi area on the afternoon of August 4, 2020, an explosion rocked the city of Beirut, and Farid injured his neck, which caused him a cervical disc and a partial visual impairment. He needs to undergo a 4 to 6 thousand US dollars surgery; […]
Fatima Kenno is a Syrian housewife born in 1977. On August 4, 2020, she felt the furniture in the room she lives in shattering, and an unbearable stabbing pain in her body. She tried to get on her feet but she couldn’t move. When she woke up at the hospital, he doctor told her she
Elie Boulos was born in 1991, and he suffered from cerebral palsy. After the explosion, his mental state worsened, and although he could barely communicate with others beforehand, his physical and emotional condition further deteriorated and he started exhibiting extreme crying and screaming episodes, and he feared loud sounds.
Sami Sleem, Lebanese, was born in 1942. Although he suffered from a congenital disability (the short leg syndrome -one of his legs was shorter than the other) he still worked to support his family. Throughout his life, Sami underwent multiple surgeries to correct his disability but things did not work out. On August 4, 2020,
Hicham Sabat, Lebanese born in 1969, was severely injured in the August 4 blast while working in a beauty salon in Achrafiye. Hicham’s lower back was fractured impeding his movement, and causing a permanent disability due to the lack of treatment. Hicham only takes painkillers to relieve the pain.
Hasmik Bastajian (known as Yasmine), Lebanese born in 1962, works in a clothes shop in St. Nicolas in Achrafiye. On August 4, 2020, Hasmik was still at work, and as soon as she was trying to leave, she heard the second explosion, she was pushed away from the shop that was reduced to the ground,
Melvine Khoury, a Lebanese lady born in 1989, is a media personality who works for the Maronite Archidiocese of Beirut. At the time of the explosion on August 4, 2020, Melvine was home, and she sustained multiple injuries to her face; she underwent multiple surgeries, and still needs additional interventions. Moreover, her left eye was
