Carmen El-Khoury El-Sayegh, an elegant and beautiful housewife, and a mother of two daughters: Lara and Sara, was radiant, glowing, and full of life. In her younger years, she had modeled for International designer Zuhair Murad. On August 4, 2020, Carmen was in her home on the 7th floor of a building facing the port […]
42-year-old Fatima Kenno was born in a village in Aleppo (Nothern Rif-Halab) in Syria. She dropped out of primary school despite her mother’s attempts to convince her father to keep her at school. She tried to adapt to a life of farming but in vain, her mind was always wandering to where students were learning
Elie Boulos was born in Zgharta on May 15, 1991, with a physical disability. He suffered throughout his young life as he was abandoned by his father and sister who left him confined to his house in Achrafiye, according to Thérèse Dominique, a friend of the family for the last 13 years. Thérèse who takes
Sami’s life was never easy, and the 4th of August worsened and further weakened his health condition. Sami was born in Baabda on December 1, 1932, he is married with five children. Although he suffered from a congenital disability (the short leg syndrome -one of his legs was shorter than the other) he still worked
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. watch video
The morning of August 4, 2020, was another regular morning in the life of Hasmik Chabo (known as Yasmine); she went to work as usual, but she has a weird feeling inside. Hasmik worked in a clothes shop in St. Nicolas in Achrafiye, and she was very busy on that day; she was looking forward
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
