Ruwan Teodros – Story 3 | Maya
What’s a fear you’ve overcome and how did you find the courage to face it? If you’ve visited Beirut in the last 10 years, there’s a huge chance you’ve met @mayanoise (otherwise known as Chef Maya 👩🏼🍳). At a young age, Maya learned how to cook from her mother. Exhausted from constantly catering Maya’s […]
Ruwan Teodros – Story 2 | Hiam
My teta Hiam’s favorite story to tell me, and the one that always brings a smile to her face and mine, is about how she met my jeddo Abbas. They were introduced at the house next door (sadly demolished in 2020) to my teta’s building, which also happens to be where my mother and I […]
Ruwan Teodros – Story 1 | Tanya
To see Beirut through Tanya Traboulsi’s lens is to fall in love with it. Tanya frequently goes on photo walks, sometimes alone, oftentimes with others, and provides an intimate portrayal of a city that – for all its problems – continues to lure people in. Her fierce devotion to the fractured city, and its people, […]
Maya Rafie – Story 3 | Elie
What’s a small moment from your daily life that brings you joy or contentment? Being a huge extrovert and very sociable person, I love breaking the ice with new people and knowing about their stories, it teaches me a lot as there is always more to learn! It’s something unique that makes me thrive and […]
Maya Rafie – Story 2 | Georges
MAYA RAFIE Story 2 – Georges “Every morning, I wake up and walk barefoot to my grandfather’s house, where we share a cup of coffee (and sometimes a man’ousheh). I sit and listen to his life stories. In this audio recording, my 98-year-old grandfather recounts his memories of working at the airport customs and how […]
Maya Rafie – Story 1 | Nigat
MAYA RAFIE Story 1 – Nigat On Sundays, my friends and I gather to cook traditional meals, reconnecting me to my Ethiopian roots. Baba is an amazing host. Unlike many who restrict their helpers and workers, Baba treats me like family. I live as though I’m with my own father, with the freedom to do […]
Rijan Amro
RIJAN AMROAn identity at the crossroads of Palestine and Canada – Behind ‘Pieces of Palestine’ “Where are you from?” I am Palestinian. But I’m also Canadian. I was born in Dubai, though I never really lived there. My parents, both Palestinian, returned to live in Ramallah, Palestine just after I was born. I grew up […]
Dave Merheje
DAVE MERHEJELaughter as Antidote Comedy has always been in the background of my life ever since I was a little boy. My family were jokers, and as I (@davemerheje) was growing up, I started to fall in love with it without even realizing; it was all over television, the cinema, everywhere. My uncle introduced me […]
Sandra Succar
SANDRA SUCCAR Pursuing Dreams through the MMA Octagon At 24, I’ve journeyed from the confines of a basement to the electrifying octagon of MMA arenas, carving a path that led me to becoming the reigning MMA Asia and world champion. It’s been a wild ride that has taught me invaluable lessons in fortitude, strength, resilience, […]
Ziad Abi Chaker
ZIAD ABI CHAKERPioneering Sustainable Solutions: The Story of an Environmental Engineer in Lebanon As an environmental and industrial engineer (@ziad_abichaker), my passion for waste management and sustainability was ignited during my second year at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Even as a young student, I was determined to find ways to tackle the waste problem […]