Samar Kadi

Samar Kadi is the Arab Weekly society and travel section editor.

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Soldiers from the Italian contingent in the UNIFIL patrol the Blue Line in Lebanon’s southern border town of Naqura. (AFP)
Smooth mandate renewal reaffirms UNIFIL’s crucial role in Lebanon
September 15, 2018
A farmer holds tobacco leaves in Aitaroun in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)
Contraband depriving Lebanon of badly needed revenues
September 15, 2018
A file picture shows Algerian singer Rachid Taha performing in Toulouse for the 15th edition of the Rio Loco festival. (AFP)
Farewell to Rachid Taha, Algerian-French singer who fused rock and Arab music
September 15, 2018
Uncertain future. Palestinian refugee students stand outside a classroom at one of the UNRWA schools in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 3. (AP)
Lebanon’s Palestinians, the hardest hit by US funding cuts to UNRWA
September 08, 2018
Scars of war. Francois Zimeray, France’s top human rights official, looks at portraits of people who disappeared during Lebanon’s civil war (1975-1990). (Reuters)
Families of Lebanon’s war missing keep searching for truth
September 01, 2018
The six pieces making up the head of Mikhail Naimy seen separately. (Samar Kadi)
Atelier Assaf offers visitors journey into art, heritage and ecology
September 01, 2018
A Saudi engineer (L) shows pilgrims a smart umbrella, which uses solar energy to cool the user, in the Saudi holy city of Mecca. (AFP)
Millions of Muslims converge on Mecca to perform ‘smart haj’
August 18, 2018
Sally (L) and Serene listen to callers at Embrace, a suicide prevention helpline, in the Lebanese capital Beirut on July 13, 2018. (AFP)
Suicide rate among Lebanese youth raises alarm
August 16, 2018
Fighters of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) march during a military parade in Daquq. (Reuters) 
Experts discuss PMF's challenge to rebuilding Iraq
August 16, 2018
Colombian singer Shakira plants a cedar tree during her visit to Tannourine Cedars Reserve, in Tannourine, Lebanon July 13, 2018. (Reuters)
Climate change takes its toll on Lebanon’s millennium cedars
August 11, 2018
At critical levels. Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles washed away by the water on the seaside of Ouzai in southern Beirut, on July 19. (AFP)
Sea pollution in Lebanon approaching dangerous levels
August 11, 2018
A drawing by Azza Abo Rebieh that is inspired by her time in prison in Damascus. (Galerie Alice Mogabgab)
‘Art into the Night’: a show of night-time inspiration and torment
August 04, 2018
A 2017 file picture shows Syrian actress May Skaf delivering a speech in Montreuil, east of Paris. (AFP)
Syrian actress Mai Skaf, outspoken critic of regime
July 31, 2018
Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag during an interview in Beirut. (Reuters) 
Dutch minister advocates 'preventive' policies to address MENA unrest
July 19, 2018
The labelled village of Douma in the Batroun area in northern Lebanon. (pbvliban)
Volunteers work to save rural heritage of Lebanon’s ‘most beautiful villages’
July 14, 2018
Homey space. Al Majlis, the central room at Al Makan community centre in Beirut. (Al Makan)
Al Makan: Beirut’s community hub that feels like home
June 30, 2018
A view of an old church in the ancient village of Hardine. (Samar Kadi)
Lebanon’s Hardine: A treasure trove off the beaten track
June 23, 2018
Keeping hope alive. Palestinian refugees fix a camera on a helium balloon before flying it over different parts of the Burj al-Shamali refugee camp in southern of Lebanon. (AFP)
Palestinian youth in Lebanon see no hope in the future
June 22, 2018
Building capacities. Ghida Anani, the founder and director of ABAAD, an NGO addressing gender-based violence in Lebanon. (ABAAD)
Lebanese activist wins recognition for making a difference in women’s lives
June 22, 2018
A 2017 picture shows people attending a free concert at La Fete de la Musique in downtown Beirut. (French Cultural Institute)
Fete de la Musique brings joy to economically stressed Lebanon
June 16, 2018