Samar Kadi

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

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A Syrian refugee sits next to his belongings as he waits to board a bus to take him home to Syria, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. (AP)
Few Syrian refugees return home despite Lebanon’s economic crises
April 08, 2020
Lebanese Army soldiers patrol in the market of the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra, south of Beirut. (AFP)
Measures reinforced to prevent COVID-19 spread in Lebanon’s refugee camps
April 08, 2020
Radio Karantina logo. (Nasri Sayegh)
Radio Karantina brings solace to listeners on days of lockdown
April 04, 2020
A street vendor wearing a face mask pushes his cart in Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut's suburbs, last March. (Reuters)
Lebanon gets COVID-19 assistance from World Bank
April 04, 2020
Lebanese women wearing protective gear against the coronavirus COVID-19 wait for their turn outside an ATM booth at an empty street in Beirut on 27 March.(AFP)
Tighter measures, higher medical mobilisation to confront COVID-19 in Lebanon
March 27, 2020
A view of Mar Challita Church in Akkar. (Samar Kadi)
Akkar, the spectacular and yet forgotten part of Lebanon
March 22, 2020
Lebanese President Michel Aoun (R) and Prime Minister Hassan Diab attend a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, March 19. (AP)
Despite confinement Lebanon working on economic rescue plan
March 21, 2020
A Lebanese Red Cross ambulance leaves the emergency building of the government-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital, where most Lebanese coronavirus cases are treated, in Beirut, March 11. (AP)
Lebanon hospitals facing Coronavirus amid medical shortages
March 20, 2020
A worker disinfects bookshelves as part of a sterilisation campaign against the new coronavirus, at the library of the Evangelical School, in Loueizeh, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 2, 2020. (AP)
Coronavirus puts online learning in Lebanon to the test
March 16, 2020
A man walks in front of a bank in Beirut, March 6. (AFP)
Confusion and fear hang over Lebanon as debt matures
March 07, 2020
Women’s rights activists during an anti-government protest in Beirut. (AFP)
Lebanese women to press for equal personal status rights on International Women’s Day
March 07, 2020
A border official checks the temperature of a passenger as a precautionary measure, following the outbreak of the coronavirus in China, at a border crossing between Syria and Lebanon in Jdaydet Yabous, Syria, February 12. (REUTERS)
As coronavirus cases traced to Iran travel, Lebanese call for air link suspension
February 29, 2020
A photo by artist Houda Kassatly. (Alice Mogabgab Gallery)
Beirut photo exhibition depicts perils to Lebanese heritage
February 22, 2020
Anti-government demonstrators block a road during a protest against parliament giving a confidence vote to the cabinet, in Beirut, February 11. (AFP)
Lebanese government faced with 'difficult decisions' amid dire economic situation
February 22, 2020
Minjara’s custom-made furniture on display. (Minjara)
Tripoli artisans continue to polish a 150-year-old woodcraft tradition
February 15, 2020
Lebanese President Michel Aoun, center, meets with political and financial officials to discuss the economic situation, Thursday, Feb. 13 (Ap)
After parliament vote, Lebanon’s new government faces financial credibility test
February 15, 2020
Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab arrives at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon January 22. (Reuters)
Lebanon’s cabinet heads to controversial vote of confidence
February 08, 2020
An image reflected in a shop window shows Lebanese anti-government protesters marching during a demonstration as army soldiers look on from across the street in Beirut, January 25. (AFP)
Lebanese threaten government with civil disobedience in reaction to poor services
February 01, 2020
Lebanese new Prime Minister Hassan Diab (R) arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting of the newly formed government at the Baabda presidential palace, January 22. (dpa)
Lebanon’s government takes office amid uncertainty, opposition
February 01, 2020
Bumpy start. Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab (R) arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting of the newly formed government at Baabda Palace, January 22. (DPA)
Protesters’ rejection amid challenges awaiting Lebanon’s new cabinet
January 25, 2020