Madeline Edwards

1.6K posts

Madeline Edwards banner
Madeline Edwards

Madeline Edwards

@MEdwardsJO

Journalisting, knitting and sewing in Lebanon🐌 Eyes on environment, rural life, offbeat 📝 My recent reporting: https://t.co/AWIQijOQVl

Beirut Katılım Şubat 2015
2.2K Takip Edilen1.3K Takipçiler
Sabitlenmiş Tweet
Madeline Edwards
Madeline Edwards@MEdwardsJO·
Khijou and Samar al-Khateeb are two sisters from the Moadhamiyet al-Sham suburb of Damascus. Between them are more than three years of torture and arbitrary detainment in Assad's prison network, and multiple loved ones lost to prison: @AJEnglish aljazeera.com/features/longf…
English
1
1
3
588
Madeline Edwards retweetledi
Hassan I. Hassan
Hassan I. Hassan@hxhassan·
Lebanon's dating scene 1) niche dating apps filter matches by specific political parties 2) offline "blind art dates" separated by wooden boards 3) interfaith couples announce romance only after the wedding 4) packed speed-dating parties. By @MEdwardsJO newlinesmag.com/spotlight/war-…
English
4
29
112
16.6K
Madeline Edwards retweetledi
New Lines Magazine
New Lines Magazine@newlinesmag·
8. 🧵As the fate of Syria’s minorities continues to make headlines, this essay by @MEdwardsJO offers a firsthand account from Sweida, the Druze-majority province, as it adjusts to a dramatically changed political landscape. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/joy-…
English
1
1
3
146
Madeline Edwards retweetledi
New Lines Magazine
New Lines Magazine@newlinesmag·
NEW: In Akkar, northern Lebanon, Sufism thrives while it fades elsewhere. Villages keep centuries-old “zikr” prayer ceremonies alive, blending mysticism & joy. @MEdwardsJO reports from the celebrations of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday for @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sufi…
English
0
5
6
1.4K
Madeline Edwards
Madeline Edwards@MEdwardsJO·
Baalbeck's famed Palmyra Hotel once buzzed with royalty and pop stars. Those days are long past. Now there are state power cuts and a historic economic crisis. The hotel has one potential life raft: solar energy. My latest, with 📸by @joaosousa: today.lorientlejour.com/article/133524…
English
2
3
6
327
Madeline Edwards retweetledi
New Lines Magazine
New Lines Magazine@newlinesmag·
Current Top Read: From Tyre’s bomb-scarred banana fields to Tripoli’s Ottoman clock tower, @MEdwardsJO rode the length of Lebanon on its first new public transit system in decades. She recounts the experience for @newlinesmag, with photos by João Sousa. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ridi…
English
0
5
5
3K
Haley Schuler-McCoin
Haley Schuler-McCoin@mccoin_haley·
@MEdwardsJO has such a knack for storytelling 🥹 On the sometimes contradictory role of reincarnation stories across families and over time, but also its power as a means for telling old (and current) stories in new ways -- bitly.cx/uxZFs
English
1
0
1
18
Madeline Edwards retweetledi
Mohammad El Sahily - محمد الساحلي
Mohammad El Sahily - محمد الساحلي@moesahily·
Lebanon today is awash with hope. The combined efforts of the opposition have brought to power a president and prime minister who are bent on implementing reforms. Long road ahead, but this is nothing short of a tsunami, and a victory for October 17.
English
0
3
18
911
Matthieu Karam
Matthieu Karam@MatthieuKaram·
🇱🇧 The presidential convoy transporting head of the Lebanese Army, Joseph Aoun, minutes after he was elected as new Head of State, after a two-year vacuum. Moments ago on the Hazmieh-Baabda highway. #lebanon #liban #president #josephaoun
Matthieu Karam tweet media
English
1
6
53
4K
Madeline Edwards
Madeline Edwards@MEdwardsJO·
Yet the Assad regime's prison network was uniquely cruel to women, sisters Khijou and Samar told me from their home near Damascus. “As female detainees, as mothers of detainees, as wives of detainees, we have no forgiveness." @AJEnglish aljazeera.com/features/longf…
English
0
1
0
86
Madeline Edwards
Madeline Edwards@MEdwardsJO·
I found only one poster for a missing imprisoned woman among thousands of posters of men on my recent visit to Damascus, where families are posting pictures of their loved ones who went missing (or were killed) in Assad's prisons @AJEnglish aljazeera.com/features/longf…
English
1
0
0
81
Madeline Edwards
Madeline Edwards@MEdwardsJO·
Khijou and Samar al-Khateeb are two sisters from the Moadhamiyet al-Sham suburb of Damascus. Between them are more than three years of torture and arbitrary detainment in Assad's prison network, and multiple loved ones lost to prison: @AJEnglish aljazeera.com/features/longf…
English
1
1
3
588

Keşfet

@newlinesmag @NewPalmyraOrg @joaosousa @mccoin_haley @MatthieuKaram @matnashed @AJEnglish @elonmusk