مصدر عام | The Public Source

We are looking for rigorous, well-sourced work — journalistic, historical, or investigative — that is grounded in anti-imperialist and anti-colonial commitments on Lebanon and the region. We are also interested in photo essays, testimonies, and interviews.

Drawing on records, documents, and maps from the PLSC collection, Dr. Salman Abu Sitta (@salman_sitta) showed how documentation serves as a means of grounding identity as Palestinians continue their struggle for liberation and return. thepublicsource.org/archiving-agai…

“We know which refugees are from which village and they can return there. We charted roadmaps in which the distance from villages to camps... Refugees in Lebanon can walk home, and in Gaza too. Literally, they can walk,” Dr. Salman Abu Sitta (@salman_sitta) said.

“What do we collect all that data for?” In 2024, Dr. Salman Abu Sitta (@salman_sitta) spoke about how archives protect Palestinian history from erasure & colonial violence. On #Nakba78, his words remain an urgent call for documentation & return. thepublicsource.org/archiving-agai…

The practice is largely rooted in southern Lebanon. It is a promise that the dead, like the displaced, will return home. Read the story by Zaynab Mayladan (@zaymayladan): thepublicsource.org/temporary-buri…

“When the war ends, the mourning will start again,” Zaher Abu Zeid, whose son Ibrahim was among the five paramedics, said. “Burying someone temporarily means we will bury them twice, and it breaks my heart.”

“Do you think we would bury our loved ones this way if we didn't believe we would return one day?” In the Haret Saida cemetery, the bodies of the deceased are interred as a wadi‘a, temporarily buried. Journalist Zaynab Mayladan (@zaymayladan) reports: thepublicsource.org/temporary-buri…

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In Tayr Debba, Srifa, & Jwayya, life clings to those who remained: A shepherd, a medic, & portraits of martyrs greeting returnees from the walls' collapsed edges. Fatima Joumaa bears witness to life that carried on in southern Lebanon in The After-Image: thepublicsource.org/after-image/ma…

البعض يكتبُ بالحب، إلا زهراء (@mishkifaya) تكتُب بالماء. تُغرق القارئ من مقطعٍ إلى آخر، ولا تنقذه إلا دموعه.

”وأنا في بيتي جنوب النهر، أُلقي بحبْلي إلى السماء علّ الشهيد يلتقطه ويُخبرني كيف استيقظ بعد الصاروخ، لأن الأحياء من المُقاتلين لا يبوحون بمثل هذه الأسرار،“ تكتب زهراء لقّيس.

”قضيتُ الليلة العاشرة من الحرب الجارية أفكّر في طرق الموت بصاروخ، وفي وجه أبي، وفي كلّ المرات التي رأيته فيها نائمًا مُغلقَ العينين، علّ عينيَّ تنامان مثله. كنتُ أحاول أن أتذكّر شكل نومه، وكيف يصمتُ الكون حوله احترامًا لقيلولته،“ تكتب زهراء لقّيس.

”تقول أمي أنّ أقسى ما في الحرب ليلُها.“ شهادة المصورة زهراء لقّيس من قلب الجنوب عن الأب الشهيد، النزوح الذي لا ينتهي، والفجر المتسلل. اقرأوا تفاصيل ليلة من ليالي الحرب على: thepublicsource.org/ar/tenth-dawn-…

“I don’t document the war alone. I document people. It’s a duty.” Photographer Abbas Fakih (@fakihh_abbas) returns to his hometown of Nabatieh to document an archive of faces he could not bear to lose: friends and neighbors killed in Israeli airstrikes over the last 16 months. thepublicsource.org/after-image/be…

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we join the Union of Journalists in Lebanon (@ujlebcom) in demanding a media law that protects press freedoms and safeguards the rights of journalists. At a minimum, the Draft Media Law should ⬇️

The Public Source has been documenting attacks on journalists since the start of the war in October 2023. Visit our Media Martyrs list: thepublicsource.org/journalists-ki…

We call on the Lebanese government to accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over crimes committed on its territory since October 2023, including those resulting in the deaths of journalists Issam Abdallah and Amal Khalil. #JournalismIsNotACrime

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we remember and honor journalists killed by Israel for reporting on and documenting its war crimes. Since October 13, 2023, 15 Lebanese journalists have been targeted by Israeli forces, many in deliberate, premeditated attacks.