Stories

Coming from Ethiopia, Massracha worked in two houses in Lebanon. Her journey was long in a country where nothing protected her from exploitation and abuse. Today, with other migrant domestic workers, she is building the safe space and creating the help she couldn’t find years ago.

Covid-19, an economic crisis, an explosion that destroyed half of the city and the “Kafala system” that puts you, unprotected, at the mercy of your employer. This is the journey of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon and their fight for justice and self-empowerment.

From the coastal route to the Beirut- Damascus one, a journey with the memories of the train’s heroes, going back over decades of stories.

About Sabrine whose dreams of education were destroyed by the war in Syria and who, in Ain El Helwe refugees camp in Lebanon, only went through further delusions.

This is the story of a local media initiative, whose protagonists are young women and men of different nationalities, living in the city and sharing the hopes and concerns of its people.

On Mohammad who is banned from love, work and travel, and his excruciating journey to retrieve his nationality. On Abdallah whose many failures made him resort to the sea. On Laila who is denied the basic right of access to health care. And, on Qamar, the girl whose vulnerable position of statelessness exposed her to rape…

From Ain Toura, Mrouj and Bikfaya to Beirut, aboard buses where many things happen from racism, harassment, friendships, discoveries and old time reminiscing.

A series of events happen to Mohammad, from boarding school and the punishments inflicted by the superintendents to love stories, bullying and job hunting.