Stories written by Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau is an award-winning multimedia storyteller. She has worked as a photographer, radio correspondent and writer in many countries, including East Timor, South Korea, Philippines, Haiti, Japan, the United States, Tunisia, Lebanon, Egypt and Dubai. She has conducted several workshops with streets kids, ex-prisoners, children of migrant workers and refugees on the use of photography and interviewing as a tool for self-empowerment in underrepresented communities as means of dealing with racism, poverty, prejudice and war. Currently she is working on multimedia essays documenting displaced faces around the world, migrant workers and women, and is the founder and organiser of the "Taste Culture" initiative. https://www.facebook.com/elsimbarusseau | Web | Facebook |

LEBANON: Maid To Serve

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
Adam, 32, left his wife and newborn daughter in northern Nigeria five years back to seek employment in Lebanon. He had a contract offering him 200 dollars a month to work in a cell phone shop in Hamra, Beirut.

MIGRATION-LEBANON: Sending Money Home

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
Four months ago, Eric and his wife Karen left the Philippines for Lebanon to provide for a better life for their family. While driving buses, in the Philippines, Eric became certified as an electrician to improve his chances of finding employment abroad.

LEBANON: Palestinian Refugees Face Systematic Discrimination

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
Denied access to social services, education, adequate housing and employment, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon continue to suffer discrimination and marginalisation.

LEBANON: "Not Going to School Is Like Being Put Back in Time"

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
High costs for private education following displacement has caused major gaps in provision of assistance to Iraqi refugees living in Lebanon, especially in the area of education.

RIGHTS: African Maids Face Abuse in Lebanon

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
Driven by poverty and conflict in their home countries, women from Africa travel to Lebanon only to find themselves hungry, abused, raped and subjected to conditions akin to slavery.

RIGHTS-LEBANON: Israelis Airdrop an Occupation

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
With an estimated one million unexploded land ordnances meaning lack of access to their lands, many farmers in southern Lebanon see cluster bombs as an Israeli "occupation".
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