Stories written by Dalila Mahdawi

Bombing Leaves Lebanon Shaken

By Dalila Mahdawi
The assassination of Lebanon’s top security official on Friday not only ravaged a quiet Beirut neighbourhood but also shattered the precarious sense of security many Lebanese have been desperately clinging to in recent months.

Lebanese Women Offered a Toothless New Law

By Dalila Mahdawi
Nour’s husband returned to Lebanon after two years of working abroad a changed person. The man she had loved was distant, cold and uncommunicative. Then, two weeks after his homecoming, he attacked Nour while she slept, raping her with such ferocity that he caused a fissure.


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