Photos: Beirut stands with Gaza
- photo essay on Beirut protests in solidarity with Gaza.
- Photo: Dahna Abourahme. Protesters gather in Beirut, Lebanon.
Protests have swept the Middle East in the past week to stand against Israel’s invasion into the Gaza Strip, in which upwards of 600 Palestinians have lost their lives, but also to protest the complicity of Arab governments in the current Israeli attack. In Egypt and Jordan protesters have clashed in the thousands with state security forces, calling for an end to diplomatic relations with Israel, while in other capitals in the region protesters have confronted the Egyptian embassies. In Beirut protesters carried hundreds of coffins to the Egyptian embassy last week, ending the demonstration with an Egyptian national burning his passport in protest over the Egyptian governments refusal to open the Gaza border amidst a growing humanitarian crisis.
Photo: Razan Ghazzawi. Protesters gather for a Hezbollah-organized demonstration.
Photo: Razan Ghazzawi. Youth in Beirut protest Israel’s ongoing attack on Gaza.
Photo: Dahna Abourahme. Shoes on barbed wire in front of the Egyptian consulate.
Photo: Dahna Abourahme. Coffins to remember the dead in Gaza on Beirut streets.
Photo: Dahna Abourahme. Beirut protesters carried coffins to the Egyptian Embassy to protest complicity towards the Israeli attack on Gaza.
Dahna Abourahme is a filmmaker and youth media educator currently living in Beirut. Her last documentary “until when…” is a personal portrait of 4 Palestinian families living in Dheisheh Refugee camp near Bethlehem.
