Alicia Medina

Author

Alicia Medina

Reporter

Alicia Medina is a Spanish journalist based in Beirut. Her work has been published in international media outlets and she holds a master’s degree in Journalism, Media and Globalisation from the Erasmus Mundus program.

ARTICLES

The Beirut blast lays bare a shockwave of evictions hitting Syrians in Lebanon

September 20

On a September morning, Miasar al-Suliman and his wife Hasna peek into their living room and retrieve some clothes, documents and a photo of their son. They do it quickly; the Bei...

Escaping hardship in Lebanon, a Syrian father loses his daughter

September 08

This Syrian family is one of dozens that in the last several days found themselves stuck in the buffer zone at the Masnaa border crossing. Most of them could not afford the $100 ‘...

'They won’t knock on my door': Discrimination tarnishes post-Beirut blast solidarity

September 01

Although most of the grassroots initiatives have been helping the victims of the explosion regardless of their nationality, some individuals, local NGOs and the Lebanese army have...

Losing lives, losing livelihoods: the ordeal of the Syrian workers at the Beirut port after the blast

August 25

Thirty minutes through a fence at the Beirut port. This is how Khadija Airout saw her brother Mustafa for the last time.

From Sidra to Rawan: Beirut blast shatters Syrian dreams

August 12

As Mahmoud al-Kanu walks into the basement of the 25-story building where his father works as natour (concierge), he points out the exact place where his family was standing at th...

‘We share the same pain.’ Syrians step up to help survivors of the Beirut explosion

August 07

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at 06:07 pm, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded and shook the Lebanese capital of Beirut, devastating entire neighborhoods.

In Lebanon, Syrians fight child marriage tent by tent

August 04

A group of Syrian women is on a quest to persuade families not to make the same mistake that shattered their lives.

Lebanon: no country to bury Syrian refugees

July 21

Syrian refugees in Lebanon have to navigate a complex jumble of actors to find a grave for their loved ones.

Syrian refugees’ growing struggle to access healthcare in Lebanon

July 14

Crossing hospital doors in Lebanon is becoming increasingly out of reach for many Syrian refugees. In theory, they have access to free or subsidized healthcare, but the economic c...

Hamamati: the kings of Beirut’s rooftops

July 08

Every sunset, as the sounds of the city fade, the ‘hamamati’ (pigeon trainers in Arabic) let dozens of their birds reclaim the sky of the Lebanese capital.