I grew up in the neighborhood of Bir al-‘Abed. As pictures emerged of Malak Zahwi and Ali Khadra (two of the now five people killed when a car bomb went off in the neighborhood on Thursday 2 January 2014), I noticed how some people appeared amazed to see these "civilians" dead in Dahiy..
Myriam Dalal
Myriam Dalal is currently an arts and culture reporter at Beirut.com. She previously worked for both An-Nahar and Al-Akhbar newspapers as a freelance art reporter in 2011. Myriam (AKA Mimi the Bee) holds an MA degree in Fine Arts from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA). She is an emerging artistic photographer. Myriam is both the vocalist and songwriter for the Lebanese band, Nachaz.