1/ Thank you iCloud storage, for making my #Beirut memories easily accessible. I found a collection of pictures that I took in Beirut specifically between the years 2014 - 2017 when I used to work full time in Pasteur street/Gemayze, one of the most damaged by the explosion.
2/ This one is on a Saifi rooftop, where a studio was located, me and my colleague used to rent out the space to edit our documentary. I spent hours on that roof observing Beirut. Sometime during one of those days the Ammonium Nitrate shipment landed in the port ahead.
3/ The Sursock Palace Garden where I received my first journalism award in 2013 - the Samir Kassir award for freedom of press from @SK_Eyes & the EU. I was inlove with the Sursock palace, overlooking the ceremony. @sursockmuseum
4/ And the memories that broke my heart the post, my old office where I worked for @The_NewArab with @dojadaoud and @layalhaddad for 3 years. The picture to the left is with my colleague Viviane, to the right picture of the office post-explosion by Doja.
5/ The roof of our office was facing the Beirut post. While we were busy working or sometimes taking selfies & group pictures, celebrating birthdays outside on the roof, a 2,750 tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate shipment was being stored in warehouse number 12 in the port. #Beirut
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