Laure Delacloche

Beirut

Journaliste de solutions au Liban @SolvoCollectif - Politiques publiques @Contexte - Autrice de "Comprendre les Libanais", parution oct 2023 chez @Riveneuve_ed

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Articles

How a garden is helping children heal in Shatila Refugee Camp

2 weeks ago | newarab.com | Laure Delacloche

Fig trees and bougainvilleas are a common sight in Lebanon, but among the decayed buildings of Shatila, they stand out. Khatar, a 9-year-old Syrian girl, stands in the unique garden that the Palestinian camp is known for. She comes every day because she likes to “smell the flowers.” Behind her stands a jasmine tree. Rosemary and mint are also in sight, alongside a lemon tree. Usually, growing such a garden in Lebanon takes just a few months of gardening.
Syrian women's long struggle in the military-security sectors

1 month ago | newarab.com | Laure Delacloche |Sebastian Shehadi

Despite the significant progress achieved by Syrian women over the years of struggle in education, medicine, and politics, they continue to be dismissed and marginalised in the military and security fields, due to deep-rooted political and cultural stereotypes around gender roles. For decades, Syrian women have been unable to climb anything beyond very junior roles in both the military and security sectors.
Syrian Christians embrace Easter with caution

2 months ago | newarab.com | Laure Delacloche |Sebastian Shehadi

In Al Hamidiyah, Homs’s historic Christian-majority neighbourhood, 40-year-old Bashar Hors joined Palm Sunday celebrations with his wife and young daughter at the Um Al Zennar Cathedral — one of the world’s oldest churches. In a country with a complex patchwork of religious minorities, wary of new Islamist governance and sudden sectarian flare-ups, the atmosphere, Bashar said, felt almost normal.
On the demarcation line of Lebanon's Civil War, 50 years on

2 months ago | newarab.com | Laure Delacloche

Beginning her tour at the back of the National Museum in central Beirut, Samira Ezzo immediately made the Lebanese Civil War palatable to her audience. “From the inside of the museum, a sniper dug a hole into a mosaïc dating back to the Byzantine times,” so that he could shoot whoever would cross the line of demarcation, she told her group, recounting how the museum’s artefacts were protected in cement casts during the war (1975-1990).
Why the USAID freeze is shaking Lebanon’s development sector

Feb 19, 2025 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Laure Delacloche

On 20 January, the Trump administration issued an executive order freezing all American foreign aid through the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for three months, citing that the “industry and bureaucracy are not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values.” This decision has had significant implications for Lebanon, a country whose public institutions and population have heavily relied on foreign...
Why the USAID freeze is shaking Lebanon's development sector

Feb 19, 2025 | newarab.com | Laure Delacloche

On 20 January, the Trump administration issued an executive order freezing all American foreign aid through the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for three months, citing that the "industry and bureaucracy are not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values." This decision has had significant implications for Lebanon, a country whose public institutions and population have heavily relied on foreign...
In Paris, the Lebanese diaspora mobilises once again

Nov 25, 2024 | newarab.com | Laure Delacloche

On the night of 17 November, around 40 diaspora members gathered at Zamane, a Lebanese restaurant in the chic 16th district of Paris, not so far from the Eiffel Tower. They are members of the collective Emergency Lebanon (Urgence Liban), which was set up in September to respond to the needs of the 1.2 million people who are displaced due to the Israeli war on Lebanon.
The Beginning of the End for Southern Lebanon’s Christians

Oct 17, 2024 | hcef.org | Laure Delacloche |Fadi Hanna

ONE magazine published “No Generation Spared” in its June 2024 edition. The article covered the situation in southern Lebanon, highlighting communities affected by the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. These largely Christian villages, including Yaroun, have been devastated by the escalation in recent weeks. A New York Times report published today shows that Yaroun and other border villages, like Maroun al-Ras, have been flattened by the Israeli military.
In a class of their own: three Olympic sportswomen talk about overcoming war, hardship and the Taliban

Jul 2, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | SArah Johnson |Sarah Johnson |Laure Delacloche |Stephen Burgen

In a class of their own: three Olympic sportswomen talk about overcoming war, hardship and the TalibanOne of Alexandra Ndolo’s greatest career achievements so far is winning a silver medal for Germany at the world fencing championships in Cairo in 2022. But when the daughter of a Polish mother and Kenyan father looked up and saw the Kenyan flag hanging from the roof of the arena for the one athlete who hadn’t won anything, she had a moment of reckoning.
three Olympic sportswomen talk about overcoming war, hardship and the Taliban

Jul 2, 2024 | msn.com | SArah Johnson |Sarah Johnson |Laure Delacloche |Stephen Burgen

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