Madeline Edwards

Beirut

Copyeditor and Reporter at L'Orient Today

Journalisting, knitting and sewing in Lebanon🐌 Eyes on environment, rural life, offbeat 📝 My recent reporting: https://t.co/AWIQijOQVl

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Articles

Syria’s Druze fearful after deadly attacks on Damascus suburbs

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Madeline Edwards |Ali Hüseyin Bakir |Joseph A. Massad

Rami lived through more than a decade of war in Syria, yet had never picked up a gun. That all changed this week. Deadly clashes between pro-government fighters and local Druze gunmen ignited on Tuesday, in part over a now-debunked audio clip of a Druze cleric allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Rami, a 27-year-old Druze activist and former Red Crescent worker, feared his community was in grave danger. He decided to join his friends on the frontline, borrowing one of their weapons.
Reincarnation and the Legacy of Lebanon's Civil War

1 month ago | newlinesmag.com | Madeline Edwards

For the Druze, memories of past lives intertwine with trauma from the conflict — which began 50 years ago this month It was Sept. 25, 1983, eight years into Lebanon’s deadly 15-year civil war and the height of the “Mountain War” between Christian fighters aligned with the right-wing Lebanese Forces and fighters from the majority-Druze Progressive Socialist Party (PSP).
A Lebanese man’s freedom from Syrian prison brings cautious hope to family

Dec 9, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Madeline Edwards

9 December 2024 14:48 GMT ago In 1985, at the height of the Lebanese civil war, an 18-year-old new conscript in the Lebanese Army was due back home on leave. But instead of making his way to his native Tashaa, a remote village of Muslim and Christian farmers in the mountains of Akkar governorate, Ali Hassan Ali disappeared. Ali was last seen at a checkpoint manned by occupying Syrian Army personnel.
Sudanese citizens may have been detained in Syria's Sednaya prison

Dec 9, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Madeline Edwards

As rescue workers race to free any remaining prisoners from Syria’s notorious Sednaya prison, a Sudanese man in neighbouring Lebanon says he believes his father and brother-in-law, forcibly disappeared years ago by Bashar al-Assad’s administration, may be among the detainees. Ahmed Abdelrazzaq does not know if the two men, whom he says are UN-registered Sudanese refugees, are still alive.
After attack, north Lebanon villagers fear Israel targets displaced people

Nov 13, 2024 | radiohc.cu | Madeline Edwards

A red 'I love you' teddy bear lies in the ruins of a two-storey apartment block in Ain Yaaqoub, Akkar, Lebanon, in the aftermath of an Israeli air raid on Monday night [Raghed Waked/Al Jazeera] The villagers of Ain Yaaqoub spent days identifying charred remains. They fear Israel was targeting displaced people.
Lebanon’s migrant workers left stranded and homeless by Israeli attacks

Sep 28, 2024 | theafricanmirror.africa | Madeline Edwards |João Sousa

This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. By Madeline Edwards and João Sousa AMONG the mass exodus of people trying to flee deadly Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon are migrant domestic workers from countries such as Kenya, the Philippines, and Ethiopia, some of whom feel trapped and unable to get to safety.
Lebanon’s migrant workers left stranded and homeless by Israeli attacks

Sep 26, 2024 | thenewhumanitarian.org | Madeline Edwards |João Sousa

Republish this articleAmong the mass exodus of people trying to flee deadly Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon are migrant domestic workers from countries such as Kenya, the Philippines, and Ethiopia, some of whom feel trapped and unable to get to safety. The airstrikes, which have killed 620 people and displaced more than 90,000 in the past week alone, are the largest and deadliest escalation since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
State modulation in spatial networks with three interneuron subtypes

Aug 24, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Madeline Edwards |Jonathan Rubin |Chengcheng Huang

AbstractSeveral inhibitory interneuron subtypes have been identified as critical in regulating sensory responses. However, the specific contribution of each interneuron subtype remains uncertain. In this work, we explore the contributions of cell-type specific activity and synaptic connections to dynamics of a spatially organized spiking neuron network.
Context-dependent role of group 3 innate lymphoid cells in mucosal protection

Aug 16, 2024 | science.org | Leandro P. Araujo |Andrew Patterson |Madeline Edwards |Koichiro Irie

Editor’s summaryGroup 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) contribute to intestinal homeostasis and immunity against gut pathogens. Distinguishing the functions of ILC3s from those of T helper 17 (TH17) cells has remained challenging because of similar transcription factor dependencies and cytokine production profiles. To better define ILC3-specific roles, Araujo et al. developed genetically engineered mice that lack ILC3s while retaining endogenous T cells and secondary lymphoid organs.
Lebanon’s Goats and Their Herders Brave Warmer Weather

Jul 30, 2024 | newlinesmag.com | Madeline Edwards

There is a word in Jabal Akroum, in the far northeastern reaches of Lebanon’s Akkar province, for the coldest 40 or so days of winter: al-murabaaniyah. Abdulaziz al-Zein, a 21-year-old resident and environmental activist, tells me that the 40-day al-murabaaniyah lasts from about the middle of December through January. But those days are months behind us.