In the final webinar of our series, Dr Martin Accad and Revd Dr Rima Nasrallah painted a vivid picture the extreme difficulties facing Christians (and most of the population) in Lebanon today.

Many children in Lebanon are being deprived of vital schooling as crisis grips the education system: teachers have been out on strike; schools are unable to cover the cost of basic supplies and families can’t afford the transport to get their children to school.

The first cholera outbreak since 1993 is now spreading across Lebanon and Syria. Our partner MERATH is working to combat the spread and have given us an update on what has been happening.

The war in Ukraine is leading to a shortage of wheat world wide. The UN has warned that the Middle East and North Africa region is likely to be particularly severely affected. So what is causing the wheat crisis and what are the implications for the Middle East?

As the economic situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate, our partners are seeing more and more families struggling to put food on the table. Daniella Daou of LSESD describes her recent visit to one of their learning centres and the increasing hardships of the children she encountered there.

On 15th May the citizens of Lebanon will go to the polls in an election many consider both hard to call and hugely important. Martin Accad, provides some fascinating context.

Embrace friend and writer Patrick Page, who lives in Beirut, tells us of life in Lebanon through the eyes of his elderly neighbour, ‘Claudette’. This is part two of her story.

Embrace friend and writer Patrick Page, who lives in Beirut, tells us of life in Lebanon through the eyes of his elderly neighbour, ‘Claudette’. This is part one of her story.