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Rodayna Raydan

Rodayna Raydan

Rodayna Raydan is a Lebanese British journalism graduate from Kingston University in London covering Lebanon. On Twitter: @Rodayna_462

Lebanon | May 2, 2022

Lebanese artists explore NFTs

The adoption of NFT art in Lebanon seems to be a milestone for artists.

An illustration picture taken in London on Dec. 30, 2021, shows an NFT.
Lebanon | Mar 21, 2022

Lebanese turn to cryptocurrency as economy tanks

Lebanon is bursting with crypto mining shops, traders and online mentors to fulfill the surging demand from people desperately looking to gain financial freedom and much-needed US dollars.

A visual representation of the digital cryptocurrency bitcoin, at the Bitcoin Change shop.
Lebanon | Jan 24, 2022

Economic meltdown drives some Lebanese to collect recyclables for a living

Lebanon’s increasing poverty and lack of jobs drive desperate people to live off of selling collected recycled materials in kilos to scrapyards, shops and manufacturers.

A man sorts through discarded electric devices at a scrap workshop in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on June 3, 2020.
Lebanon | Dec 29, 2021

Lack of electricity drives sustainability options in Lebanon

With Lebanon’s deepening electricity crisis and fuel shortage, many homes and businesses have switched to solar panels to generate electricity due to widespread power cuts from the country’s unpredictable energy sector.

Solar panels are seen above the river bed in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 12, 2015.

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Hezbollah grip on Lebanon must end, says Christian leader

by Layal Abou Rahal | AFP | May 21, 2022

Palestinian teen killed by Israelis in West Bank: Palestinian ministry

The sisters of 17-year-old Palestinian Amjad al-Fayed killed in clashes during an Israeli army raid in Jenin on the occupied West Bank mourn his death
Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 21, 2022

US lawmakers seek FBI probe into Palestinian journalist's death

A van driver holds a portrait of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as he passes the spot where she was killed while covering clashes in Jenin in the occupied West Bank
Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 20, 2022
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