Presbyterian Mission Agency beirut explosion Archives

Healing trauma through creative expression

Posted September 14th, 2021

Beirut’s 2020 port explosions shattered Nada Raphael’s world.

‘There is so much need’

Posted March 22nd, 2021

The small open pickup truck, laden with large boxes, made its way cautiously down Alexander Fleming Street, an offshoot alley of Mar Mikhael Road, and just a few minutes walking distance from the Port of Beirut. “Hello! Hello,” Norma Irani warmly greeted Elias Habib, a youth leader of the Joint Christian Committee (JCC). “And you brought my new gas stove!”

Recent events ramp up daily struggles in Lebanon

Posted October 23rd, 2020

In February, the Rev. Elmarie Parker left her home in Beirut, Lebanon, to attend meetings in the U.S. She was not able to return until August 20. The Lebanon she returned to was very different than the one she left.