Middle East Witness
Hunter WilliamsonOn-the-ground reporting from the Middle East. Seeking the truth of what's happening. Highlighting the voices and stories of people in the region.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 15 | Founded | 7 months ago | Last Issue | 17 days ago |
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The Migrant Workers Supporting Lebanon's Displaced
Mercy, a migrant community leader, prepares African-inspired meals for people displaced by the war in Lebanon in late April. Photo by Hunter Williamson.
An estimated 164,000 migrant workers live in Lebanon. Through domestic household and s...
The uncertain road ahead for Lebanon
A funeral procession for Pierre and Flavia Mouawad, a couple who was killed, along with their neighbor, in an Israeli strike on their home on Easter Sunday on April 5.
Today marks the second day of a 10-day ceasefire between Hezbollah and...
Nowhere is safe anymore in Lebanon
Parish Priest Bassem Kiwan leads liturgy at Bourj Hammoud’s Saint Joseph Church on March 22, 2026.
Throughout the phases of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel from October 2023 to March 2026, various parts of Lebanon were seen as unoffi...
War rages in Lebanon amid US-Iran-Israel ceasefire
At around 2:15 pm on Wednesday, Israel carried out at least 100 airstrikes across Lebanon, targeting what it claimed were Hezbollah headquarters, command centers, and military sites. At least several strikes hit various parts of Beirut. Add...
Snapshots from one month of war in Lebanon
Omar, one of the hundreds of thousands of children displaced in Lebanon, poses for a photo in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square on 9 March 2026.
For the past month, most of my work has focused on the stories of people displaced by the war be...
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Freelance journalist | Documentary photographer & videographer | Based in Beirut | Writing mostly about the Middle East.
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