George Haddad
Lebanon
MIDDLE EAST
Freelance photographer based in Beirut.
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Migrant workers march in Beirut demanding an end to the migrant sponsorship system in Lebanon which has been identified as a core problem leading to the exploitation and abuse of migrant domestic workers.
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As violence continues to hit the neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh in the northern city of Tripoli, a group of young hip-hop artists from those neighborhoods gather in front of the National Museum in Beirut to protest the violence.
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Civil servants and teachers launched their biggest drive to see their wage demands referred to Parliament as ministers were to meet to discuss the controversial public sector draft pay scale.
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"Women's lives are more important than your chairs" is a campaign launched by the National Alliance for legislation to protect women from domestic violence and the "Enough Violence and Exploitation".
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Jaffna is the cultural heart of the Tamil people of Sri Lanka. Many of it houses were abandoned during the 1980s insurgent uprising, and military occupation, and extensive damage, expulsion and depopulation occurred in this region.
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Mourners gather in downtown Beirut two days after a deadly car bomb killed security chief Wissam al-Hassan and civilians. These images were taken before the clashes with police next to the Grand Serail.
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A rally held by Sheikh Ahmed al-Asirin in protest against the anti-Islam film and offensive Islamic prophet Mohammed cartoons is underway in downtown Beirut.
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As part of his three day visit to Lebanon, Pope Benedict XVI holds a mass in front of thousands of joyous supporters in Beirut.
