Karem Monzer is a journalist, filmmaker, and artistic activist. He holds a BA in Communication Arts and MA in migration, using his degrees for documentary production and cinematography, scriptwriting, editing, and content creation. Through his work at Beirut Today, he seeks to peel the layers of communal struggle and delineate truths with imaginative and current affairs reporting.
Underfunded and overworked, Lebanon’s neglected Civil Defense volunteers risk all
We spend a day at an underfunded Civil Defense station in Bachoura, Beirut. Government neglect puts the lives and wellbeing of the emergency medical and firefighting volunteers at risk: They only have one firetruck, often buy medical supplies for missions themselves, and consistently patch up uniforms that have been reused for 10 years.