🌟STANDOUT SUNDAY🌟 In the aftermath of the 2020 Beirut explosion, Marina El Khawand who was a scout, stepped in to help. Amid the devastation, she found an elderly woman in need of urgent asthma medication and turned to Instagram when pharmacies had none. A single message on Instagram led her to the lifesaving drugs, and the woman survived. Today, Marina has turned that moment into action. She founded Medonations, an NGO connecting people across Lebanon with lifesaving medicine as the country’s

Terrifying on Instagram: "On Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at approximately 6:07 p.m. local time, a catastrophic explosion devastated the Port of Beirut, Lebanon. The blast occurred when a fire in a warehouse ignited approximately 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive chemical compound that had been improperly stored at the port for six years despite numerous safety warnings. The resulting detonation was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, releasing energy equivalent to

Massive explosion shakes Lebanon’s capital, Beirut

‎The Christians Of The East ✞ ن‎ on Instagram: "A moment that left the whole country emotional, Pope Leo praying at the site of the Beirut port. He then bent to touch a wreath of red roses placed at its base, lit a candle, and raised his hands in prayer for the victims. August 4, 2020, One of the darkest days in Lebanon’s history. The Beirut port explosion killed over 200 people, injured more than 6,000, and left hundreds of thousands without homes. Five years later, justice has not been served.