June 2024: Fruits & Fires

Watermelons, cantaloupes, and a raging fire on the border

Outside the fruit stand by my house, June 2024

While spending a day in the Bekaa two weeks ago, I was sitting on the grass with women who work in media and film in Beirut. They were venting about the issues in their creative field and then asked what I do. I explained, and added the caveat that it’s been a challenge making *all this* financially sustaina…