The archive · In their own words
Audio and video recordings of survivors and witnesses. Each recording carries a written transcript and a content warning where appropriate. Nothing here plays on its own.
Survivor, Damour · Damour, Mount Lebanon
Recorded 2019 · 48 min
"We left the house with only the clothes we were wearing. My mother thought we were going for one night. She kept the key in her hand for thirty years."
00:00 / 48 min · transcript available
Parish priest · Ehden, North Lebanon
Recorded 2015 · 1 h 12 min
"The bells did not ring that morning. That is how the mountain knew."
00:00 / 1 h 12 min · transcript available
Civilian, East Beirut · Ashrafieh, Beirut
Recorded 2011 · 34 min
"For a hundred days we counted the shells the way farmers count rain. Not the same, but that was the rhythm we learned."
00:00 / 34 min · transcript available
Displaced villager · Aishiyeh, South Lebanon
Recorded 2007 · 56 min
"The village was quiet for years before it fell. That quiet was not peace. It was waiting."
00:00 / 56 min · transcript available