[Qassem Shreim] "I used to employ eight to ten men. Now, I can no longer employ a single one of them because I, myself, am not working, I am not able to find any work. We were very confused at first, ...

Shreim's mother, Um Talal, a small, frail woman, told Al Jazeera about a particularly frightening incident she was forced to endure when visiting her son. As they were nearing the prison, the prison ...

HOULA, Lebanon (Reuters) - In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon's own economic ...

Like many families in crisis-plagued Lebanon, Shreim turned to farming after the local pound began to slip in 2019, making his construction work scarce and his grocery runs ever more costly. "We ...

Qassem Shreim, 42, walks out of a greenhouse in Bani Haiyyan village, southern Lebanon June 7, 2022. Picture taken June 7, 2022. Reuters / AZIZ TAHER In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem ...