This article is from Land Stories, a storytelling project by Jibal, an NGO in Beirut working for environmental and social justice centered on Lebanon and the nearby region.
Writer & photographer: Jenny Gustafsson
Researchers: Angela Saade, Yara Ward, Nagham Khalil, Rana Hassan
Editor: Nisreen Kaj
It is early morning and barely light outside when a group of women arrives at a small field on the outskirts of Qana, a town in the hilly countryside of southern Lebanon. They wear sneakers and comfortable clothes and carry a stack of empty black vegetable crates. The ground beneath their feet is rocky and covered with green plants.