Their story
Maya Khalil has spent the last decade working on culture in and around Jounieh, starting with a single project and growing into something a whole community now depends on.
The work is unglamorous and mostly unfunded. It runs on volunteers, borrowed space and a refusal to wait for permission — which is exactly why it belongs on this shortlist.
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