This episode is dedicated to women working in humanitarian aid, especially those in Lebanon. Today, for International Women's Day, we bring you an update on the ground from Imane Assaf as she and her team at Ahla Fawda continue to provide emergency humanitarian aid in the face of wartime conditions. Thank you to Yumna Mustafa Miller for contributing to this episode.

To support the humanitarian aid operations of Ahla Fawda directly, click here.

To read "Ramadan persists in Lebanon at war" written by Katharine Sorensen and published in The Beiruter on March 9, 2026, click here.

To reach Ahla Fawda directly on their website, click here.

To reach Ahla Fawda on their Instagram page, click here.

To reach out to the Saint Martin's Cloak podcast on Instagram click here or email us at - [email protected]

In this episode, we provide updates on the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, and relay written messages directly from our friend Imane Assaf, as she and her team at the NGO Ahla Fawda lead humanitarian efforts on the ground. As always, links to support these efforts are available in this description.

Please consider sharing this episode to help us get the word out about the situation in Lebanon to the rest of the world.

To support grass roots humanitarian aid to displaced families in Lebanon, click here.

To reach Ahla Fawda directly, click here.

To reach the Ahla Fawda instagram page, click here.

To read more about the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, read these reports from the UN Refugee Agency, the IRC, UNICEF, and Save the Children.

If you have any suggestions about topics to cover, or people to talk to, please reach out to us on Instagram or at [email protected]

"Because even in war, humanity still lives in those who refuse to stop caring." - Imane Assaf

In this episode we provide an update on the displacement crisis currently unfolding in Lebanon as a result of the war. Most importantly - we hear directly from the people in Lebanon responding to the crisis. We relay written messages from our friend Imane Assaf, who describes the impact of the war on Lebanese people, and as always - we provide ways that you can help.

Please share this episode to spread awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon.

To donate directly to grassroots humanitarian efforts in Lebanon, click here.

To reach the Ahla Fawda website, click here.

To reach the Ahla Fawda instagram page, click here.

To read more about the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, click here.

To read more about the security situation in Lebanon and see a map describing these territories, click here.

If you have any suggestions about topics to cover or people to talk to, please send us a DM on Instagram or an email at [email protected]

Wishing you courage and health,

Andrew and Miloš

This is an emergency humanitarian response episode, recorded with the audio equipment we had on hand.

As of today - March 2, 2026 - Lebanon is once again facing war and a mass displacement crisis.

Here is how you can help -

You can donate directly to grassroots humanitarian relief efforts and support displaced Lebanese families by going to Ahla Fawda's campaign page.

Or-

Spread the word about this campaign by posting the link to your network.

In our previous episode, recorded in Lebanon, we interviewed Lebanese NGO co-founder and director Imane Assaf, about humanitarian aid efforts in her country. We encourage you to listen to that interview, and learn about how grassroots groups like Ahla Fawda are providing critical humanitarian assistance on a daily basis.

To learn more, reach out to the Ahla Fawda team on their website, or at their instagram page - @ahlafawda

Thank you!

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An interview in Beirut with Imane Assaf, the co-founder and director of the grassroots Lebanese NGO Ahla Fawda.

In this episode - we learned about Ahla Fawda's humanitarian response to the war, aid to displaced Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians, including children from Gaza, the critical role of Lebanese women in civil society, the humanitarian response to the Beirut port explosion, the fallout of USAID cuts, the beauty and strength of Lebanon, and much more.

Ahla Fawda is an amazing team that is helping people every single day. To learn how to help, follow their activities and reach out on Instagram @ahlafawda or their website - https://ahlafawda.org/

The mission of the Saint Martin's Cloak podcast is to shed light on humanitarian issues around the world in a way that will inform listeners of the ground truth, while always centering the human stories and voices of individuals and populations in focus.

Our focus is on humans, not statistics. 


The purpose of knowledge is to inform action. At the end of each episode, we will always ask our participants to provide listeners with actionable steps they can take to help.

We are already actively planning on episodes concerning Sudan, Gaza, Iran, Ukraine, and immigration in the United States among many others. If we haven’t covered a topic yet, it’s because we are searching for the right voice from that community to tell us their story. If you have any suggestions about topics to cover or people to talk to, please send us a DM on instagram @saintmartinscloak_pod, or email us at [email protected]

Welcome to the Saint Martin’s Cloak podcast!

Our mission is to shed light on humanitarian issues around the world in a way that will inform listeners of the ground truth, while always centering the human and voices of individuals and populations in focus.

Our focus is on humans, not statistics.

Over the course of this series, we will be speaking to humanitarian workers on the ground, as well as the people directly affected by the crisis at hand. We want to look beyond what is (or often isn’t) represented in the media and to remind ourselves of the human story behind the headlines.

The purpose of knowledge is to inform action. At the end of each episode, we will always ask our participants to provide listeners with actionable steps they can take to help.

We are already actively planning on episodes concerning Sudan, Gaza, Iran, Ukraine, and immigration in the United States among many others. If we haven’t covered a topic yet, it’s because we are searching for the right voice from that community to tell us that story. If you have any suggestions about topics to cover or people to talk to, please send us a DM here or an email at [email protected]

Wishing you courage and health,

Andrew and Miloš