About
Finbar Anderson is a British independent multimedia journalist based between Beirut and London. He has worked across various media, including in podcasting with Kerning Cultures Network, as a video journalist for The National, and as a staff reporter for Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star.
Prior to working in journalism, Finbar was a paralegal at one of the United Kingdom's leading human rights law firms. He holds a bachelor's degree in Arabic and History of Art from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, and a master's in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics (LSE). He speaks native English, Lebanese Arabic dialect, and French.
Recent work
Photographs to accompany a feature on the impact of Lebanon’s financial collapse on the northern city of Tripoli.
Three years after the fight against ISIS, residents say they've been left to fend for themselves in the ruins. Video package for Middle East Eye from Mosul.
Mid-morning on a Friday afternoon is around the time that merchants in Tripoli’s shopping district would usually think about closing their shops before prayer. But in the past months, around half of the stores have already closed, their steel shutters plastered with “For Rent” signs. They’re the latest victims of the financial crisis suffocating Lebanon’s economy.
A short distance from Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, Reem al-Obeid sat and watched as, next to the tent that has been her home for some four months, a group of young men fashioned makeshift shields from discarded oil drums.
When the waters finally receded, Lebanese in the south Beirut suburb of Jnah were left looking at a carpet of brown sludge and stains running up every wall.