Joumana Mattar Moukarzel

Joumana Mattar Moukarzel was born in Sierra Leone in 1983. She moved to Lebanon in 1993 and has been living there ever since. Joumana graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut in 2005. She is a devoted member of the "Scouts du Liban" association and greatly believes in helping others grow. Writing has always been her secret passion, now it's finally going public!

"Hopeful Beirut"

Hopeful Beirut is a publication of the blog, hopefulbeirut.blogspot.com

This blog was started during the Israeli siege of Lebanon in the summer of 2006.