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Yara El Murr

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Beirut
As seen in: The Green Line, MSN Ireland, MSN UK, The Guardian, Yahoo Canada, Irish Independent, The Star (Malaysia), Yahoo, Belfast Telegraph, AOL UK, Truthout and
Covers:  the intersection of health, science and society // Lebanon and its diaspora
no longer on this platform | journalist & filmmaker interested in environment, migration, labor, grassroots movements | she/her

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Yara El Murr’s Biography

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I'm a biologist-turned-journalist specializing in documentary filmmaking and health and science reporting. I care about making science and information accessible, relatable and actionable.

​I am developing my beats on psychological trauma and my filmmaking on character-based vignettes.​​​ I'm interested in covering the intersection of health and social issues, and in reporting on the SWANA region and its diasporas. I speak English, Arabic and French.
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I recently finished a remote production i…

Yara El Murr’s Journalist Portfolio

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Pandemic Voyages

Pandemic Voyages

Thousands of Lebanese students abroad were left stranded between two worlds when the pandemic closed Beirut’s…

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This Is Not Lab-Made

This Is Not Lab-Made

The conspiracy theory asserting that the virus linked to COVID-19 was crafted in a laboratory to spread world…

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Seeking a New Rhythm: NYers Tap into Arabic Percussion

Seeking a New Rhythm: NYers Tap into Arabic Percussion

Every week, lovers of music, dance, art, food and everything in between visit a different culture through Cir…

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Can we still save the northern white rhinos? - She Speaks Science

Can we still save the northern white rhinos? - She Speaks Science

Is saving the northern white rhino an impossible task?

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This Brownsville Center Has a Few Tricks in the Bag for a...

This Brownsville Center Has a Few Tricks in the Bag for a...

This Halloween, a health center in Brownsville is swapping Hershey Bars and Milky Ways for apples and bananas…

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Close but Not Enough: The Uncanny Valley - She Speaks Science

Close but Not Enough: The Uncanny Valley - She Speaks Science

The more a robot looks human the more it sends us down the uncanny valley, where we feel uneasy and uncomfort…

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This café in Toronto's Little Portugal lets you work all day

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By Yara El Murr Verified
| The Green Line
Then, you need to check out The Theatre Centre café and bar in Little Portugal. No, seriously, on its website, the centre proudly encourages you to “spend an hour or the whole day.” Located at 1115 Queen St. W., this spot offers free Wi-Fi, drip ⁠⁠coffee for $2.50, many well-rated food options and is open every day until 6 p.m. (or later if there are events). Baker-in-residence, Akash Swar, designs a rotating menu of savoury scones and sweet baked goods, made fresh in the kitchen every morning.
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Fire hall vs. tennis court: the fight over City-owned facilities in Flemingdon Park Original

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By Yara El Murr Verified
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
Flemingdon Park is getting a new fire hall on Grenoble Drive in place of its two busy tennis courts — and residents have a lot of questions. Staff from CreateTO, an agency that manages the City of Toronto’s real estate assets, held a community pop-up on Tuesday behind the courts at 165 Grenoble Dr. to inform locals about the plans and to encourage them to join upcoming public meetings.
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Job hunting help for Torontonians in Thorncliffe Park and beyond

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By Yara El Murr Verified
| Penticton Herald Verified
Job hunting in Toronto is rough across the board. In April 2026, the city’s unemployment rate was 8.2% — worse than the rest of the country, which stands at 6.9%, according to Statistics Canada. In Thorncliffe Park, a densely populated Neighbourhood Improvement Area — a municipal designation indicating a community faces systemic inequities in income, education, health and civic resources. In 2021, when Toronto’s unemployment rate stood at 13.9%, the east-end neighbourhood’s rate was at .
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What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Google docs and Evernote for all my writing. Adobe Premiere for all videos

Why did you become a journalist?

I want to make important information accessible, relatable, and actionable.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

A feature about the muddy relationship between psychological trauma and physical health and what that means in providing care to refugees