Guitta Maroun

Guitta Maroun

Guitta Maroun is managing editor of ACI MENA, based in Lebanon.

Articles by Guitta Maroun

Bassel Habkouk is reunited with his two children after being trapped for 52 hours after the devastating Feb. 6, 2023, earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Photo courtesy of Bassel Habkouk

Survivor of Turkey earthquake: ‘God protected me and the Virgin Mary did not leave me’

Mar 1, 2023 / 10:15 am

Only a few hours after Bassel Habkouk arrived for a visit in Turkey on Feb. 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country and nearby Syria.