Changelog

When a home was destroyed, the family's ID cards, civil record and title deed often went with it. The new guide explains how to reissue each one — and why the master records survive: the civil register is held centrally, and the Nabatieh land records were moved to safety in Sidon. It walks through the ikhraj qaid, a lost ID, and getting a certified copy of a title deed, with a warning about reissue scams.

A place to set down memories of Zawtar El Sharqiyeh — the homes and streets, the old oak and the river, the gathering places, the tobacco years, the feasts and seasons — for everyone who carries a piece of the village, near or far. Read freely; add a memory with a free account. Alongside it, the Coming Home aid guide now shows a clear summary card on the town page.

A colored-pencil drawing of the hilltop village and its old mosque, with strings of tobacco leaves drying on racks and the Litani valley opening below.

The farming year for the village's cash crop — sowing, transplanting, harvest, curing and when the Régie takes delivery and pays — with a clear-your-field-of-ordnance-first note.

Tap the situation closest to yours — home damaged, home destroyed, displaced, abroad, or unsafe fields — for a plain checklist of what to do, what papers to gather, and who to contact.

Before you go home — the one rule about leftover shells and cluster bombs, what to do if you find something, who to call, and the order a safe return happens.

The five daily prayer times and the direction of the Qibla for Zawtar, worked out from the sun over the village using the Ja'fari method. No app to download, and the page keeps working without a connection once it has loaded. The start of each Islamic month is still set by moon sighting, and the page says so.

Three tools to start, built for a village living through war damage and a careful return: a plain, honest guide to war-damage help, compensation and unexploded-ordnance safety; Who to Call, with verified emergency numbers and how to report unexploded ordnance; and a Generator Bill Checker for the ishtirak subscription.