Lebanon on the brink: The fragile resilience of a nation caught between war and survival
As Lebanon teeters on the edge, Beirut’s people live between resilience and ruin, caught in an unending cycle of conflict
Young street vendors selling balloons walk past sculpted figures representing people staring at the devastation on a sidewalk overlooking the port of Beirut on August 4, 2024. Picture: Ibrahim Amro/ AFP
The cock crows a little after 6am in East Beirut, slowly stirring the people of Gemmayzeh from their beds.
One might think it unusual that a bird could wake so many in a city synonymous with noise. Unusual, however, doesn’t come close to covering the kaleidoscope of chaos that permeates this city.
