Relatives welcome returning expatriates at the Beirut airport. (Credit: João Sousa/L'Orient Today)
Four missed calls are displayed on Leila’s* phone screen. She is in her 50s and well-dressed for the occasion. Her mother, impatient, keeps bombarding her with phone calls.“The plane hasn’t landed yet, mama,” Leila tells her on the phone, while her...
Four missed calls are displayed on Leila’s* phone screen. She is in her 50s and well-dressed for the occasion. Her mother, impatient, keeps bombarding her with phone calls.“The plane hasn’t landed yet, mama,” Leila tells her on the phone, while her...
