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In Hassan Nasrallah’s childhood neighborhoods, peril has crushed diversity

In his speech in late May, Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah spoke of his youth in the Karantina and Nabaa neighborhoods on the outskirts of Beirut, which L’Orient-Le Jour visited.

In Hassan Nasrallah’s childhood neighborhoods, peril has crushed diversity

A woman walks past a portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on June 3, 2024, in the Beirut suburb of Nabaa. (Credit: Matthieu Karam)

“My brothers and I were born in a neighborhood in the belt of misery, in a poor neighborhood called Sharshabooq in eastern Beirut, near Karantina. There were Lebanese and Palestinians. All of them were poor. There were Arab tribes, Kurds, Armenians,...
“My brothers and I were born in a neighborhood in the belt of misery, in a poor neighborhood called Sharshabooq in eastern Beirut, near Karantina. There were Lebanese and Palestinians. All of them were poor. There were Arab tribes, Kurds, Armenians,...