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When safety becomes a luxury: Beirut’s southern suburb residents face exorbitant rents as they flee the capital

Rents in Beirut’s mountain regions have become two to three times more expensive as residents look to leave the capital amid growing security concerns.

When safety becomes a luxury: Beirut’s southern suburb residents face exorbitant rents as they flee the capital

Ibrahim Mahbouba, a Lebanese displaced from the southern suburbs of Beirut, looks at the capital from the village of Aley, on Aug. 9, 2024. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient Today)

BEIRUT – On the top floor of a residential building tucked away in the Aley valley, Ibrahim Mahbouba, a man in his sixties with slicked-back gray hair, entertains guests as his grandchildren play around the living room in the apartment he’s recently...
BEIRUT – On the top floor of a residential building tucked away in the Aley valley, Ibrahim Mahbouba, a man in his sixties with slicked-back gray hair, entertains guests as his grandchildren play around the living room in the apartment he’s recently...