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FIRST PERSON ESSAY

This war that defies science fiction

The war that has been ravaging Lebanon for over a month is unlike any other war that we, or our parents and grandparents before us, have experienced. It transcends the realm of the understandable, the 'familiar,' resembling the nightmare of a dystopian world.

This war that defies science fiction

Photo taken from the Instagram account @lebanontimes

I’ve tried explaining ‘this’ to him using the simplest words. I’ve tried breaking down the facts, simplifying them for him. I’ve tried describing the scene in the most basic way, as one would speak to a child, but R. just couldn’t understand. “I...
I’ve tried explaining ‘this’ to him using the simplest words. I’ve tried breaking down the facts, simplifying them for him. I’ve tried describing the scene in the most basic way, as one would speak to a child, but R. just couldn’t understand. “I...