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Letters to Lebanon: A letter to those who worry

‘Letters to Lebanon’ is a collection of personal essays, published every Tuesday, written by writers and readers of L’Orient Today, from inside Lebanon and from abroad.

Letters to Lebanon: A letter to those who worry

Illustration by Jaimee Lee Haddad

My balcony looks north, away from the bombings. But my ears are trained south. I usually stop listening to music when the sun starts to go down because that’s when — we joke — “their shift starts.”I’m lucky that it’s just the sounds. I suffer from...
My balcony looks north, away from the bombings. But my ears are trained south. I usually stop listening to music when the sun starts to go down because that’s when — we joke — “their shift starts.”I’m lucky that it’s just the sounds. I suffer from...