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Far from home, ‘the displaced are as good as dead’: Dr. Chawki Azouri's analysis of the war

Dr. Chawki Azouri shares stories and cases he has experienced throughout his career, and draws on his experience to try and analyze current events from a psychological and emotional perspective. Today, amid the ongoing war in Lebanon, the theme of displacement is back.

Far from home, ‘the displaced are as good as dead’: Dr. Chawki Azouri's analysis of the war

Displaced people have found refuge in a cinema (Credit: Patrick Baz/AFP)

There's nothing worse than being displaced from your home, for any reason whatsoever. Today, the reason is the barbarity of the Israeli army and its leaders. This daily destruction cannot be explained by the sole concern of destroying Hezbollah’s arsenal, there is a clear desire to destroy and wipe out villages, to prevent their residents from returning home.The displaced are not only being torn from their homes and lives, but they’re also facing greater suffering at the thought of not being able to return. If people are displaced because of natural disasters, the hope of returning home once the disaster is over keeps them alive. Accordingly, one might say that today's displaced people, who have no hope of returning, are as good as dead, because they are bound by the dialectic of being and having. You can't be without having.Since the...
There's nothing worse than being displaced from your home, for any reason whatsoever. Today, the reason is the barbarity of the Israeli army and its leaders. This daily destruction cannot be explained by the sole concern of destroying Hezbollah’s arsenal, there is a clear desire to destroy and wipe out villages, to prevent their residents from returning home.The displaced are not only being torn from their homes and lives, but they’re also facing greater suffering at the thought of not being able to return. If people are displaced because of natural disasters, the hope of returning home once the disaster is over keeps them alive. Accordingly, one might say that today's displaced people, who have no hope of returning, are as good as dead, because they are bound by the dialectic of being and having. You can't be without having.Since...