Two women on the doorstep of their ruined home in Sour, Nov. 29. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/OLJ)
They shovel shattered glass. Haul piled-up rubble. Operate excavators clearing twisted metal. The residents and shopkeepers of Abou Deeb Street, the commercial heart of Sour — the largest city on Lebanon’s southern coast — have returned to tend to their wounded city after two months of Israeli bombings. Their hands are steady, but their hearts are heavy.“When the truce was announced on Tuesday, we imagined finally returning to our homes and workplaces. The picture in our minds was beautiful, but it was nothing like what we found when we came back,” says Haidar Abou Deeb on the morning of Friday, Nov. 29, standing in front of the ruins of his namesake restaurant, located at the corner of the street. Nearby, young people sweep up glass and debris, sending up a cloud of dust that momentarily obscures the extent of the surrounding...
They shovel shattered glass. Haul piled-up rubble. Operate excavators clearing twisted metal. The residents and shopkeepers of Abou Deeb Street, the commercial heart of Sour — the largest city on Lebanon’s southern coast — have returned to tend to their wounded city after two months of Israeli bombings. Their hands are steady, but their hearts are heavy.“When the truce was announced on Tuesday, we imagined finally returning to our homes and workplaces. The picture in our minds was beautiful, but it was nothing like what we found when we came back,” says Haidar Abou Deeb on the morning of Friday, Nov. 29, standing in front of the ruins of his namesake restaurant, located at the corner of the street. Nearby, young people sweep up glass and debris, sending up a cloud of dust that momentarily obscures the extent of the...
