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Letters to Lebanon: A letter to the house with the evergreen shutters

‘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 abroad.

Letters to Lebanon: A letter to the house with the evergreen shutters

Illustration by Jaimee Lee Haddad

Dear house with the evergreen shutters,They say that the body remembers. I wonder if the bricks and mortar that make up yours remember too. Do you carry the pain of your pedigree like I carry the pain of mine?I feel the agony in my bones when I...
Dear house with the evergreen shutters,They say that the body remembers. I wonder if the bricks and mortar that make up yours remember too. Do you carry the pain of your pedigree like I carry the pain of mine?I feel the agony in my bones when I...