A portrait of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah stands in Nabatieh square, facing the rubble of the destroyed old souk, on Nov. 29, 2024 in southern Lebanon. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient Today)
Jad drifted aimlessly, walking with socked feet and sandals through the ruins of his city, his gaze vacant.When the young man first stepped out of the apartment building in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, he stepped into the debris of the street and shook shards of glass from his foot. After more than two months of sleeping on a thin mattress in a school in Choueifat, he had hoped to finally sleep in his own home.“But everything’s been blown to pieces,” he said, disheartened, standing near a flattened building. Now, he must squeeze in with his extended family at his grandparents’ house.As he walked along what remains of his neighborhood, Jad spoke of the “much too high” price his community paid for what he called a “pointless, meaningless war.” Read more Feuds and longing: How families survived the war, separated or cramped under one roof ...
Jad drifted aimlessly, walking with socked feet and sandals through the ruins of his city, his gaze vacant.When the young man first stepped out of the apartment building in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, he stepped into the debris of the street and shook shards of glass from his foot. After more than two months of sleeping on a thin mattress in a school in Choueifat, he had hoped to finally sleep in his own home.“But everything’s been blown to pieces,” he said, disheartened, standing near a flattened building. Now, he must squeeze in with his extended family at his grandparents’ house.As he walked along what remains of his neighborhood, Jad spoke of the “much too high” price his community paid for what he called a “pointless, meaningless war.” Read more Feuds and longing: How families survived the war, separated or cramped...