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LEBANON CEASE-FIRE

‘We call each other every day’: Friendships against all odds between displaced and their hosts

Welcomed at times by strangers in unfamiliar regions, the displaced reflect on the friendships they forged during the war.

‘We call each other every day’: Friendships against all odds between displaced and their hosts

A car loaded with mattresses, back in Beirut's southern suburbs after the cease-fire in Lebanon, Nov. 27, 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Today)

When the war in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel escalated in late September, Elissar*, a 42-year-old Shiite woman, was forced to flee her home twice. Yet, the “humanity” and kindness of strangers she met along the way helped her navigate her...
When the war in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel escalated in late September, Elissar*, a 42-year-old Shiite woman, was forced to flee her home twice. Yet, the “humanity” and kindness of strangers she met along the way helped her navigate her...