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Letters to Lebanon: A letter to the pen I left behind

‘Letters to Lebanon’ is a collection of personal essays, written by writers and readers of L’Orient Today, from inside Lebanon and abroad.

Letters to Lebanon: A letter to the pen I left behind

Illustration by Jaimee Lee Haddad

I left you on my desk, with a stack of papers and an empty coffee cup, on that quiet morning of Sept. 23. The house was still — save for the clucking of the chickens and ducks in the yard. The cats were sprawled in their usual spots, basking in the...
I left you on my desk, with a stack of papers and an empty coffee cup, on that quiet morning of Sept. 23. The house was still — save for the clucking of the chickens and ducks in the yard. The cats were sprawled in their usual spots, basking in the...