A generator supplying electricity to several residents of the Mar Mikhael and Geitawi neighborhoods, owned by Moussa Estephan, was sealed off on Monday, May 26, 2025, following a decision by the Ministry of the Interior. (Credit: Nemtala Eddé/L'Orient-Le Jour)
Since Monday, May 26, the phone of Moussa Estephan, head of generators supplying electricity to several residents, restaurants and public services in the neighborhoods of Mar Mikhael and Geitawi, has been ringing regularly. On that day, at 10:30 a.m., the municipality of Beirut, under the order of the Interior Ministry, sealed two of his generators, depriving a large part of his clientele — numbering at "about 400 people" in total according to him, in an area served by several owners — of electricity during the many hours in which the state electricity is not provided.Jeanette*, in her 30s, a resident of Mar Mikhael, depends on the neighborhood generator managed by the Estephans, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. She found her home without electricity upon returning from work on Monday and Tuesday until the...
Since Monday, May 26, the phone of Moussa Estephan, head of generators supplying electricity to several residents, restaurants and public services in the neighborhoods of Mar Mikhael and Geitawi, has been ringing regularly. On that day, at 10:30 a.m., the municipality of Beirut, under the order of the Interior Ministry, sealed two of his generators, depriving a large part of his clientele — numbering at "about 400 people" in total according to him, in an area served by several owners — of electricity during the many hours in which the state electricity is not provided.Jeanette*, in her 30s, a resident of Mar Mikhael, depends on the neighborhood generator managed by the Estephans, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. She found her home without electricity upon returning from work on Monday and Tuesday until...
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