Tents for displaced people set up under a tarp on the Beirut waterfront, March 16, 2026. (Credit: Ségolène Ragu/L'Orient Today)
Dozens of tents are set up on the pavement of Beirut’s waterfront. The people displaced here have had to endure two nights of sleeping under torrential rain. "Our life was dignified, cozy. Now, look at this ditch. It’s a shock. We’re so worried," says Zeinab*, 46. With her daughter Rim*, a 22-year-old law student, she eats a man’oushe on the sidewalk across from the luxury store Aïshti, still under-construction. On Sunday, Rim came back soaked from head to toe after going in search of a bathroom. "Everything was closed," she laments, her socks still waterlogged on Monday morning. The ordeal continued at night. Their two tents, covered in nylon given out by a stranger, were flooded. More on this Shiite displaced: The 'unwelcome' of Lebanon's new war Since the storms, they have been looking for a place to shelter....
Dozens of tents are set up on the pavement of Beirut’s waterfront. The people displaced here have had to endure two nights of sleeping under torrential rain. "Our life was dignified, cozy. Now, look at this ditch. It’s a shock. We’re so worried," says Zeinab*, 46. With her daughter Rim*, a 22-year-old law student, she eats a man’oushe on the sidewalk across from the luxury store Aïshti, still under-construction. On Sunday, Rim came back soaked from head to toe after going in search of a bathroom. "Everything was closed," she laments, her socks still waterlogged on Monday morning. The ordeal continued at night. Their two tents, covered in nylon given out by a stranger, were flooded. More on this Shiite displaced: The 'unwelcome' of Lebanon's new war Since the storms, they have been looking for a place to...
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