Nadi Hamdan, in the Civil Defense center, set up on Omar Beyhum Square since the beginning of the last war. (Credit: Stephanie Khouri; Montage by Céline Bejjani)
Nader Hamdan waits. He waits for the water to heat up on the stove, the next phone call, and the "decision" from above, the one that will signal the end of this interlude where everything is frozen.Since the early morning of April 17, his life has been moving in slow motion. Neither war nor peace — his days now feel like a long limbo. The sound of Israeli bombs has ceased. But nothing is normal anymore. More from Stephanie Al Manar, Al-Mayadeen, al-Nour: 24 hours in the Resistance's multiverse The 50-something manages the Ghobeiri 1 center of Civil Defense. Usually, the unit's premises are just a few minutes away by car, in the heart of Beirut’s southern suburbs.But since the new war, the team has found refuge inside the courtyard of the former Tournesol theater. "Mono pause," "Ma tragédie,"...
Nader Hamdan waits. He waits for the water to heat up on the stove, the next phone call, and the "decision" from above, the one that will signal the end of this interlude where everything is frozen.Since the early morning of April 17, his life has been moving in slow motion. Neither war nor peace — his days now feel like a long limbo. The sound of Israeli bombs has ceased. But nothing is normal anymore. More from Stephanie Al Manar, Al-Mayadeen, al-Nour: 24 hours in the Resistance's multiverse The 50-something manages the Ghobeiri 1 center of Civil Defense. Usually, the unit's premises are just a few minutes away by car, in the heart of Beirut’s southern suburbs.But since the new war, the team has found refuge inside the courtyard of the former Tournesol theater. "Mono pause," "Ma tragédie,"...
