An illustration of this week's love story. (Credit: Mohamad Kraytem)
Jihan* is 46. For 10 years, this Lebanese woman tried to get pregnant, in vain. Today, she shares how the love she has for her husband, and the love he gives her in return, helped her overcome this painful ordeal.I am the youngest of a large family of six children. Born almost 20 years after the eldest, I watched my brothers and sisters leave, one after the other. By the time I was 12, all of them had already left Beirut for Louisiana, Michigan or Paris. They all got engaged, then married. I stayed behind, overprotected by parents who were as loving as they were strict, in our small single-story house in Jnah. In 1982, there were still quite a few houses in this Beirut neighborhood. More first person stories Anwar, a farmer, ended 2025 with a $7,000 deficit A somewhat solitary teenager — effectively an only child — I spent most of...
Jihan* is 46. For 10 years, this Lebanese woman tried to get pregnant, in vain. Today, she shares how the love she has for her husband, and the love he gives her in return, helped her overcome this painful ordeal.I am the youngest of a large family of six children. Born almost 20 years after the eldest, I watched my brothers and sisters leave, one after the other. By the time I was 12, all of them had already left Beirut for Louisiana, Michigan or Paris. They all got engaged, then married. I stayed behind, overprotected by parents who were as loving as they were strict, in our small single-story house in Jnah. In 1982, there were still quite a few houses in this Beirut neighborhood. More first person stories Anwar, a farmer, ended 2025 with a $7,000 deficit A somewhat solitary teenager — effectively an only child — I spent most...
