Eliane hardly ever stops working, day and night, at her desk at home. Photo provided by her.
Six years after the start of Lebanon's economic collapse, and with the war between Hezbollah and Israel having devastated parts of the country since October 2023, L’Orient-Le Jour met Lebanese from different walks of life to understand how they have had to reinvent their daily lives and rethink their plans for the future in order to adapt to the country's new economic reality — if not simply to survive.In the small living room of her rented apartment in Sabtieh, in the eastern suburbs of Beirut, Eliane finishes a tutoring session with a high school student. Her next student is about to arrive, giving her a few minutes to talk with her daughter. To make ends meet and save for difficult times, Eliane juggles several jobs: public high school teacher, tutor, overnight babysitter for newborns, and fixer for foreign journalists and...
Six years after the start of Lebanon's economic collapse, and with the war between Hezbollah and Israel having devastated parts of the country since October 2023, L’Orient-Le Jour met Lebanese from different walks of life to understand how they have had to reinvent their daily lives and rethink their plans for the future in order to adapt to the country's new economic reality — if not simply to survive.In the small living room of her rented apartment in Sabtieh, in the eastern suburbs of Beirut, Eliane finishes a tutoring session with a high school student. Her next student is about to arrive, giving her a few minutes to talk with her daughter. To make ends meet and save for difficult times, Eliane juggles several jobs: public high school teacher, tutor, overnight babysitter for newborns, and fixer for foreign journalists...