Thirst starts august 10th on d. W. Ah, ah, oh. Tripoli in northern lebanon, the poorest city in the country, and located around 30 kilometers from the syrian border. Most of the shops in the center are closed down. A booming business just 2 years ago. Today, the gold market district resembles a ghost town. The only customer is now our residents looking to cash in their remaining belongings. Here. Hey, i came to sell you this ring and this 12, thats 18. Carrot gold. This pensioner is parting with her last items of jewelry. Theyre all she has to ensure her survival. Im going our situation is terrible. Our government is letting us die, not to shame about the jewelry, but i have 4 children to feed me 155. 00. Thats all i have. Okay. Then. So ive got some silva too. Shes selling her husbands wedding ring to buy some food for her family. Yes, very good. Ill buy some flower, rice, bull gun and a bit of meat. May god help us, handyman electric. The po dupon. Tripoli is bearing the full brunt of the economic crisis that has crippled the country. 5000. 00 for a bunch of charged me. A few stalls still have a full range of products on offer, but the price is of food have shot up. How much is the fish is 70000 pounds . Weve dropped the price by 5000. No. When thanks. How much for the chicken legs through the 40000 pounds and the next sell for 28000 over. We used to feed them to the doctor. Today wed them ourselves on the dollar, the chicken legs, and the fish fillet costs 15. 00 times more than they did 2 years ago. But while prices are going through the roof, wages across lebanon have remained static, and as seen in tripoli, getting enough to eat that has become a daily challenge. Trouble. I just imagine back in the days of our former Prime Minister who the government now calls incompetent, get this bag of rice cost 2500 pounds today. Its 7 times that. Hows that supposed to work . How a poor people in this country supposed to 8 of the 128 representatives or rather complete idiots. Theres not a single one of them whos decent and humane. Hopefully my field has been building now for several years. Ah, on october 17th, 2019. It exploded for the 1st time since the end of the civil war, a broad Cross Section of Lebanese Society joined together and took to the streets in unison to demand that the corrupt government resigned. It wasnt so long ago when lebanon was described as the switzerland of the middle east. The economy was strong, and the country attracted investment from all around the globe. The small country shares porters with syria and israel, for decades. Now government cabinet positions have been assigned by religious affiliation and distributed among christians, sunni muslims, and shia muslims. A delegate compromise that had long been stable but everything changed in 2019. The Banking System collapsed. Investors and dollars fled the country. Inflation rose to higher than 140 per cent, the highest rate in the world at that time. If we only in the course of what we stand in, the lebanese pound or lira lost 90 percent of its value. Lots of monopoly money would have appeared. The one opened this unprecedented crisis has plunged a large portion of lebanons population into poverty. See the pelican if it hadnt been for the Christian Community, they would have starved literally starved on waldis. The government failed to maintain investments. Now electricity is supplied for just a few hours each day. Thats lebanon to day. And for over a decade now, lebanon has also had to master an influx of 1500000 refugees from syria, some blame the government for driving the country to bankruptcy. Also, given its supposed control over entire sectors. This is one of the last corrupted areas. Love even 11 am. I believe in 1000000 of us, the crisis has re ignited tensions between the different religious groups. For many lebanese, their last resort is to leave the country. Hands up if you want to lead lebanon off to college, its the only hope of a better future, and reflects a lebanon fighting for its survival. This is osher of yea, a christian district of bay root father gabrielle is getting ready to say mass. Hes catholic, a jesuit and french speaking like his congregation and the majority of the countries christian middle class. People come here to do more than hear the word of the lord. Many are also in attendance to hear the critical words of the priests sermons. This is todays gospel is really timely. Yes. What should we do . Good. Christmas is just around the corner and we can only hope for the penitence of our Political Class. You can only hope that our Political Class asks in the sense of saint john. What should we do . He would tell them, give back the money you stole and leave this land. Go work on your hands on the french riviera. I wont say more because i want to sleep in my bed and you do too long, whose gabrielle makes politically charged digressions like this because hes experiencing the crisis 1st hand. Youll make it. If youve gotten too thin, ill give you 10 kilos of mile every week the priest leaves bay route and travels to because a mountainous region and the eastern part of the country. Just like he does, every time he gets in his car, gabrielle checks the fuel gauge. They come and the answer, every time the tank is down to 230. 00 get gas so it doesnt feel like youre paying so much that will mother up please. The price of gas has risen 6. 00 fooled within one year of how much my brother. 300000 t go even a great thanks. While so were fill again for you 300000. Lets math lesson seafood. So, 20 leaders of gas costs half the Monthly Minimum income in lebanon, exorbitant prices that severely limit the ability of people to get from a to b. Said the last, its amazing is hardly any traffic for what it gets. Imagine the off to tree off in harris at rush hour on a monday with about 2 thirds fewer cars i lent deals of the plants. I think thats the way it is here. One is, this is settled on soccer devil yells, consternation stems from the fact that 3 years ago, lebanon was doing pretty well. Gasoline was cheap. People had worked, the currency was stable. Today, its all falling apart. And members of the countrys middle class are among the 1st to lose out. Theyd been called the new vo, popa, the new poor after a 2 hour drive, father gabriella arrives exactly. Since the start of the crisis, the christian city of 80000. 00 residence has become a ghost town. Theres not a soul to be seen on the traditional shopping street. The elderly and isolated residents are experiencing the worst societal degradation in their history. A local Charity Group helps the poorest of the poor. Gabrielle lends a hand with its members every week. How are you, father . Fine, thanks, keith. Weve got a lot to do today. Mother, the hood, to the biggest of our goal is to get hungry. People who dont have money, something to eat because theyre prepared meals is dental effects because of these here are the salads. So here we have desserts, as of it and visit and those are the warm meal, yellow flesh rookie so not to day father gabrielle is working alongside of rashida. Uh yeah. Lets go to janetta does shes on it. I put everything on the table for you when, when and how about the bills aside . You can, shan, my brothers help me. And every month they gave me a little money. Im glad that it was. God bless you have my sister. The Charity Supports more than 200. 00 families. When where can i put this again . I know mom. Hello, kathy. Gate. How are you . I my dear father, thank you for coming. Thank you. Leave christy, a letter in lebanon pensions can be paid out monthly or be received in a one time payment. Isabella was a teacher for 30 years and chose the lump sum option 300. 00 euros. Its lovely here mozilla, thalia, missed the. He used to be better off and flying heating oil and werent and now everythings extremely expensive. The i have trouble with my eyes and need injections, but a single injection costs 800000 pounds. Plus the doctors fee of 350000. 00. He didnt give me the injection this month because i couldnt pay for the one from last month. So what if you miss an injection . The law he prescribed drops and sent that i should come back in 6 weeks time. Me give it been on what can i do . Yeah. Can give them how. Ready you live like this . I mean, i think if, when you only earn a quarter of what you spend on a different bundle in the bill, im masterful. Not to vouch done. Can each injection cost the equivalent of 50. 00 euros. Gabrielle does all he can to help her. I to the here take the 300000. Thats for the shots. Its from jeezy. Esl had them on this thanks. Its too much. At the end of the street, they find greater hardship and rage. This family has lived here for 20 years. The father used to be a painter. Hes jobless. Now, in the current economic situation, its impossible to find another job. They simply have no income. Inside theres a tiny kitchen, a toilet, and a living room, which the entire family also uses as a bedroom. And the refrigerator is desperately bare. Come over. What do you do when you want to make a meal for the family . Oh, sometimes i go to the market and the vendors give me food. They havent sold for tele otherwise. Theyre still the johan a restaurant. We can get some food that to appreciate. Exam gung isnt forgetting us. All may be dead. If he said to people of the mother puts her faith in god while her husband looks to human assistance such as that provided by gabrielle. Oh. How do you use the heating let go along. So whats the so forth until hockey no, its just the shows. Huh. Does he biase g on the law . Does it make you mad that the state doesnt take care of you to see who we have a lot of . What can i say . I dont have any work. And ive got 5 people to atems jamiracle. And that not me, you hate the state. Not release date. Sure. Whats date . Law, wed stop without the help of these charities. I, if you were working before the crisis, you could pay your electric bill. No trouble with the inflation we have to day. Thats impossible. Lucky its far too expensive, homes me. How are you supposed to manage without going out on the street and begging me to uh, militia, down cri, 136 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty. Thats nearly 5 times more than 2 years ago. So community, what would have happened to this family without the Christian Community . Cuz they would have starved. Hes literally literally starved lee gun or modify lucy. Well, yeah, la shippable communities across the country, whether Christian Muslim or drews are relying on local charity to survive. Nobody saw this kind of brutal economic collapse coming in which for many people daily life has become a nightmare within just 2 years. And should have fought a southern suburb of bay route. We visit a grocery store. Brianna has been running the shop for the last 4 years. The ongoing crisis in the country has seen him become a master of improvisation. Fluffy, got up. Theres no electricity any more. So i cant shut my blinds. Any more. Dement hick mom his sexual now he has a new morning ritual. No, so once i get here, if i turn on the phone and check the Dollar Exchange rate law dollars a dish. The lira and the dollar have always existed side by side and lebanons economy until 2019 the Exchange Rate between the 2. Currencies was stable with 1. 00 equal to 1500. 00 pounds. The Exchange Rate changes daily. On this morning, a dollar was worth 21000. 00 pounds, almost 15 times more than 2 years ago. I de mom bought the dollar right, keeps rising. So supply price is a rising to well after continually adjust my prices. You can you give me the calculator machine as your own low ok mix . Well, thats, di makes 1. 2 liters. Sub ghosts today. Cost 16800 pounds. So thus were put 80 set onto that and okay. Price it at 19824. 00 pounds, put the miata washing. Thats how hes now pricing is products which even he has trouble finding. The state is only providing one to 2 hours of electricity a day in this area to keep frozen foods from spoiling ryanne has had to make further adjustments about martini and i cant be selling products that make people sick. So i decided to only keep using one free and unplugged the rest. Ive also had to reduce my selection as if by magic, the electricity comes back on at noon. 2 the staff can get back to work as normal eggs, teachers, and thats all for more than a year. Now, re odd, hasnt earned a proper profit at his shop some months. He doesnt even break even. Ah, lebanon is currently a shadow of its former self in more ways than 1 may root was once the nightlight capital of the middle east. But for most those all night parties are now a distant memory. With the dollar has become a scarce commodity in lebanon. With a series of Foreign Investors left the country in 2019 due to dwindling confidence in the lebanese government. Their departure sparks, the nations financial collapse. The lira lost almost to 90 percent of its value with lebanons banks set severe withdrawal limits for those lebanese who had dollars. The aim was supposedly to prevent the state going bankrupt. Rebecca hasnt had any access to some of her Bank Accounts since 2019 so here it says, god limit exceeded. So i cannot to draw anymore as if i exceeded the limits. But i havent to enjoy any of the others and more than one. So yes, j she does have more than 10000. 00 on this account, but in light of the situation in lebanon, its impossible to say that money still exists. Oh, i see one press, one not fresh. You as the other and one live in the whole year. Whether you good, fresh dollars, fresh dollars is all the daughters that were transferred from outside after plant 2019. The other daughter is the one that stuck in the bank. This is everything that you have done is before 2019. You can also do any of the any, any of those. You just see it and you can go the only fresh you can make. These fresh dollars are akin to the holy grail for those who have access to them. They come from outside the country and are now worth a fortune when exchanged against the d valued local currency. They have led to the development of a new privileged social class. Our next stop is a beach resort near by trone an hours drive north of bay route. Here there are a number of people who have been left unscathed by the crisis. With the big supermarket chains are still crowded. If theyre gone, how are you, joseph . Now in his early fortys moved here 4 years ago, this is my village. When you come here often where shaw up a bit about 3 or 4 times a week. Awesome. And joseph is a Sales Representative at an International Pharmaceutical company. And he gets his monthly salary in dollars were found, where are the right tomatoes . But those nice ripe ones. Ok, so thanks to those fresh dollars, joseph and his wife roaming, now, live like royalty, and a ruined lebanon. Sal calling expensive now in lebanon. Fully for lebanese people. Yes, it was. Yeah. Not love anyway. The by no, i am, but lebanese with fresh money. So we sent a new class or a new type of lebanese new type of lebanese before it was like 14. 00 only the spotter. No, for the really bernice, its like to solvent. They cannot afford it anymore. Its nothing for me. 2000 lire. Josephs monthly salary is 3000. 00 or 60000000. 00 lebanese pounds. Have you become rich away . Yes. Ive gotten rich through the veneration. The spin out on the one were buying every day. Items we dont look at the price anymore. Rami as a Primary School teacher, shes paid and lebanese pounds without josephs dollars. She wouldnt manage to get by. Now the couple have no reason to worry when they approach the checkout, theyre built a day, 685000 pound livable. Thats equivalent to 30. 00 about equal to the minimum monthly wage and lebanon. A minimum wage that has plummeted by a factor of 15 in 2 years. Its now lower than the minimum income in afghanistan. Joseph and his wife have built a house in this residential area in the hills above that room. They started the undertaking in 2017. When they took out a 20 year mortgage for 50000000. 00 lebanese pounds, but with a local currency collapsing, their 150 square meter house cost them only about 2500. 00. It was a sum they paid back in 2 months. Ah yes, rush all there are 3 rooms on and a 4th room on the upper floor in the back oh fault. But found that a shop. Were only using it as a storage room right now. Nobodys jambert we have 3 floors. So not twice does she see this sunday . Theyve invited friends to lunch. Oh oh i joseph receives his guests with a meal fit for royalty. They need i think more than minutes. He wants to share his new well with others. I with rummy as a Public Servant for example, each month hes paid and lebanese pounds. Mm hm. So for this friend of the couple buying a 6 dollar bottle of wine was a huge expense even allowed me to open gym to rebut. Marsha de la, i get paid about 80 or 85. 00 a month. Thats enough to fill the car twice with gas indoor hub benzene before then. I owned about 1200. 00 and lost many now about 80. 00. The difference is enormous. Unify me despite the inflation in lebanon, wages have never been adjusted. Gabels. Oh, good luck. As the friends make a toast of joseph and zell, hang in there. Only about 13 percent of the lebanese population are paid in dollars. Every one else is paying a hefty bill for this crisis. The absurdity of the situation has driven some to campaign for a fairer economy. Rebecca has an appointment with her lawyer. As usual, there is no power across the country. Youll hear the same reaction if its something that they do the vaughan thats lebanon today. He said a year ago, rebecca decided to file a lawsuit against her bank for illegally withholding her dollars. It would suggest that what happened was we were supposed to have an appointment at b plus banking. Yes, but they canceled it. I dont know when well be able to resume proceedings in the novel. Unfortunately, nothing is moving in our direction at the moment, but we shouldnt give up. Oh, good job involvement. No, theres no law allowing this informal freeze on her and other people savings. A vacant lancaster. So anyway, the banks were closed for weeks because of the protests is all over and when they opened, after 2 weeks, there was nothing left on jan mafia. If were really dealing with a mafia that decided to steal peoples money by transferring it to their own accounts abroad. If you are these people or holla, titians bankers, and the governor of the central bank is henri ad salome. If we pci the monkey, i reckon its the biggest scam in history. Were talking here about 100000000. 00. Now that just disappeared. La. Ill hand if i did the song he out to laugh you on this about a political and Business Elite is being blamed for impoverishing the country to benefit their private interests. In 2019 a french broadcaster asked the governor of the central bank rayon salami about the money that had been wired abroad. Lady very phyllis ross fed exists in lebanon, were free to transfer money. The video fee dump were under, but were examining events from an ethical standpoint to see it politically exposed. Persons who transferred money abroad use their positions in a way that might constitute an abuse of power in an abuse. A cause that are fully short ironically react salami is himself one of the people accused of taking part in this massive capital flight as a private individual. Not that he and his brother have around 300000000. 00 on one of their Bank Accounts in switzerland. So is that consistent with his bank salary . I, its certainly not the lebanese Banking Sector is said to have been functioning for decades like a ponzi or pyramid scheme. A fraudulent financial scam that promises very attractive interest in order to pay the latter. The banks use the money they get from new customers, but when that source of money dries up, the pyramid collapses. When the 1st investors fled lebanon, the entire country ended up paying the price. Where the, the thong from there are people like rebeccas parents who worked their whole lives, loan and thought, and we saved money for our retirement or to allow our children to study abroad a volume and now theyre left with nothing. The whole thing is the bank heist of the century link. So who so yeah, no hackers in 2016 a study showed that 90 percent of the majority shareholders and lebanese banks were relatives of politicians. Ah, nepotism of this kind has already had devastating consequences. Oh. On august 4th, 2020 warehouse number 12 exploded in the port of bay root its contents 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate a highly flammable and explosive fertilizer stored unattended loo. The horrific accident destroyed entire districts of the capitol within a radius of several kilometers. In total, it left 218. 00 people dead, and more than 6 and a half 1000 injured. To the surprise of some, after the disaster, the president of lebanon appealed to the resilience of the lebanese people, rather than focusing on an emergency plan that you know, with the young ladies and gentlemen, that were to day favorite, is trying to raise itself from the ruins. And you need to cram you with the efforts of every single lebanese and with their support, the cities wounds will heal to them and it will rise again, just as it has always done in its history, a co and all that mirror around now, but daddy ah, the relatives of the victims have yet to find peace even today. On the 4th day of every month, they gather at the board to remember their loved ones sat danny, todays my jessicas birthday. I know what its like when a mother cannot celebrate, had daughters birthday. Ah no home at all in the space of seconds my soulmate, my wife, had been taken from me. Silly. Had i spent 34 years with her, so in love with the issue is a highly sensitive one. With many blaming the government the subsequent investigation was entrusted to direct baton. A judge said to be incorruptible, a remedy and lebanon movement. All i want is justice, and i hope judge be tar, sees this through to the end. All of us here support him on the initial oliver. But the tars investigation got bogged down this day, march the 3rd time. It was suspended. Members of the government who refused to be questioned, were obstructing his work through legal challenges. Im enough. The judge knows the truth and we know exactly who killed these victims and blew up the port of hamburg wanna madison plaza. And theres one man in the country who has a special degree of interest in this case. Oh, hello. Going yes before we better than been working with another nila, well challenge bianco. Macy is an investigative journalist who has relentlessly trying to get to the bottom of the countries corruption every morning his drive to work takes him past the port a is here somewhere here. Idle from the outside know from the inside because im of a lot doesnt yet according to colby see, several members of the government knew for years about the Ammonium Nitrate being stored at the port. This is one of the most corrupted areas. Not even in lebanon. I believe in the universe like the black hole of corruption, the says the next and this place is kind like of a microcosm of level is up, but i did my, my famine appointed. My mother has elected them across the cross you cannot be appointed there. So only that you have to be affiliated with a certain part or the other. Some people actually love some people, the most of them made a lot of money in order to be appointed here. For example, one comes for the custom controller with all the calculations used to be fade like 2000. 00 per day. But they bill date. And if he could, he got only 2000. 00, but they, he would be piss. According to official statistics, the port earns about 200000000. 00 us dollars and income annually. Kobes. He says that without the corruption, that figure would be close to 25000000000. 00. The journalist takes risks as he takes on the powerful after one of his investigations, he was physically attacked a few years ago by a port official since then, hes been taking precautions my own surveillance system. There are like 10 cams inside the car just to make sure that in case anyone decided to attack me just to have my story documented his wife as a presenter with the same broadcaster, ah, miss ali this . Yeah, i you proud of his work. We may. Yes. But sometimes he gives me headaches. I might add a death. Why . Thats good because its dangerous. Im afraid something bad will happen. Yeah. Coca shows de my employee. Yeah. Leanne. Hes scared for you. Yeah, i mean im sending him that every, every time im sending him this, thats her. Its awesome. Youre never going to change your wish. I thought you ought to act like a gazelle didnt talk. Why im heavier and kobes. He refuses to be intimidated. The journalist has published the results of his investigation of the port blast online. His website features the faces of politicians linked to the incident and makes all the evidence hes collected available. That includes a letter written by colonel josephs gaff. Back in 2014, the customs official had already been sounding the alarm. Ah, theres a ship by the name of ross of stockton, key number 11 in the port bay route on board is a large cargo of a dangerous explosive. The constitutes of danger to public safety. We asked that the ship be removed from the king. Ultimately, no action was taken. The colonel died and suspicious circumstances in march 2017 despite suspicions of murder. The investigation said the cause of death was an accidental fall. This combination of federal judge, ive been called the, to the said negligence of corruption. This is the pure mixture of the bomb by itself. I know that theres a lot of corruption in mexico may be and many other counties what not like and live on why . Because there are countries where theyre like bowman and nuff us by level on this country is owned by the mafia. So they all were called a country drifting, rudderless. And to make matters worse, its hungry. In this situation, just the tiniest spark could cause tensions to escalate and explode. Which is what happened in october 2021 followers of the shia amal movement, which is allied with the powerful has bala party were demonstrating in front of the palace of justice. They demanded that the christian judge direct, but tar be withdrawn from investigating the explosion at the port. They accused him of being under the influence of foreign powers. And in particular of targeting she of politicians, sectarianism the plague of lebanon was back. Late in the afternoon, heavily armed demonstrators went to the entrance of the christian quarter in bay route. Here within 2nd, the situation took a dramatic turn as the demonstrators came under fire. The subsequent st battles between christians and she has lasted 5 hours. 7 people were killed. All of them. Shia ali is 60 years old since his youth, he has been a militia man and the armed wing of the shia amal party, a passing she, a resident then joins the conversation. Her building was among those that came under the heaviest fire. Was animal federal head. We were watching the young people on the street, and then suddenly they started shooting from this site. And evelyn ran away. I bought a woman. Was sick maam, where do you live . But what story . I did, the thing i thought of it. We were in the apartment. The resident then agrees to us visiting her home as she takes us along to see the damage, the shia militiamen, ali follows right on our heels. Her home. Shes been living here for 14 years with her husband and 3 children. Ive been angela, we hid in the bathroom. There was no way out. The shots came from this side. This wall was riddled with bullet holes becca. It was horrible, but we were terrified that the family filmed the hellish scenes on their phones. Her youngest son abbas is 13. He still in shock when he saw it put this up as a barricade to protect ourselves if they came with a rocket launcher. There were 4 of us here. One guy, were you afraid of the rocket launchers or yes, they had rocket launches and fourteens m sixteens and a few grenades, so as, as abuse and per the glimmer. Why think i was here not one my name. It was here of it. My father here. Oh birthday see him but his ear, my son, my sister further away and how long were you in there . Oh, at least 2 and a half hours. Those 2 and a half hours. Yes she will. You scant depfa a bit not. Not sure about the whole family was evacuated after what seemed like an eternity. Are you afraid it was start again . Yes, yes, of course. Express, but i live with the stress on the hello. Uh huh cape reminded me of the civil war. I thought here it goes again. The family does not want to see the different religious communities at war with each other. Their children go to a Christian School and alongside the koran, they even have an image of the patron saint of christians and lebanon. No vase as our neighbors are, christians, muslims, all religions. You will one, hipaa. Thats not the problem. At the same time, it almost seems as if ali is getting ready for a possible return of civil war. Slat neck. But men, us like all of lebanon, his arm to have a mind was there, and there are weapons everywhere design salaam in the 1990s show, the militia had to surrender de arms to the government kilowatt on are understood. The amal group did a tooth ebby lake, but when they began to provoke us again that we went out and got some other guns and one up. Yet as well as a militia man. Oh, im not afraid of. Im ready to go to war for my parting is a lot of law cubans, al jerry and the longest gave this. I dont agree with what he sang or that its an absurd war. As that she, its not in the interests of any one in lebanon to live like that on a lot of manion, but not least of, of you live. We want to live in peace and raise our children in peace. Mamma never had a letter. Its nonsense that every citizen should be armed as a, as a model where the law did what the new lugs. 8 the ghost of bloody sectarianism returned to haunt lebanon on that fateful day. Even if a majority of people in the country are trying to exercise this specter. 1000000 lebanese have already left this broken land. Public services in all areas have come to a standstill. The government allowed Health Services to fall into disrepair as it did public Construction Projects and the power grid tired of promises of a better life that will never be realised. Some are ready to risk their lives, to flee the country. Among them is mohammed who lives in tripoli. Go the little, get out of the kitchen. The have the 35 year old former to her guide lives with his entire family in this 2 room apartment with his mother, his sisters, and his 4 children. In october 2021. He and his son houses tried to enter europe illegally by the see how the plan was to have the rest of the family follow after they got there. But the trip was a short one, but it wasnt for sure. Nanak enough and they were 82. 00 of us and we bought a big vote on both to be at plan was to go to italy and from day each of us would find their own way through europe. One who thought the arkansas slumbered little, but fate had different plans. We lost everything. So mana, was the Turkish Coast guard, arrested us, she not a stub. And when did we meet again . Why then why did aetna in jail you were in jail . Oh yes. Okay. And how old were you . Then . There are 7. I was there were 16 people to a cell in jail. It was tough. Just imagine it. My son was sleeping with me on a bench surrounded by desh terrorists mana, here being the wish mohammed and his son were arrested during the crossing to europe and spent 29 days in jail before being sent back to lebanon. Ah, in spite of the traumatic experience, the temptation to leave, the country has become Even Stronger for the family. When you look at the see what you think. I think about a day when the weather is good and we can set off again on the block. And thats your dream hadnt been, i just want to leave this country with my children and they will set off again. Yes. And why . Because people die every day. As lebanon continues to be ravaged by a crippling financial crisis mohammed and host som, look out to see hoping that maybe theres a better life waiting for them beyond the waves and the horizon. Ah, is it just a sanctioned loophole, or is it heralding a new era . Explores new trade with because western ports are close to russian freighter is the route from st. 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