War was easier than this, says Lebanese entrepreneur hit by economic collapse Reuters 2 hrs ago
By Issam Abdallah
BEIRUT, April 21 (Reuters) - Suzanne Mouawad lived through Lebanon s civil war and built a successful advertising business in the hopeful days after the fighting ended, but she says her country s economic collapse is breaking her in a way that even missiles did not.
Mouawad, 56, comes from a well-to-do background and previously led a privileged life, running her agency as well as a family-owned paper manufacturing business, taking frequent holidays abroad and receiving rent from properties she owns.
Now, both the advertising and paper businesses have all but dried up, the tenants can no longer pay the rent, and she finds herself pondering the price of items in the supermarket during her weekly grocery shop.
War was easier than this, says Lebanese entrepreneur hit by economic collapse
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