After the Beirut blasts, the Lebanese diaspora is left between helplessness and guilt
Whenever a disastrous event takes place, such as the explosion in Beirut on Tuesday, communities in the diaspora grapple with the tug and pull of two emotions: feeling helpless and feeling guilty.
As Lebanese living abroad — a group estimated to be nearly three times the size of the national population of 5 million people — many of us have long felt helpless, but perhaps never more so than in 2020. After the revolutionary uprising that began in October brought some hope for change, the covid-19 pandemic brought the world to a grinding halt — and brought Lebanon to the breaking point.… Seguir leyendo »