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Over the past year and a half, Lebanon has been suffering. In mid-2019, the economy collapsed and it has continued to decline rapidly. The COVID-19 pandemic has left millions of people without work and therefore no way to put food on the table. Then, in August of 2020, a massive explosion took place in Beirut, leaving thousands of people with destroyed homes. Maryam* explained that, “all buildings were highly damaged, for we are very close to the port… inside, all the windows exploded.”