In brief
Lebanon's recent wars have intensified an already dire economic crisis, with citizens like Hasan Raad struggling to rebuild their lives.
In the wake of continuing turmoil between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon is witnessing severe impacts on its people and economy. Hasan Raad, a 28-year-old content creator from Beirut, exemplifies the devastation faced by many. Once thriving, he now finds himself unemployed and homeless after an airstrike destroyed his family's apartment. “We came out of this war with nothing,” he lamented among the wreckage.The backdrop to Raad's misfortune is Lebanon’s history of crises, starting with a brutal civil war that ended in 1990, followed by a dramatic economic collapse in 2019 that was worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and the catastrophic Beirut port explosion in 2020. These events have left the nation struggling to recover, as citizens like Raad are forced to restart their lives amid chaos and hardship.
