Middle East - Emigration: Leaving Lebanon

There were eight of us round the table in the café in Beirut; determined faces and serious looks. The plan was to launch an independent weekly newspaper for the student population in Lebanon. The idea had been brewing for months. Now was the critical decision: to publish or decide against the project? We had hope then, we published.

The World Today Updated 15 October 2020 2 minute READ

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