‘We really are in hell,’ its director tweeted.Īccording to a World Bank report in May, the suddenness and severity of Lebanon’s economic collapse makes it one of the ten ‘most severe economic crises … globally since the mid-19th century’. Beirut’s main public hospital ran out of diesel and turned off the air conditioning in most of its wards. By August, diesel shortages meant that not even the rich could buy their way out of the sweltering blackouts. ![]() In July, the only way to cool down in the afternoon was to strip off and lie sweating on the apartment’s terrazzo floor. We had electricity from the national grid for only one hour in 24. ![]() I n June, there was a debate in our building about whether to rayyih al-moteur (‘rest the generator’) at night or during the day.
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