The Tightening Belt
I would liken living in Lebanon over the past 2 years to wearing a belt and every few months it gets tightened by 1/2 a notch whether the owner has lost weight or not. A forced tightening. Equalling an increasing discomfort. This has mostly been felt by the 90% devaluation of the Lebanese pound, the extreme gas shortage, the lack of necessary medicines to be found, and the hopelessness expressed by most everyone living there. I strongly dislike a tight waistband and find that all my clothing, that resembles anything of this sort, rarely get worn. But sometimes we don't get to choose what is put on us, as that is the case with all of us living in Lebanon. For us personally, though challenging, we have more than most. Anytime I am out in the community people will ask me, "Why are you here?" It is the most common question I am asked in Lebanon by strangers. Strangers baffled at why we would stay, when all they want to do is leave. It is a good question and deman...