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| Escaping Slow Death in Beirut, Lebanese Embrace Farm Life |
| 2021-12-04 |
[An Nahar] At 28, Thurayya left behind the Beirut neighborhood where she was born and moved to the family farm, not because of environmental concerns but forced there by  ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. ...'s bruising crises."Living in the city has become very miserable," she told AFP from the lush south Lebanon farmland planted with avocado trees that is now her home. "The quiet violence of city life sucks you dry of energy, of money... It was just too much." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I "aauuummmm' the israel/lebanon border each night. I 'aum' lots of people and places and i sleep well! |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2021-12-04 18:47 |
| #3 Cultivons notre jardin |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-12-04 18:36 |
| #2 I imagine the same type of thing happened in classical Rome as it fell. City dwellers bugged out for the sticks - and stayed there for centuries as it turned out. Roman legions went freelance when their salaries stopped coming from on high. |
| Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-12-04 18:26 |
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| Posted by: Frank G 2021-12-04 08:27 |