Light of the Lebanese

09/06/2020

My cousin Lara Kays, and many other Lebanese, working every day to find light for Lebanon.

If you don't know about this tiny, Mediterranean country yet, do yourself a favor and spend a few mins googling the culture and history. The oldest continuously populated cities on the planet. The great thousand year old mountain cedars. The salty sea breeze catching your nose miles and miles from the actual water. Minarets, domes, arches, gates, plazas, mixed and matched over the centuries of Roman, Greek, Islamic, Ottoman, and French influence in the Levante (look that up too). Food and drink that will keep you fit and fed and alive well into old age.

Now add the Lebanese people, who refuse to let their country die after generations of corruption, incompetence, nepotism, shady deal making and foreign influence. Who haven't had a full day of electricity in decades. Who can't withdraw money from banks because they are on the verge of collapse. Who historically have fled similar situations and find success everywhere in the world they go, except the country they call home.

Every day, they fight for the heartbeat underneath the rubble. Listen closely, it's still beating.