Editor's note: Rima Majed is an assistant professor of sociology at the American University of Beirut. The views expressed in this opinion are her own. View more opinion I was meeting my friends at a sidewalk café in the Hamra district for a coffee when the earth shook under our feet.
But then the explosion happened on Aug. 4, and we descended further into hell -- a hell that only our anger may save us from. With the traffic growing worse by the minute, we could not reach a hospital and ended up going to a relative of my injured friend who lived closer by and was a medical doctor. By the time we arrived, his home had already been converted into a field hospital. Injured neighbors were streaming in, covered in blood, and begging for help.
The economic collapse was coupled with a deterioration of the already weak infrastructure in the country: power blackouts, garbage piling up in the streets, water shortages, and fear of fuel and wheat shortages. Unlike the hopeful protests of October 2019, this time protesters were looking for revenge. Violence quickly escalated with teargas and rubber bullets being fired at protesters who were trying to reach the heavily protected house of parliament.
Kaya pala ayaw bigyan ng maraming fertilizer ang mga farmers! Hmm.
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