Beirut blast survivor: The world can't let this chaos go on

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A catastrophe of the magnitude of the Beirut explosion should not pass without a major political transformation in the country, writes Rima Majed for CNNopinion

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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 here.

Beirut, Lebanon I was meeting my friends at a sidewalk café in the Hamra district for a coffee when the earth shook under our feet. Someone yelled,"Earthquake!" But my friend, who'd lived through the 15-year Lebanese civil war from 1975 to 1990, screamed,"It's an explosion!" Before I could even reply or acknowledge what had happened, there was a second explosion, even bigger than the first. As buildings crumbled and glass rained down upon us, I was paralyzed by fear. Rima MajedWhen the dust began to settle, all I could see was devastation -- bloodied people, a café turned to ash, rubble where an entire street once stood. The sirens that followed were deafening.Lebanon has been plagued by political corruption and crony capitalism for decades.

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