My port of Beirut
Ziadé, Lamia2023
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In August 2020, Lebanon was in the midst of the global pandemic and a devastating economic crisis. People protested in the streets, calling for the removal of a political elite accused of greed, negligence and incompetence. The Lebanese people felt as though their country was staring into the abyss. But the worst was yet to come. On the evening of August 4, 2020, Hangar 12 of the Port of Beirut exploded, and then exploded again. A shockwave moving faster than the speed of sound tore through Beirut, leaving nearly 200 people dead, 6,000 injured and 300,000 homeless. The blast had been caused by the storing of thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate alongside a stash of fireworks - a deadly arrangement about which the government had known, but done nothing.
Main title:
My port of Beirut / Lamia Ziadé ; translated by Emma Ramadan.
Author:
Ziadé, Lamia, authorRamadan, Emma, translator
Imprint:
London : Pluto Press, 2023.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations (colour), map ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780745348124 (pbk. :)
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
2619015
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