Georges Hamad, 52, moved to France in 2006 during a monthlong war between Israel and Lebanon. “When you are away, the news is amplified. You start imagining the situation, even though you’re monitoring what’s happening,” Hamad said. “I feel guilty, because I have a normal life and my country is being destroyed.”
“Our heart, our emotions, and our mind are in Lebanon,” he said. “I hope this time is going to be the last time and the end of all our sufferings.”
Some Lebanese expatriates cope by trying to support their homeland from afar.
Salim Rachad, 49, works in a call center in Canada. He says the Lebanese community is sending donations and trying to help take care of families, but that the distance between him and home has left him feeling hopeless.
“How would you feel if you are away and cannot help?”
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