[An Nahar] At 28, Thurayya left behind the Beirut neighborhood where she was born and moved to the family farm, not because of environmental concerns but forced there by Lebanon Hezbollahstan
 ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. ...
's bruising crises."Living in the city has become very miserable," she told AFP from the lush south Lebanon farmland planted with avocado trees that is now her home.
"The quiet violence of city life sucks you dry of energy, of money... It was just too much." |