Lebanon through the looking glass

A protester carries a Lebanese flag during anti-government rallies.Hannah McKay / REUTERS

There has always been a kind of plutonic beat in Beirut. Something moving invisibly. A mechanical hangover from that particular planetary system that is Lebanon, governed by its own inexorable magnetism. That movement, however, is only an evanescent force that produces no advance. Because Beirut, like Lebanon, is a victim of the ruthless effect of the Red Queen ...

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