{"id":235552,"date":"2025-02-10T10:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/lebanons-emigrants-return-to-a-battered-homeland-after-israel-hezbollah-war\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T10:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:01:35","slug":"lebanons-emigrants-return-to-a-battered-homeland-after-israel-hezbollah-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/lebanons-emigrants-return-to-a-battered-homeland-after-israel-hezbollah-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon\u2019s Emigrants Return to a Battered Homeland After Israel-Hezbollah War"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah intensified last September, Abed Al Kadiri sat glued to the television in the art studio where he was working in Kuwait.<\/p>\n

Mr. Al Kadiri watched as Beirut, the Lebanese capital and city of his childhood, was ravaged by Israeli bombardments. He was distraught about what members of his family, including his mother and 13-year-old son, along with his friends, were enduring there. He began having nightmares and panic attacks and was unable to sleep.<\/p>\n

Determined to support his family and help his country rebuild, Mr. Al Kadiri decided to book a ticket home.<\/p>\n

\u201cLebanon was going into an apocalyptic phase,\u201d Mr. Al Kadiri, 40, said on a recent morning in the outskirts of Beirut. \u201cGoing back was the only best option.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n