Repression, self-immolation, and domestic violence : Is Lebanese society crumbling ?

Repression, self-immolation, and domestic violence: Is Lebanese society crumbling?
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Mariam al-Khouli after setting herself ablaze in front of the #UNHCR building in Tripoli. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) Al-Akhbar)" width="620" height="396" class="imagecache imagecache-4cols imagecache-default imagecache-4cols_default"/> Mariam al-Khouli after setting herself ablaze in front of the UNHCR building in Tripoli. (Photo: Al-Akhbar)

Ravaged by hunger, lacking any means to support her children, and with no aid granted to her by the international community, a displaced Syrian woman set herself on fire in Tripoli. On the same day, a Lebanese man immolates himself as well. He was already drowning in debt before a powerful politician closed down his petrol station and store, taking away his family’s source of income. (...)

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