Signs reading “We are not poor… but our money is stolen.  Our dignity makes us the richest of the rich.” At a protest spring 2014. Photo by author. This article was first published on al-Manshour On the first week of May Beirut was engulfed by a heat induced stench emitting from the trash heaps mutating since last summer. Amid trash, heat and chaos Beirut was … Continue reading Beirut: Vacuum and Despair