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Collapse: Inside Lebanon's worst economic meltdown in more than a century

By Ben Hubbard
New York Times·
8 mins to read
Collapse: Inside Lebanon's worst economic meltdown in more than a century
A demonstrator raises the flag of Lebanon during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon on the one-year anniversary of the catastrophic port explosion. Photo / Diego Ibarra Sanchez, The New York Times

Rania Mustafa's living room recalls a not-so-distant past, when the modest salary of a security guard in Lebanon could buy an air conditioner, plush furniture and a flat-screen TV.

But as the country's economic crisis worsened, she lost her job and watched her savings evaporate. Now she plans to sell

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