The forgotten victims of the Beirut explosion: domestic workers | Nesrine Malik

Dumped on the streets after Covid-19 hit, hundreds of nannies are now starving amid the ruins of last month's blast

It is just over a month since the Beirut port explosion, and the footage from that day remains as shocking as it was when it first began to appear on our TV screens and social media. In fragments of video, the world saw Beirut life freeze in confusion at the unfamiliar sound of the explosion, then shatter as its impact hit. Among those bits of film we saw one scene, captured on domestic CCTV, that was replicated across the city - an African nanny instinctively scooping children up out of harm's way, and protecting them with her body.

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