The people who stayed behind in Lebanon
by editors@theworld.org (Shirin Jafaari) from The World: Latest Stories on (#79CR1)
Every morning in Beirut, parents turn on their phones to see what their children are doing thousands of miles away. Lebanon has experienced a sustained wave of emigration, with young people leaving amid an economic crisis, political instability and repeated conflict. Reporter Shirin Jafaari went to Lebanon to see how the people who remain - the parents, grandparents and relatives whose families have been scattered across the world - are adapting and creating new community.