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How do I empathise with my Lebanese friend?, By Osmund Agbo

As Israeli bombs rained down on southern Lebanon in 2024, I found myself thinking about Rabih, a Lebanese man I had once met at his furniture store on Lagos Island. I wondered what had become of him and his family back in Beirut. By October, the escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah had displaced more […] The post How do I empathise with my Lebanese friend?, By Osmund Agbo appeared…

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