Beirut will never again be the same after a massive explosion from Lebanon's main port ripped through the city and its outskirts, residents and analysts say. 'Its lifeline to the world has literally and metaphorically been destroyed,' says one professor.
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Beirut has long been synonymous with the word explosion. The city was the main flashpoint of Lebanon's 15-year civil war, one of the world's longest. And in the last 15 years alone, it has witnessed a string of assassinations, a days-long civil conflict, a month-long international war, and years of economic and political turmoil.
Throughout these decades, the residents of Beirut tried to show the world that they were more than the sum of their crises. That for millions of Lebanese and hundreds of thousands of refugees living there, home boasted vistas of green hills against an azure blue coastal backdrop. That deep communal bonds were built there, and enterprise and art proliferated on the anxiety-ridden streets.
Karim Makdisi, American University Beirut "It is a huge psychological moment," said Karim Makdisi, another associate professor at the American University of Beirut."I don't think Beirut will be the same after this. Its lifeline to the world has literally and metaphorically been destroyed." "As an individual moment the explosion was unbelievable in its sheer violence and symbolism.
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