._sandramansour_ was roughly 2,300 miles away from Beirut when an explosion rocked the city last Tuesday, but she heard it happen in real time. Mansour was on the phone with her mother in Beirut when she suddenly heard screaming on the other end.
rocked the city last Tuesday, but she heard it happen in real time. Mansour was on the phone with her mother in Beirut when she suddenly heard screaming on the other end. “My mother told me there was an earthquake, and I told her to go underground, or to find cover under a door,” Mansour says. “And then the line cut out, and I went crazy.” She tried calling her mother back, but couldn’t get through, and she couldn’t reach her father, either; all of the lines were down.
—Zuhair Murad estimates 80% of his archive was destroyed—Mansour had been in the habit of wrapping every garment in plastic, so most of them were spared.Sandra Mansour’s showroom in the Gemayzeh neighborhood of Beirut, before the explosion.Photo: Courtesy of Sandra MansourDespite her gratitude that her family and team are safe, witnessing her beloved city collapse from afar has been gut-wrenching for Mansour. “It’s terrible not being there,” she says.
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