More than three million Lebanese – almost half the population – are facing a tough Ramadan.
The monthly cost of iftar, or the meal to break their fast, now costs 2.5 times the minimum wage.
The World Bank says food prices there have become the highest in the region.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr has more from Beirut, Lebanon.
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My heart cries when I see unemployed people. Corruption must come to an end in order to bring stability
it won’t help ,in just talking, complaining,you are governed by crooks.he he he
@Jonathan Francisco , I am Lebanese but I felt the situation
@Jonathan Francisco if you have time i suggest reading “Confession of an economic hitman” by john perkins.
Sometimes the weak nations dont have a choice, the leaders are not necessearily crooks but are forced by foreign powers, read about Omar Torrijos from panama who was against communism but then got screwed by US.
@Mo Khalid ok thanks.but i just wanted to to know country like Singapore, Malaysia,japan to name a few please read also their history.nobody from these country’s openly said that they want to kill somebody who are not believers of thier beliefs.always threaten to harm other people.brandish thier gun and shouting death to those who are not with them.this is from heaven wrath that is happening to ur country.
Plse don’t let these friendly people down, they deserve better !!
yes please help us
Tyre and Sidon! Humble nation…
Read Luke 10:13.
True indeed…. famine will rise thru out the entire Earth, only the rich will be able to have food on the table.
The entire Lebanese political class is corrupt and incompetent, but the biggest villain is Hezbollah, a terrorist organization that dominates the Lebanese government. Until Hezbollah is destroyed the chances for reform do not look good, and the Lebanese people will continue to suffer.
لا حول ولا قوه الا بالله العلي العظيم
Lebanese who think they are europeans, see if your european brothers will save you!
And who said Lebanese are Europeans ? What drugs are you smoking ?
Where did that come from? I’ve never heard anyone in Lebanon that think they are Europe
@FlyHigh_Mamba Some maronite Christians do literally think they’re french European nobility
Please Lord help them.
What to say Allah plz forgive us
Find soil sow your seeds …. lesser your burden by silent moments & emotions…. times will surely change. Gypsy Trail
Another country that was saved by America
Wow thnx to EU and allied forces . . .
😂😂thank to us, there colonial Nations.
So what🤦♂️More than 600 million people in Africa live in poverty
News is supposed to update you on the most recent things. They are simply reporting a new occurrence.
Shame on harrari malaoon,he spent 17 million on a model half of his age and yet his people are starving.
Wat about turlia 15.000.000 with out food .30.000.000 is at przoners
It is always so sad when a formerly well off country sinks into poverty. To be comfortable and then lose it hurts even more than to have never known comfort at all
Nicely put. You never miss what you never know.
lol
If arabia fall entire world will fall, no exception about this.
They are welcome in Morocco.
In india there are more men then women maybe they can send some of their women here in india we’ll take care of them
@FlyHigh_Mamba keep dreaming.
Carlos Ghon could help
more than population of America face poverty in India
It means there are less days for current government
very sad situation
Lebanon deserves everything its getting. Like the Palestinians, Yemen, Libya, Syria, etc., they can’t just get along. In societies where people think it’s ok to kill each other, what kind of economy will they have? Not much.
no we are just normal people we want prosperity and stability very peaceful really . unfortunately we have evil people in power that always renew their term in power by corrupt elections so we can’t do anything. help
I guess the UK and US would deserve a monstrosity to happen to them for everything they have done
@j d you call Hizbollah normal? You call the Lebanese Civil War normal? You call a society built on mutual religious hatred normal? It all comes back to this, Arab societies that are dysfunctional that end up eating their own people.
@Elz010 what did the USA do so wrong? They halted the spread of communism during the cold war. If not for the USA we would all be Soviet commies by now. And the USA gave the world Rock and Roll, and McDonald’s. If the USA is so bad then why do we need to build walls to keep everyone out?
@Allen Moses what did the US do wrong 😭😭😭😭 how can you be so ignorant, go check what the US has done to Arab countries
How are they making enough money to eat if a bag of bread costs 10% of their salaries?
And on another note, most of the middle east is collapsing internally whether it’s an economic collapse, corruption, war, civil war and invasion
I’m truly convinced there’s an agenda to destroy the middle east but people are too caught up with everything, nothing seems clear now but in the future it will be
Ramadan Mubarak from Thailand 🇹🇭 to Lebanon 🇱🇧
Shut up
People are hungry, donate food
Lol
@MUN Chak He wasn’t talking to you. You replying to him makes you look stupid.
What is Hezbollah doing ?
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Very sad,one of the richest nations in Middle East,called Swiss of East,what are the rich Arab nations doing.
Why do you support hk security law while you people are living in the life of misery
These high rates of POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT also have been in many Arab countries including COLONIZED Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, etc.. As 80% of populations have been under poverty lines! While their PRESIDENTS, POLITICIANS & CORRUPTED OFFICIALS have been living luxurious lives!
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Iran and Hezbollah need to be expelled from Lebanon. Our Lebanese brothers will develop once Iran is out.
@Danny J Outlawfly thinks Iran should annex Lebanon.
@Skeptic Jordanian Arab Hezbollah isn’t Iranian. It is 99% indigenous lebanese. They have a right to have weapons and defend their land.
@Danny J Hezbollah is Lebanese? Lol
@Skeptic Jordanian Arab Just because it receives Iranian aid, it doesn’t mean that it is an overwhelmingly grassroots organization. It’s very popular in the territories it dominates, and that’s for obvious historical reasons
@Danny J the problem of this group is their complexity of submitting to Iran. We Arabs aren’t Iranian slave, and we all know how much did Iran deliver for.
This is what happens when terorists run country. They can ask money from Iran. Or they can make peace with Israel and have 300 000 Lebanon citizens coming every day for work in Israel making 1000 -5000 dollars a month.
But they will probably keep being under terorists/Iran control
Before Hezbollah took over Southern Lebanon, many Lebanese arrived in Israel every day and got a very good salary there.
هذا هو لبنان تحت احتلال منظومة حزب الله الايراني للمحرومين // This is Lebanon under the occupation of the Iranian Hezbollah
100%
Nor really. Only the shia areas are. Hezbollah doesn’t control non shia territory
@Danny J u are wrong. While their followers are a mix of iranian revolutionary guards and lebanese Shia, the Iranian Hezbollah controls and terrorizes the entire country politically and militarily. The Iranian Hezbollah need not be physically present on all lebanese territory for them to occupy the country or undermine and hijack its sovereignty, freedom and independence.
@Arziil HaShem Hezbollah is mostly a indigenous lebanese grassroots organization. They have tremendous local support in Lebanon. They are seen as liberators and freedom fighters among the people, because they are the only organization which stepped up to protect them from war. In the territory which Hezbollah controls, the people overwhelmingly support it and are able to live their lives free of persecution. There is no sharia law and Hezbollah prevented terrorists from killing shia people. Hezbollah rarely uses its weapons, and only does when there is a legitimate threat to its interests. It is ridiculous to say that Hezbollah dominates Lebanon. Maybe it is the most powerful actor, but it doesn’t exert a fraction of its power on the country. If it did, there would’ve been a brutal civil war and America would’ve invaded.
They are beautiful people no worries, only fan, sugar dating and escorting are normalized these says.
Only Mia Khalifa is happy Lebanonese.
I heard this name and ignored it now you made me YouTube and learn all about her! I thought Mia khalifa was American rapper name.
Horrible. As for corrupt politicians, they are in every single country on Earth. Worst in communist regimes or dictatorships.
How does Lebanon have hard currency to import food if they don’t really export?
I wish you all well i hope this nonsense to stop people deserves to have a decent life and enough food to feed their children keep it up Lebanese don’t lose hope. From a dude in Canada
There are a BILLION Muslins & 52 Muslim countries–yet who will they beg for aid from? The US or Europe.
You have 1 BILLION. What’s the problem?
Lebanon isn’t a Muslim country haha… you clearly don’t know their diaspora, government, or constitution. All you know is Hezbollah…
When a secular state still runs on some religious laws, it will cause corruption and biasness.
Hezbollah is pulling the strings there. That’s the problem.
There are no religious laws
@Danny J this complete world system of things on Earth is build on religions their cults and their voodoo teachings from Mesopotamia, Babylon, Mede and Persia, Assyria, Greece, Rome, Anglo—America these were the 7 kingdoms who reign the Earth since the beginning of mankind. Now we are in the 8th kingdom New World Order/One World Religion fabricated by the secret elite society who pays the United Nations, who glorify china for their performance on covid which is only a smoke curtain for their mass genocide. The 7th kingdom who reigns since the 18th century is on fire, it is going down in complete destruction. All the lies are coming to the surface, but when you are still blind to see the TRUTH you belong to the walking dead.
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Hezbollah the terrorist group brought destruction to Lebanon
It literally liberated occupied land. Lol.
Why don’t rich Islamic countries help these people…?
because islam is the maj hub
Lebanon is not an Islamic country. You might as well ask why they don’t help Greece.
Pray of Lebanon.. ♥
Really Heart Broken to see all this but Lebanese People should not lose hope because after every darkness there is a Sun Rise.,
Soon people will be eating their own children.
Iran-hizballa-poverty
Israelian Hasbara, are you once more bragging of destroying countries?👀👀 Sweet little sadistic hasbara.👀
Hey israeli, guess what…. the world isn’t as simple as you think it is. Just because you think “Hezbollah bad” .. that doesn’t mean that “all bad come from Hezbollah!1!!1!.” Reality is a lot more nuanced than they convenient narrative that you’ve been fed.
This happens when u fight in name of religion….. This Ramadan ask Allah’s mercy, love ur non Muslim brothers and sisters,…
What? The Lebanese are just living their lives. They didn’t ask for this.
@the dog tobs do your history, everything happens on Earth has been spoken before you were born. In the days of King Solomon, Lebanon was the pride country with all its ceder trees and other treasures which make them RICH. But they got cursed this is the result.
مساكين اهل لبنان و الشام ، مع الاسف
In Shala.
poor arabs😭
Why not just grow veggies in your garden along with a chicken coop and a few goats? Seems they do that all over Africa and Southeast Asia.
Excellent advice for everyone around the world. Grow ones own food. 100% agree
Don’t worry my Lebanese brothers and Sisters. This too shall pass. We Pakistanis will always be helping and supporting our brother country. ❤️
nice words won’t help..question is is Pakistani government in position to help these people? answer is no.. pakistan is not rich enough to help others in need..
Why are prices going up
I saw firsthand that people’s skin color, mother tongue, and nationality told me absolutely nothing about how hard they worked, how trustworthy they were, or what their innermost feelings is❤️💔😭🤡
What are you talking about
I’m. Confuced to?????
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Tragic
They all have families outside Lebanon. They should get some money from abroad
Guess what. Many can’t anymore because their money is in Lebanese banks, and Lebanese banks implemented capital controls. We are stripped away from our life savings, and will likely never see them again.
Time for all the Muslim states to show that they are real brothers…
This is the price you pay for being an overseas province of Tehran.
Hezbollah Destroyed Lebanon.
True.
Was the wealthiest country before. Guess who changed that and stole and stole?
Prostitutions will increase😭
small number compared to 1.2 billions in india.
1.38 to be precise
2020’s have become a suckfest for all of humanity. Shame.
I’ll be praying for our Brothers and Sisters in Lebanon, in Jesus name. Amen 🙏
Pray in the name of the Creator of Jesus
Another failed democratic state in the ME. Guess secularism does this. Peak times.
Sent the Lebanese women and girls to Europe. I know what they can do to earn some 😉 they’re so beautiful just like Mia K.
There are quite a few in Europe.
Lebanon the second Venezuela.
Venezuela crumbled under massive sanctions and sized foreign reserves and gold reserves by the West while Lebanon was purely by very poor government management.
@Modi Superpooper 2020 Venezuela was already in a dire situation before any major sanctions hit. Chavez was a fool to federalize privately-owned companies and industries. He caused investors to flee en-masse.
Lord Jesus Christ is not recognised by his children. He can feed them if they ask. Amen
Really? Because there’s still a lot of hungry Christians around the world. So-called Christian nations don’t care for their poor, which is a key tenet in their religion.
Heartbreaking sight to see people going hungry , I wonder what is stopping the Lebanese people from revolting ? The anguish a parent faces when your kids go hungry is unhinging 😔😔.
It is their choice and they chose war.
It’s corruption, not war. Your comment is very uneducated.
Buy bitcoins and ethereums to hedge against inflation.
Mine bitcoins for money.
They won’t stop until Israel will be strongest state in the middle east
What is the connection??
It costs only £100 to buy half a dozen 25kg sacks of rice to feed hundreds but many say they cannot spare that £100 (0.5% of their 20k+ sallary). God rewards those who work good deeds. Invest £100 in rice for the poor before the last day comes appon you by surprise.
Fahsha or adultery brings poverty. (this may work for muslim societies)
That’s Lebanon’s problem. And the blame lies with the terrorist government of Lebanon .
How is Lebanon’s government terrorist? If you’re referring to Hezbollah, how is it terrorist?
extremist die the dirtiest death
Fasting is good….
Today people are fat.
Cause and effect of a soulless economic system, soulless leaders = soulless countries,just an observation, hope humans can look beyond money to a better society
Sad
Food were never expennsive. Importer shd choose countries that produces cheap vegetables such as Malaysia, China, Africa, Indian etc etc so they can sell cheaply to citizens after minus labour and owner wages, utilities,
The whole world is poor. Only 2250 billionaire have money . LOL 🤣😂.
These are the results, in many countries, when people putt their trust on corrupt and incompetent politicians!!! Remove them from power
and throw them in jail … it is unimaginable with the progress and technology the world has achieved in the 21st century, for people struggling to survive in some so called developed countries !!!
Start agriculture. Stop buying.
When they come to overseas country so arrogant sad to say
Lebanon has no natural resources & no money.
The country has nothing to offer the world.
Lebanon is finished. Just forget about it.
I don’t get it. You are struggling to feed a population of 6 million?
Bitcoin
They deserve and in future all Arab will
Macron will rescue sooner
Whose to say this can’t happen in my home Canada or America???
A classic case of an economic hit job.
Soon poverty brings prostitution, drugs, alcoholic and other inhumane businesses flourish, endless corruption, terrorism, war devastating cultural structure of economy.
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Many foreigners go find works in rich middle east country …… why don’t these so called poors go, it’s not that far.
Still all the Lebanese people have so much of attitude. Almost all Lebanese pose as they are billionaires. Attitude is is with bold and underlined word for all the Lebanese.
I know food inflation is high in Lebanon 🇱🇧 but at least you guys don’t have the religious extremists like we have extreme food inflation plus religious Extremists. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰.
😱, they got God. why poverty ?