Lebanese mother uses balloon analogy to protect her children from trauma during Beirut conflict.
Amena Hareb, a Lebanese mother working for an Irish charity, tries to shield her three children from the trauma of ongoing bombings by telling them the explosions are just balloons. After fleeing their home village, the family has lived in a Beirut hotel for over a week. With more than 2,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands displaced from the conflict, Hareb struggles to reassure her children while grappling with her own fears about their future.
October 28, 2024
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