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Reuters
Reuters
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Edmund Blair and Laila Bassam

Penny pinching and power cuts; Lebanon's middle class squeezed by crisis

A general view shows residential buildings in Beirut, Lebanon January 20, 2022. Picture taken January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Emilie Madi

Lebanese school teacher Sara Wissam and her husband were comfortably off before a run on the local currency decimated the value of their salaries and dragged them towards poverty.

The plight of the Beirut couple is common across Lebanon's middle class, which has been forced to make once unthinkable choices by the worsening economic crisis: cutting back on food, cancelling trips or applying to emigrate for good.

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