Born in south Lebanon, displaced to Beirut, two grandmothers reflect on Israeli invasions 74.6%
NPR - By Lauren Frayer, Jawad Rizkallah, Claire Harbage - 4/18/2026, 10:02 AM
Negativity Bias 17.7% - Unattributed Quote 15.4% - Framing Effect 14.6%
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Mariam Allawiya and Kafa Wehbe sit on a sun-drenched balcony, smoking. They both grew up amid olive groves in southern Lebanon. Allawiya's son married Wehbe's daughter. They're grandmothers now. But this is not how they expected to grow old: Squatting in a vacant building in central Beirut, displaced many times. more