Storms in Lebanon: Why We Name Them, Why We Fear Them, Why We Wait for Them

Makram Haddad, 09:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

Marc Wehaïbé Storm Lebanon Winter

Adam, Farah, Norma, Zeina, Yohan, Oscar… In Lebanon, winter storms have taken on the appearance of characters. They pop up on weather maps, scroll across TV tickers and flood Instagram stories, as if winter too had its own cast. Yet behind the folklore of first names and the debates about “one storm too many” lies a much more serious ...