French President Macron Visits Lebanon - Beirut

French President Macron Visits Lebanon - Beirut

Lebanese politician and businessman Fouad Makhzoumi seen at a meeting with the French community in Lebanon at Pine Residence, Residence of French Ambassador in Beirut, Lebanon, on January 17, 2025. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

French President Macron Visits Lebanon - Beirut

French President Macron Visits Lebanon - Beirut

Lebanese politician and businessman Fouad Makhzoumi seen at a meeting with the French community in Lebanon at Pine Residence, Residence of French Ambassador in Beirut, Lebanon, on January 17, 2025. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lebanese suffer from high food prices during Ramadan

STORY: Lebanese suffer from high food prices during Ramadan DATELINE: April 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a vegetable market in Beirut 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALI AMHAZ, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): IMAD AL HARES, Local resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): RIMA AL HALABI, Makhzoumi Foundation STORYLINE: With the start of the holy month of Ramadan, the Lebanese people flocked to food markets to secure their needs while complaining about the steep rise in food prices. The country has been witnessing an unprecedented financial crisis amid a shortage of U.S. reserves and the collapse of the Lebanese pound. Lebanon's crisis plunged over 74 percent of the population into poverty with people barely capable of securing their basic needs. Ali Amhaz, a citizen buying his needs for a vegetable market in Beirut, told Xinhua that prices have skyrocketed and he feels sorry for the needy families who cannot afford to buy food products. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic