Why a ‘miracle’ baby has brought hope to a country in crisis

Lebanon’s George Khnaisser was born in the corridor of a hospital destroyed by last year’s Beirut port blast

28 July 2021 - 18:52 By Yara Abi Nader

Baby George Khnaisser is as old as the Beirut port blast. His mother was in labour on August 4 last year when a stockpile of ammonium nitrate, stored unsafely for years, exploded in the Lebanese capital, crashing whole windows onto her bed...

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