Beirut — At a small cafe in the south Lebanese village of Ain Ebel, customers once indulged in drinks and lingered for hours puffing on water pipes filled with aromatic tobacco. Now, most go for a quick shot of espresso in a paper cup.
“It’s the only thing that’s still 2,000 [Lebanese] pounds,” said Ibrahim Sader, the 32-year-old owner. “Everything else is now more expensive.”..
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