On January 2, a piercing boom ripped through Beirut. A car bomb placed near a Hezbollah security zone had exploded, leaving five people dead_and dozens more injured a consequence of the Syrian conflict arousing old regional rivalries. It was the seventh such attack throughout Lebanon in six months. And Sandra Hassan had had enough. I am currently in Paris pursuing a masters degree in Public Health, and I have a few Lebanese friends here as well, Hassan, a 27-year-old Lebanese native, explains. Whenever we heard of an explosion, our hearts would sink and wed rush to our phones and...

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