Lebanese civilians clean streets of the debris from buildings destroyed by Israel in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, December 2024. Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images Repair Amid Ongoing Ruination—Rebuilding Dahiyeh Once More Standing beside a destroyed building in Dahiyeh in September 2025, a fruit seller said to me, “I want to bring Naim Qassem [Hizballah’s new secretary general] here. I want to show him the damage. Our people need to do better.” He knew that, like him, I was Shia, and Iman Ali • 11 min read
