Lebanon’s Coronavirus lockdown: ‘We can’t leave our homes day or night’

Lebanon’s Coronavirus lockdown: ‘We can’t leave our homes day or night’

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People in Lebanon are living under one of the world's strictest lockdowns. Under the round-the-clock curfew, citizens who are not "essential workers" have been barred from leaving their homes since 14 January.

Here residents in the capital, Beirut, describe what it's like.

'I miss my friends'

A few days into the 24-hour lockdown it had already got really hard as me and my family have to work in the same environment. Although it's good to spend more time with the family, we all have our own work to do and when we have meetings we hear each other. It can be a real distraction and stop you from finishing your work on time.

Sometimes I can't study well because I get stressed with all the work they're giving us. It is definitely not the same studying online as it is in the physical world where we can interact with the teacher and she can explain things one-on-one.

I miss my friends a lot even though we talk online, and I try to fill my spare time by watching movies, playing the piano, reading and dancing. I also paint at night.

'It is hitting hard'

image copyrightWalid Kanaan

Walid Kanaan, 45, hairdresser

This year has