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Young Lebanon

Lebanon is grappling with a variety of political and economic difficulties. But kids don't necessarily take the situation they're born into for granted. Meet the five young people coming of age in Beirut who will be profiled in Young Lebanon.

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Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Rainey takes part in a Sri Lankan parade in Lebanon.
Global Politics
A Sri Lankan girl living in Lebanon isn’t really a citizen of either country
Noor
Conflict
Young Lebanese activist joins us on Facebook
Best friends Ryan and Noor are an unlikely match. He belongs to a religious sect called the Druze, and she is a Sunni Muslim. Kids from different religious groups don't normally hang out in Lebanon, let alone become inseparable friends.
Global Politics
An unlikely pair in Lebanon team up in hopes of creating change
Ahmad and his dad at Hoops, an indoor basketball school made possible by a Lebanese NGO called Nawaya.
Sports
Why an NGO wants this Lebanese boy to live his hoop dreams
Global Politics
This Syrian girl’s exile has stretched from weeks to years