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‘We eat and drink from garbage’ Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — Khadija Khreiss has the equivalent of 35 cents in her wallet today. Tomorrow, she may have nothing. Four streets away, Ahmad Chibly is penniless. Behind him a Ferris wheel, its once gaudy paint now faded, stands tall against Beirut’s Mediterranean coastline. It is a hot, spring day during Ramadan, when practicing Muslims abstain from food and drink for roughly 15 hours. It’s considered a time of spiritual cleansing and reflection, and gives participants a fleeting glimpse into a life of hunger. For Khadija and Ahmad, fasting is...

Lebanon's disappearing Ramadan Iftar: 'We eat and drink from garbage' CNN 5 days ago By Tamara Qiblawi, Muhammad Darwish and Tariq Keblaoui, CNN © Tariq Keblaoui/CNN Ahmad finds a box of relatively clean atayef -- Middle Eastern pancakes -- from beneath a mound of garbage. He plans to serve it to his family during Iftar. Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — Khadija Khreiss has the equivalent of 35 cents in her wallet today. Tomorrow, she may have nothing. Four streets away, Ahmad Chibly is penniless. Behind him a Ferris wheel, its once gaudy paint now faded, stands tall against Be...

‘We eat and drink from garbage’ Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — Khadija Khreiss has the equivalent of 35 cents in her wallet today. Tomorrow, she may have nothing. Four streets away, Ahmad Chibly is penniless. Behind him a Ferris wheel, its once gaudy paint now faded, stands tall against Beirut’s Mediterranean coastline. It is a hot, spring day during Ramadan, when practicing Muslims abstain from food and drink for roughly 15 hours. It’s considered a time of spiritual cleansing and reflection, and gives participants a fleeting glimpse into a life of hunger. For Khadija and Ahmad, fasting is...