"I was born and raised in Lebanon, and grew up fearing I'd get kidnapped in the streets or a random bomb would fall on me. After war broke out in 2006, our family moved to Canada to escape. I loved it. There were nice parks, and "exotic" activities like ice skating. After a few months, my family went back to Lebanon, where I did my undergrad."
"In 2022, at 21, I moved to Canada alone. Three years in, I had struggled to find a job or save money, and began feeling very depressed, so I moved back to Lebanon. I'd still advise others to try relocating abroad, but living in Canada just didn't work for me. I grew desperate to leave Lebanon Living in Lebanon was a struggle. I felt like I'd lost my youth and was desperate to leave, even if I had to work a minimum wage job."
She was born and raised in Lebanon and grew up fearing kidnapping and random bombs. After war broke out in 2006, her family moved briefly to Canada before returning to Lebanon, where she completed her undergraduate studies. She studied media and communication at the American University of Beirut, with studies disrupted by a national revolution, COVID-19, and the 2020 Beirut explosion. At 21, in 2022, she relocated alone to Montreal with Canadian citizenship and friends there. She gave herself three months to find work but faced intense competition, struggled to save money, became depressed, and after three years returned to Lebanon in September 2025 to pursue a business idea.
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