No looking back
Lebanese turn to Cyprus

Al Jazeera

About 12,000 Lebanese have moved to small island over the past year to secure livelihoods and find better economic opportunities.

Pierre Sarkis takes a drag off his cigarette as he watches the rain outside the window in Cyprus’s capital, Nicosia. Life has not been particularly easy since he left crisis-hit Lebanon in mid-September, but the 35-year-old is adamant about settling down on the small island.

“I don’t look back. I know I’ve exhausted all my options in Lebanon,” he said. FULL STORY