Elias has driven the same old grey Mercedes through the streets of Beirut for over 30 years. Next week, he will get into that taxi for the last time. At 86-years-old, his arthritis has now become so severe that he can no longer operate the pedals. “I was a tailor during the war,” he says, sipping on a steaming cup of tea at a cafe in Beirut’s Al-Tariq al-Jadideh. “The ...
