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4 September 2020![In her own words: Beirut exploded - and with it, my world](https://images.ctfassets.net/2h1qowfuxkq7/67GTKfVmPYNuCUoTEpZ4dp/f02a9528ebe1f613c522a3db991b8be5/LEBANON-SECURITY-BLAST_-_Hero.jpg?w=750&h=313&fl=progressive&q=85&fm=jpg&fit=fill)
One month ago, Beirut was devastated by an explosion that ripped through its port.
Image source: REUTERSAward-winning children’s author Basma El Khatib, whose work has been published by QF’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press, was in her home country of Lebanon when a huge explosion tore through its capital Beirut. One month on, these are her reflections on the tragedy, the anger it has unleashed – and the change it must lead to.