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Charif Majdalani, author of Beirut 2020: The Collapse of a Civilization, a Journal.
Charif Majdalani, author of Beirut 2020: The Collapse of a Civilization, a Journal.
Lebanese author Charif Majdalani's latest book chronicles everyday life in Beirut
The writer, 61, decided to turn his project into a diary after the August 4 explosion