Solin is in daily contact with her children’s father, who is currently stuck in Beirut after a holiday trip and cannot get home.
She describes it as a powerless situation.
– As soon as we see that there has been a new bombing, my daughter calls her father to check if he is okay, says Solin Chami.
The most difficult thing about following the news flow is seeing the many civilian casualties and that so many people had to leave their homes wind by wind, she says.
Worked from home
She has been given the okay by her boss to cancel work meetings if she needs to and work from home because of the situation in Lebanon.
– I’ve basically cried all weekend, it’s been really, really tough.
Support for Hezbollah
Israel’s declared defensive war against the group is the reason for the recent escalation in the Middle East, yet few Lebanese in the West subscribe to Hezbollah being a terrorist group.
In social media, many Swedish-Lebanese people have changed their profile picture to a picture of the slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nazrallah.
– For some he is a terrorist but for us he will always be a freedom fighter, says Solin Chami.
Hear Solin Chami tell the story in the clip.