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Discuss “Mideast reactions”

Tension between Israel and Hezbollah hit home for several Carnegie Mellon students this summer. From the bombings of Beirut to a boom in Tel Aviv’s business, students from Lebanon and Israel expressed mixed perspectives of turmoil in their home countries. And for a couple of first-years, moving to college meant leaving close ones behind in a war-torn land.

Moving into his dormitory for the first time, first-year mechanical engineering major Charbel Eid parted from his home near Beirut, where he has lived his whole life. Eid’s family also moved during this time, but for a very different reason.

“We would hear everything, and the building would shake,” said Eid, speaking of the southern Beirut bombings.

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