Events over the past week highlighting the country's precarious economic and financial situation have sparked anxiety among many Lebanese people. Following Sunday's protests, fears of a dollar shortage and a brief gas station strike last week, The Daily Star took to the streets of Beirut to get a better sense of how events are affecting people in the country.
Unlike Takee, Russyalian sees small protests as fruitless.
Russyalian, who has owned his business for 55 years, has two sons, ages 25 and 27 .
While there are no official unemployment figures in Lebanon, unofficial estimates place the number at around 25 percent, with youth unemployment much higher. This makes many young people face a highly uncertain future.
Thirty-three-year-old Nathalie from south Lebanon, who works in media, also says she's not optimistic about her future in the country.
Houssam, 32, from Tripoli, sees this action as harmful to the country and holds the Lebanese people responsible for the crisis.
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