Michelle Chaaya speaks from Dubai during a video interview with Reuters, in Beirut, Lebanon July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Maria Semerdjian
DUBAI (Reuters) - Until a few months ago, 32-year-old Michelle Chaaya was a human resources professional at a multinational firm in Lebanon. Now she works as a bartender in Dubai, sending cash to her family back home where a financial crisis has left many destitute.
The United Arab Emirates has long been a destination for Lebanese businesses and professionals, propelled by instability in their tiny country.
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