Beirut under curfew?

I was shooting in the Kerseroun area today when my assistant in crime received a phone call from her mother than there was trouble in Beirut. We get shooting and her mom kept calling until we finally decided to try to get to Beirut to drop me off as we heard the roads were closing.

I got in to see my neighbors all hanging out by the communal tv watching the footage. College students from opposite sides of the political division had begun fighting and it escalated to gun fire. The military, worried violence would spread, began to shut down the roads.

And, I read an hour ago that Beirut is under curfew tonight. I didn't even know, lol. All the shops are closed and were closed as of 5pm when I was dropped off in Hamra except for a few restaurants. I was going to go out to forage for some food but apparently there is no Fatoush easily accessible by walking distance so I have succombed to the wide spread and easily accessible free delivery which everyone seems to depend on in times of political turmoil. My neighbors quickly gave me numbers and before I knew it I was enjoying some yummy salad from Barbars - an excellent choice.

By 6pm two of the girls' mother came in, she was in Beirut for the day and got stuck as the roads closed before she could leave. So, we're all camped out here waiting to see what will happen tomorrow. I think everyone knew about the curfew. People called me and told me not to go out until 8am or so tomorrow as did my neighbors. It's just always humorous when people in translating information forget the why.

Luckily, I have become a down right chicken in my old age so I easily comply unless it conflicts with my work - then it's not so much that I'm not a chicken but my work ethic or fear of boredom overrides it. But for now as I worked until 4am the night before, I was satisfied at staying in, eating fatoush and trying to avoid thinking about what the future had in store for this beautiful yet tragic city.