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Beatrice Farhat is an editorial assistant for Al-Monitor based in Beirut, Lebanon. She has worked with Al-Monitor as an editor and translator since 2014. Before then, she worked as a translator and interpreter with the PAE Group in Beirut as part of the Lebanon Police Training Program, sponsored by the US State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. On X: @beatricefarhat
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In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict