With the revenues earned in Lagos or Abuja, Lebanese
expats build ostentatious villas in the village of Miziara back home.
Chloé Domat reports
MIZIARA, Lebanon - The picturesque, two-hour drive from Beirut to
Miziara follows the coast up north through windy mountain roads, and
crosses a familiar landscape of orange-tree orchards and olive-tree
fields.Similarly, the main square with its stone church, local grocery stores and a large poster of the president of the Republic would make anyone think that this was just an average Christian Lebanese village.
Venture deeper though, and a surreal picture unfolds, as hundreds of extravagant villas with extraordinary designs surprise the eyes: welcome to Miziara.
