Lebanon’s markets are slowly dying due to the severe economic turmoil, which reached its peak during the last three months. The antique market thrived for decades, even surviving the civil war and its horrors, but it has faltered in the face of the country’s dollar crisis. In Beirut’s Hawd Al-Wilaya District, narrow streets criss-cross and stores display antiques, furnishings, paintings and carpets at their entrance. The market, which for decades ...