This article by Ben Hubbard, Hwaida Saad and Asmaa al-Omar is published by The New York Times. Here is an excerpt:

After years abroad working as a school administrator, Anahid Jobanian returned to Lebanon to live off her savings for a simple retirement.

But that plan fell apart as the country collapsed.

Lebanon’s banks imploded, wiping out her savings. Prices for nearly everything soared, leaving her struggling to afford her heart and diabetes medications. And since the state almost entirely stopped producing electricity, much of the money she received from relatives abroad went to a generator to keep her power on.

Find more information on this article here.