Partying For Lebanon

So why do Lebanese people always party like there’s no tomorrow? Perhaps because they think there is no tomorrow..

Check out this piece on skybar by Andrew Lee Butters for the Times blog.

Sky’s Bar success is just one example of Lebanon’s bizarre conflict economy. Mired in war and reconstruction debt, the tourism-dependent country was fragile even before the latest political crises and terrorist campaign scarred away most foreign visitors. But while most Lebanese are feeling the squeeze of hard times, there’s a small but highly visible crowd that keeps partying like there’s no tomorrow.