Beirut blast adds to women’s money and health worries in Lebanon
BAN BARKAWI ALMOST six weeks after the Beirut port blast nearly blinded her in one eye, Kawthar Halabi has been unable to return to work as she is still having fragments of glass picked out of her flesh. After eight days in hospital, more than 50 stitches, eye surgery and with lingering trauma, the 31-year-old mother has been unable to return to her job at a chocolate factory, with money worries compounding those about her health. "I'm still going to doctors. I couldn't go back to work and then keep taking time off every couple of days so I had…