On 6 November, in a TikTok video posted by @/aliaaaballout — the Singapore-based founder of Lebanese olive oil brand Beît Ballout — Alia described witnessing a bomb explode “just a few hundred meters away” during her annual olive harvest in South Lebanon. “Hi guys, I’m Alia. I’m half Lebanese and half Singaporean, and I run … Continue reading “Silence Became Unsettling”: Singaporean-Lebanese Woman Behind Local Olive Oil Brand Shares How Close She Came to a Bomb Explosion