The view from Lee Erwin’s Beirut flat looks over the Mediterranean Sea in a city better known as the Paris of the Middle East.
So far removed from the horrors of war, the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict and the crash course in historical politics that have become so relevant for a Scottish pioneer.
Al Ahed in Lebanon’s Premier League is now home to the former Motherwell, Leeds and Kilmarnock striker and he admits life hasn’t been better since the goals started flowing in Finland for Haka last season after a stint with Tractor in Iran.
But Erwin watches the news and the Lebanese capital was witness to clashes with security forces who used water cannons to disperse crowds close to the US embassy last week in pro-Palestinian protests.
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