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A weekly gathering to play cricket brings Lebanon's migrant workers together

NPR

By Lauren Frayer

Published December 13, 2024 at 5:11 PM EST

Even in war, Lebanon's migrant workers -- many of them South Asian -- play cricket weekly. A vacant lot has become a space for the marginalized, with Filipina cooks and Syrian refugees joining in.

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Lauren Frayer

Lauren Frayer covers India for NPR News. In June 2018, she opened a new NPR bureau in India's biggest city, its financial center, and the heart of Bollywood—Mumbai.

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