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Cash Is Green Too
December 30, 2006 · Mustapha Hamoui
An anti-government demonstrator has won a $2,000,000 lottery prize.
As cheerful as he gets
Saeed Youssef Al Harbieh woke up one morning in one of the many freezing opposition tents in central Beirut. While he’s sipping hot coffee, he read in the newspaper that the winning lottery combination matches his own ticket.
The ecstatic winner partied with his tent-mates and then headed straight back to his native Zgharta to celebrate with friends and family.
Mr. Al Harbieh told Assafir that his family of six can hardly make ends meet, so the prize came as a much needed windfall.
He promised that he will go back to the protest camp. I think he won’t.
Any bets?