She Held A Lebanese Bank For Her Own Money. Now He S Hiding

A recent series of bank holdups in Lebanon has gone viral on social media. Desperate depositors storm banks, sometimes with guns, and demand tellers hand over their own money. There are limits on withdrawals from 2019 and frustration is growing as the financial crisis there deepens. Sally Hafez, a woman who held up a bank with a toy gun to raise money for her sister’s cancer treatment, has been in hiding since videos of her robbery went viral last week. She tells us how she did it — and then we talk to a member of the Depositors Outcry Association, a group that supports her and others like her, about how the financial meltdown is leaving people in dire straits with few options. Characteristics: Nothing is Foreign is a podcast from CBC News and CBC Podcasts. A week-long journey to where history unfolds. Presented by Tamara Khandaker.