Lebanese Lira Exchange Rate Websites CANNOT Be Trusted

I've seen a lot of websites and even a mobile app pop up in the past weeks, showcasing the fluctuating LBP rates exchange by the day and even by the hour. The likes of LebaneseLira.net, LebaneseLira.org, Lirarate.com and others all pretend to derive prices from local exchangers and compute the average. There's no such thing as crowdsourced data and reliable sources when it comes to the Lebanese Lira, especially when the market is being run…

Three Months Later, Politicians Still Don’t Give a Sh*t About People’s Demands

Who would have thought we'd have a revolution still going strong after three months? Who would have thought people would be taking the streets and shaming politicians anywhere they go? One thing we knew for sure is that politicians in Lebanon don't care about the people, and they're proving it more and more every day. Instead of stopping their salaries, working day and night to form a rescue government, show that they are willing to…
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Towards A Just Lebanon

5 years ago
For all those still wondering what this revolution stands for and what are their demands and goal, and more importantly the steps to get there, AUB’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs ...
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Few Words on Philippe Ziade

5 years ago
Let me start by saying that I had no idea who this guy was until a couple of weeks ago. I had heard the name before in some real estate success story but didn’t give ...
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#Lebanon Loses Right to Vote at UN General Assembly

5 years ago
As of January 9th, Lebanon has lost the right to vote at the United Nationals General Assembly after failing to pay its membership contribution for the past two years. Six other countries including Tonga, Venezuela, ...
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Stop Attacking Bank Employees, It’s Wrong & Useless

5 years ago
This is not a post to defend banks in Lebanon or undermine their role in the monetary and economic crisis, nor a post to criticize protesters and what the revolution has achieved so far. There ...
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Carlos Ghosn to Hold Press Conference on Jan 8

5 years ago
No one still knows how Carlos Ghosn managed to slip past the cameras set at his house, past the police and border control in Japan and Turkey all the way to Beirut. The sure thing ...
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#Lebanon Has The 20th Largest Gold Reserve WorldWide

5 years ago
New reports are emerging on which country has the largest gold reserves in the world, with Lebanon ranked 20th worldwide with 286.84 tons of gold and second largest (After Saudi Arabia) in the Middle East. ...
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Two Comments on the IPSOS 2019 Revolution Stats

5 years ago
IPSOS conducted a survey on the October Revolution using a sample of 1020 Lebanese aged 18 years and above and shared the below findings: – 93% of Lebanese supported the Revolution at the beginning vs ...
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Without Official Capital Controls & a Haircut, Economic Crisis Will Only Get Worse

5 years ago
Ever since Diab was assigned to form a new government, I’ve been hearing a lot of calls to give this man a chance in order to speed up the formation of the cabinet and stop ...
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