After the Lollar, Meet the Bira

After putting quotas for dollar withdrawals and spendings from banks, the BDL has issued yesterday a new circular forcing Lebanese banks to start lowering the ceiling of Lebanese pound cash withdrawals. In other words, your bank Lira, which Dan Azzi named "Bira", is going to gradually start devaluating relative to your Cash Lira and as a result, people will now have to cut down, even further, on their consumption. Read more about the reason behind…

MBC Streaming Service Shahid Already Has a Series on Beirut’s Blast

Just when I thought LibanPost mushroom cloud stamp was a bad idea, I found out yesterday that leading regional streamer Shahid somehow managed to produce a series revolving around the August 4 Beirut Blast. The series is composed of 15 short films that look at the tragic events of August 4 and supposedly narrate the stories of survivors and victims. It hasn't been 3 months since the explosion took place, yet somehow they managed to…
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WTH Were LibanPost Thinking With Their New “Beirut Blast” Stamp?

5 years ago
Libanpost issued a stamp featuring a photo of the Beirut Port explosion, calling on Lebanese to buy it to help out the Civil Defense and contribute to the ongoing reconstruction efforts. I don’t know who ...
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F.B.I On Beirut Blast: No Conclusion On Cause of Beirut blast

5 years ago
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation stated today that “it has reached no firm conclusion about what caused the Aug. 4 explosion in the port of Beirut that killed nearly 200 people and caused billions ...
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Are We Normalizing With “Israel” or Not?

5 years ago
There’s no simple answer to this question. Both parties were clear that these talks are not a sign of peace-making or normalization, and are merely an attempt to solve a 10 year old economic dispute. ...
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Ongoing Investigations Since 2019

5 years ago
When we labeled all ruling parties as corrupt, many get offended and claim that they’re doing more than enough to fight corruption and set things straight. It’s been a year almost since the revolution started, ...
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Diab Government Continues Selective, Yet Useless, Lockdown

5 years ago
If you want more proof that this resigned government is managing miserably the COVID-19 pandemic, the Interior Ministry just announced a renewed selective lockdown of 169 villages and towns for one week starting Monday. At ...
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Why is the Education Ministry Giving Students Money?

5 years ago
Lebanon’s Education Ministry has announced a plan to help public and private schools students by giving them almost 1 million liras. I watched his interview with Al Jadeed and I have no idea what he’s ...
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Interior Ministry Planned Lockdown Will Only Make Things Worse

5 years ago
Lebanon’s Interior Ministry announced yesterday a weeklong lockdown of 111 towns and villages across the country due to a high number of coronavirus infections. The decision was taken based on the numbers provided by the ...
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Will The Newly Approved “illicit Enrichment” Law Hold Politicians Accountable?

5 years ago
The answer is NO. The amendments introduced do make the illicit enrichment law a much better one but the draft passed does not extend to the president, the prime minister, speaker of parliament, members of ...
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