Posted By
Najib
Jan 13, 2020 05:52
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…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 12, 2020 11:26
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 has visualized in one diagram the most common demands & goals of 51 groups who took part in the #October_Uprising through 4 identified tracks: Politics, Governance, Economy, and Society & the Environment. We all know the context, the demands are…
Critiques
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 ...
Critiques
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, ...
Baladi
5 years ago
The Ministry of Culture, with the help of the ISF & Interior Ministry, inaugurated a new library at the Barbar El Khazen prison for women in Verdun. The initiative is part of an ongoing project ...
Critiques
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 ...
Critiques
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 ...
Critiques
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. ...
Baladi
5 years ago
Mohammad el Zo3bi, Tripoli’s amputee protester, is one of the most heartwarming stories of this revolution. El Zo3bi lost his leg in a car accident few years back and was spotted during the many protests ...
Critiques
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 ...