Posted By
Najib
May 15, 2014 01:05
If you are looking for an illegal driving license, a free degree, an open construction permit or wasta for some paper work, Dekkenet el Balad is the place to be. Everything is for sale there even your vote! I know this may sound shocking to some readers, but everything can be bought in Lebanon with bribes and wasta. In fact, Lebanon today ranks 127th out of 176 countries on the corruption scale, which makes us…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 19, 2014 10:51
This comic is inspired from a common case of corruption in Lebanon and is part of the anti-corruption campaign launched by The Lebanese Transparency Association. There are 14 other comics that will follow and that you can check . For those who haven't heard about LTA before, it is a Lebanese NGO that "focuses on curbing corruption and promoting the principles of good governance. LTA does not investigate or expose individual cases of corruption but…
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