Lebanon is Not an Affordable Country (Yet), it’s a Failed State & Bankrupt Country

We've seen a lot of politicians, journalists and analysts claim recently that we should be promoting Lebanon as a touristic destination now that the lira has devaluated and the dollar is worth four times as much as it was worth few months back. While it's truly that future tourists will have a much higher purchasing power with their Dollars, Euros & Riyals, promoting Lebanon as a tourist attraction at this moment might backfire big time.…

Lebanon Wants to Sell Its FireFighting Helicopters

A day before the October Revolution started, Lebanon was ravaged by fires that went out of control. Meanwhile, the incompetent authorities had just found out that their fire-fighting helicopters weren't working. Why? Incompetence and negligence as usual. Instead of figuring out a way to fix these helicopters, the government has opted this week to auction them along with five Hawker Hunters. The decision was taken to secure enough funds to buy new firefighting helicopters but…

Safest Countries for COVID-19: UAE Ranks 11th, Lebanon 77th

A report on the top 100 safest countries for COVID-19 was issued by the Deep Knowledge Group, a consortium of companies and nonprofits owned by Deep Knowledge Ventures, an investment firm founded in 2014 in Hong Kong. Switzerland topped the list while two Arab countries made it to the top 20, which are Saudi Arabia & the United Arab Emirates. As for Lebanon, it only ranked 77th ahead of Egypt & Jordan regionally speaking. The…

General Security Set Up Hot Lines To Report Currency Manipulation

What better way to regulate the work of exchange officers than ask people to snitch on each other 🙄? The Lebanese General Security has set up four hotlines to monitor the currency exchange operations and has asked people to report any potential manipulation on the following . The question is: What happens if you tell on someone? How can they make sure the other person is not lying? And what actions can be taken? What…
Humor

When You Don’t Want the Authorities to Know You’re Selling Dollars

5 years ago
Everyone is selling & buying dollars in Lebanon and the easiest way to do so if you’re not a licensed exchanger is through WhatsApp groups. The black market is booming and those trading via WhatsApp ...
Fun

The “Wasta” Game

5 years ago
There’s a new Lebanese board game in town and it’s called Wasta. The game consists of several cards, including a police officer (Darake), a bank, a thug (Az3ar), your mom (Emmak), your neighbor (El Jara) ...
Critiques

Why Can’t We Trace Those Injected Fresh Dollars by the BDL?

5 years ago
There are no dollars available to buy in the market today. BDL is expected to inject fresh dollars soon but we all know that there’s no point in doing so as this is like putting ...
Critiques

Latest Cabinet Appointments Must Be Recalled

5 years ago
Prime Minister Diab is all over the place and he just shot himself in the leg twice this week, first by approving key appointments that do not follow the guidelines recently approved by the parliament, ...
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