The history that is being taught to those students seems to stop in 1943, the year that Lebanon gained its independence from the French Mandate
Op-Ed
Many independent or so-called "civil society" lists had high expectations that the new proportional law could help them get some seats.
What guarantees do Lebanese voters have that these candidates will still be unified after the elections?
Lebanon could face serious fiscal deterioration as a result of having access to Cedre pledges and other loans under the umbrella of the Global Concessionary Financing Facility (GCFF)
Lebanese political parties will face challenges in attempting to formulate a proper political discourse several years down the road.
The extent to which Israel has control over Gaza creates a reasonable basis to assume that it amounts to “effective control,” despite the physical absence of the IDF in the Gaza Strip.
The lack of clear accountability mechanisms and unbiased news reporting in Lebanon as a result of clientelism and sectarianism is making the battle against corruption even more complex and difficult to win.
The platform provides several tools and operates at a low cost, many startups and SMEs heavily rely on Facebook.
Despite the helplessness and the international community’s failure in stopping the humanitarian crisis in Eastern Ghouta, continuing to look and refusing to remain silent is still valuable, especially when we consider four factors.
Ever since the Ottoman era, civil marriage has been banned due to sectarian and political reasons. This has forced several couples to wed abroad, and then return to Lebanon to register their marriages as “foreign.”
A slow-moving character driven drama, that manages to captivate through its honest depictions of human nature
On changes in the political structure, optimistic and pessimistic outlooks, and the potential turning points in the long-overdue parliamentary elections