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Karem Monzer

Freedom of Opinion and Expression Coalition in Lebanon Condemns Banker-Backed Media Defamation Campaigns

Freedom of Opinion and Expression Coalition in Lebanon held a press conference on Thursdayat Station Beirut in Sin El Fil...
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Beirut Today

US Tariffs Shock Global Stock Markets – What About Lebanon and the Region?

Last week, the United States Administration under President Donald Trump announced global tariff increases, impacting countries from a minimum of...
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Beirut Today

Over One Million Individuals to Face Acute Food Insecurity by September

Yesterday, The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative published its acute food insecurity projection update for Lebanon, covering the period between April and September 2024. The IPC, which is considered the most reliable source on food security, estimated that 1.26 million people in Lebanon are expected to face “high...
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Beirut Today

Lebanon’s Continued Inflation Is Not a Dollarization Issue

Lebanon has been going through one of the worst socioeconomic impasses in recent history. The recent Israeli aggression on the...
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Beirut Today

Parliament Adopts Long-Awaited Pension Reform

After an extended period of inactivity and political paralysis, the Lebanese Parliament was back to holding meetings and discussing legislative...
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Marwan Issa

Warnings of Further Shortages as Eyes are on New Acting Central Bank Governor Mansouri

Last week, Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned that by the end of the month, there will be an inability to adequately provide medicines and salaries. Accordingly, eyes are on the new acting Central Bank Governor, Wassim Mansouri, to see the direction he takes in terms of Central Bank and monetary...
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Marwan Issa

The Scramble for a Lifeline: On the Three Government Sources of Revenue and the Lebanese Political Elites

With the country entering new levels of its accentuating crisis, Lebanon’s way out depends on the resolution of its current...
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عزة الحاج حسن

Lira plummets to 80,000 LBP, citizens react in anger

The pace of the Lebanese lira’s collapse against the dollar is accelerating, after it reached over 80,000 pounds to the...
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Ali Tfaili

Is the US in a Recession and Why Should You Care?

The late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman once said, “Inflation is just like alcoholism; in both cases, when you start drinking or when you start printing too much money, the good effects come first, and the bad effects only come later.” Since late 2019, the Federal Reserve (or the Fed),...
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عزة الحاج حسن

Can gas extraction save Lebanon from its financial collapse?

After Lebanon and Israel finally approved their joint maritime border agreement, politicians have been rallying behind the ability of gas...
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عزة الحاج حسن

How poverty trades became popular in Lebanon

When a country’s living conditions deteriorate, poverty takes its middle classes by storm, dropping them in a quagmire of needs...
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Jad El Dilati

Why do Beirut’s apartments remain empty?

On rent laws, investments, and gentrification in Lebanon’s capital.
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