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عزة الحاج حسن

Lebanon’s proposed capital control law is a crime against depositors

The proposed capital control law legitimizes flagrant banking violations by bankers and their defenders against depositors in Lebanon.
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An aerial shot and 3D render of lines of solar panels
Karem Monzer

Follow the sun: Breaking down Lebanon’s solar revolution

People in Lebanon are shifting to solar power, seeking independence from an unreliable governmental electricity grid.
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Hanin Haidar Ahmad

We ask people in Lebanon about what they can’t give up in this crisis

Eating every day, finding medicine, and having a job have become privileges instead of rights for those living in Lebanon.
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عزة الحاج حسن

Is Lebanon’s food security in real danger?

Russia’s war on Ukraine negatively affects global production and increases the prices of imported wheat to Lebanon.
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عزة الحاج حسن

Lebanon’s new law weakened exclusive distributors, but did not end them

Exclusive dealers have monopolized more than 60 percent of goods consumed in Lebanon, often supported by politicians.
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Marwan Issa

NATO countries up their economic and military intervention in Ukraine

As tensions escalate with Russian forces bearing down on Kyiv, more countries have decided to up their intervention.
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عزة الحاج حسن

Lebanese sectors suffer the repercussions of Russia’s war on Ukraine

Lebanon would be better equipped to handle the repercussions of Russia's war on Ukraine if the local economic situation were less dire.
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An abstract illustration of the rent concept showing dollars flying in the background and two hands exchanging a house key in the foreground.
Abigail Carroll

“What contract?” : Rental laws affect community and displacement in Beirut

When is raising rent in Lebanon legally enforceable and when is it not?
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Salameh working and sleeping at his office, sources tell Reuters

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh is working and sleeping at his office at a time when security services are seeking him out for a court hearing over alleged misconduct, three sources told Reuters. Judge Ghada Aoun issued an open-ended subpoena earlier this week in a bid to bring Salameh into...
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Karem Monzer

Inside Lebanon’s solar revolution

Without state-provided electricity and fuel to run private generators, people in Lebanon are looking for alternative sources of power.
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Ghassan Mogharbel

Exploring OId Beirut: A day with antique sellers in Bachoura, Lebanon

Antique sellers in Basta Tahta tell us about Old Beirut and the work that’s been passed down from their grandparents.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Only 1.2% of MENA investments went to women-founded startups in 2021

Investments in women-founded startups in the MENA region dropped to just 1.2 percent in 2021, according to a report from Wamda Research Lab.
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