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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Emigration from Lebanon jumps by 446 percent in one year

The number of emigrants from Lebanon increased by 4.5 times between 2020 and 2021, as per a new report from Information International.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Meet the Lebanese women on the Forbes list of top MENA businesswomen

Four Lebanese women have made it onto the Forbes MENA list of top 50 most influential and successful businesswomen.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

France and Luxembourg demand information on Salameh’s finances

France and Luxembourg have sent Lebanese authorities letters requesting information into Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh’s finances and assets, according to Reuters. In November, Luxembourg opened a criminal case into Salameh and his assets, a Luxembourg judicial source told Reuters without any further elaboration. At the moment, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland,...
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Hanin Haidar Ahmad

We asked people in Lebanon about their ambitions

In Lebanon's difficult circumstances, all anyone can afford to think about is how to put food on the table.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

New government plan converts bulk of deposits into depreciating lira

A new government plan looks at converting the bulk of depositors’ savings from hard currencies to the depreciating local currency.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Cabinet discusses budget increase for social assistance

Information Minister Abbas Halabi said yesterday that the cabinet thoroughly discussed Article 135, related to giving social assistance to public sector workers, with the aim of increasing the budget from LBP 165 billion to LBP 400 billion. At the parallel market rate of LBP 21,000, this roughly amounts to 19...
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Hanin Haidar Ahmad

Women and refugees paid less to work more in Lebanon’s agriculture sector

Women, local and Syrian alike, earn significantly less than men for the agriculture work they do in Lebanon.
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Laudy Issa

Wealth of billionaires increases by $5 trillion during COVID-19 pandemic

The $5 trillion increase in billionaire wealth shown in the new Oxfam briefing is larger than the past 14 years combined.
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عامر شيباني

How embroidery let Wafaa, a Syrian refugee, lead a dignified life in Lebanon

Today, 14 women work as part of the embroidery project Wafaa started in Lebanon. She says they’re like sisters.
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Karem Monzer

We ask people in Lebanon what they’re struggling with

We ask Lebanese and Syrian refugees on the streets what their greatest struggle is, with most responses revolving around “life is difficult.”
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Ghassan Mogharbel

Lebanese initiative provides 14,000 meals to needy families for Christmas

The heart-warming Christmas initiative was led by Tracy and Paul Naggear, whose three-year-old daughter died in the Beirut blast.
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Hrair Danageuzian

A new inequality on the rise in Lebanon’s health and education sectors

Salaries of teachers, professors, nurses, doctors, and other staff members in Lebanon's education and health sector today are tragic.
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