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How do we prevent the total collapse of the Lebanese Pound?

The national currency needs to be prevented from total collapse, and this needs to be done in a pragmatic and gradual approach with a clear bias towards protecting the interests of the majority of the population against the predatory behavior of the ruling cartel.

An anti-government protester throws back tear gas at riot policemen with a tennis racket in Beirut, Lebanon on June 6, 2020. (Photo: Al-Jazeera via AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Lebanon’s security forces will only get more violent, protesters say

As security officials increasingly turn against the people, a police state is slowly taking hold across the country.

Sectarian support as Lebanon's public health crisis / Clashes in Beirut on June 6, 2020 (Photo: Reuters / Aziz Taher)

Dima Farran

Sectarianism: Lebanon’s public health emergency

As coronavirus restrictions are being relaxed, the government must declare sectarianism as its number one public health emergency.

The plight of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon under Kafala(Illustration: Christina Atik)

Laudy Issa

How Kafala dehumanizes and takes power away from migrant workers

The stranded Ethiopian domestic workers are the latest victims of Kafala, the system of modern slavery that binds foreign workers to sponsors in Lebanon.

Friends and relatives carry the coffin of slain Lebanese journalist Samir Kassir in Beirut in June, 2005. (AP Photo / Hussein Malla)

Karim Safieddine

Samir Kassir in Lebanon’s October 17 uprising

In light of the 15th anniversary of his assassination, young activists filled the online space with quotes and statements said...

Natali Farran

The Psychology of Corruption: Into the minds of Lebanon’s leaders

What are the psychological theories that explain how Lebanon's corrupt politicians sleep comfortably at night while everyone else starves?

Beirut Today

Harassing refugees harms Lebanon’s COVID-19 efforts

When refugees fear racism, harassment, and the possibility of deportation, they are less likely to report cases of COVID-19. To...

Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Understanding who opposes the Amnesty Law and why

The amnesty law has been met with fervent rejection in the streets because it pardons Lebanese people who fled to and collaborated with Israel.

A Lebanese army soldier throws a tear gas canister towards anti-government protesters in Tripoli, Lebanon on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. (PHOTO: Bilal Hussein / AP)

Nassim AbiGhanem

The trickle-down of Lebanon’s power-sharing system epitomizes in Tripoli

While the army was meant to maintain Taif's division of power and address intra-Lebanese violence, it is not perceived as a neutral institution in Tripoli.