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Anti-government protester yells at an Internal Security Forces police officer while demonstrating against Lebanon's worsening economic crisis in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Bilal Hussein / AP)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Understanding Lebanon and the IMF as economic discussions begin

Lebanon is looking for over $10 billion from the IMF, but that's an ambitious figure considering international donors' distrust in the government.
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Protester holding up a sign that reads "In Lebanon, corruption is the basis of rule," outside the Justice Palace in Beirut on 6 November (Middle East Eye via AFP)
Natali Farran

How corruption is felt in Lebanon: SDGs, poverty, and human rights

Corruption, a standard that is being revolted against in Lebanon, manifests in different ways that harm the country and its people.
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occupational hazards article
Sarah Diab

Ignoring work hazards is bad for people, businesses & Lebanon’s economy

Workers in Lebanon accept occupational hazards because they are too busy trying to feed their families, and policy-makers disregard them.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Stricter measures in Lebanon as coronavirus infections spike

“Ensuring the health of society is a top priority on which the law does not compromise, and it is a social responsibility,” said Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi.
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Man in face mask walks past a mural that reads "We Are Tired" in Tripoli, Lebanon. (Photo: AFP)
Karim Safieddine

Counter-hegemony in Tripoli: Dispelling years of militarism & demonization

The neoliberal economic planning and militaristic hegemony Tripoli is resisting today is deeply rooted in perceptions of Tripoli since the 1990s.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Government rescue plan set in motion

“Lebanese must set aside their differences to tackle the country’s major financial crisis,” said Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday, following his meeting with the head of the parliamentary blocks in the Baabda Palace on Wednesday, May 5. The meeting took place in light of the government’s recent rescue plan,...
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Students protest the tuition dollarization in front of the Ministry of Education in Lebanon in early 2019. (Facebook | @madanetwork)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

University tuition fees susceptible to more increase

Despite not having the same services and quality of education, students are still expected to pay full tuition fees as the economy plummets.
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The Shatila refugee camp on the outskirts of Beirut (Photo: Johann Soufi)
Beirut Today

COVID-19 illustrates how discriminatory refugee policies impact Lebanon

Not integrating a quarter of Lebanon’s inhabitants, solely because they are refugees, has a wide range impact on Lebanese socio-economic life.
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Maguie Hamzeh

Infodemic: Another spreading virus to fight and resist

As if the whirlpool of a global pandemic sucking the world down and drowning people in fear and frustration wasn’t enough, we are also being at risk of a dangerous “infodemic.” While we stay at home to stop the spread of COVID-19 from threatening more lives, the spread of dangerous...
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Clashes between the Lebanese army and protesters in Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, one of the many locations where demonstrators are demanding their basic rights as Lebanon’s economy crashes and the price of basic goods rises. (Photo: AP / Bilal Hussein) Tripoli article
Beirut Today

Tripoli mourns death of protester following night of violence and clashes

Lebanon's army used live bullets, rubber rounds, and tear gas to disperse protesters in Tripoli, where banks are being set on fire as the economy crashes.
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(Photo: Independent via Joseph Eid / AFP) Mass Murder in Baakline
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

“Honor” and Violence: Baakline mass murder acts as a grim reminder

Every day that the lockdown drags on in Lebanon, women across the country face unknown futures with trepidation and fear.
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"Neither coronavirus nor you will last," reads this sign from a protester in Lebanon on April 24. (Photo: Lebanon Express via Hussein Malla / Ap) Lira plummet article
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Protesters return to the streets as value of Lebanese lira plummets

As the value of the lira plummets and costs of living rise, lockdown is proving to be another economic challenge that people in Lebanon are incapable of overcoming.
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