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IMF: Lebanon's fastest and most dangerous route
عزة الحاج حسن

Without the power to negotiate with the IMF, Lebanon risks all

The IMF is Lebanon’s fastest and most dangerous course of action.
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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.
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Drone shot of Beirut \ Rent crisis article
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Dollars or nothing: Rent crisis burdens Lebanon’s tenants

The freefall of the Lebanese lira in past months has caused a significant increase in the prices of basic goods and services, and it may soon bring about a rent crisis. As the local currency’s value continues to fluctuate, tenants are in panic over rental payments. Landlords increasingly insist on...
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Tom Nook The Crook Carrying A Bag of Bells
Laudy Issa

Animal Crossing’s Tom Nook is everything that’s wrong with Lebanon

The time has come for us to rid ourselves of our island overlord, Tom Nook.
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(PHOTO: Sputnik News via AFP / Abdullah Elgamoud) migrants and migration in Europe article
Antonia Williams

Europe employs COVID-19 to restrict new migration wave

“European Union member states are co-opting the pandemic to reinforce deadly border policies,” said Haidi Sadik, a spokesperson at Sea-Watch.
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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,...
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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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