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democracy in the Arab world article
Dima Farran

COVID-19: A blank cheque for authoritarian Arab regimes

For Arab countries, the fight against COVID-19 threatens to become an excuse for the crackdown on dissent, the clampdown on freedoms and the abuse of power.
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Lebanon's Central Bank, closed after the government declared a state of medical emergency in light of COVID-19. (Photo: Al Jazeera via Mohamed Azakir / Reuters) shrinking Lebanon's economy 2020 article
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Lebanon’s economy to shrink by 12 percent in 2020

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted on Tuesday, April 14 that Lebanon’s economy will shrink by 12 percent in 2020...
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Global Economy article by Hussein (Source: Google News)
Hossein Cheaito

How COVID-19 is dismantling the world economy, healthcare, and morality

The world’s biggest cities are being vacated, and the global economy is in shock because of the COVID-19 outbreak. How will it recover?
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Entrance to the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the main public hospital where coronavirus is being treated in Lebanon. (The National via EPA / Wael Hamzeh) medical workers / nurses article
هدى الأخضر

Testimonials reveal how COVID-19 haunts Lebanon’s medical workers

Medical workers in Lebanese hospitals treating COVID-19 need a great deal of mental health support during these difficult times.
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Mental Health graphic
Maguie Hamzeh

By disrupting our daily lives, COVID-19 also disrupts our mental health

And for those with pre-existing mental health disorders or certain psychological factors, the novel coronavirus makes things even worse.
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The Taif Agreement was named after the Saudi city it was negotiated in to end the civil war.
Natali Farran

The road to Lebanese hell: Taif and other antecedents of corruption

The Taif Agreement is a temporary, transitory power-sharing arrangement that was wrongly interpreted and never completely implemented.
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An empty Hamra Street during the COVID-19 lockdown in Lebanon (Photo: Tariq Keblaoui) | Health pandemic in Lebanon
Dima Farran

How much longer can Lebanon pull through an economic and health pandemic?

Similar to catching COVID-19, losing a job because of the ongoing pandemic could cost thousands of people –and their families– their entire lives.
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Online activism, activism leaves the streets / illustration by Joseph Abi Saab
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Protests halt, but activism persists despite pandemic

Protestors have had to forgo their streets, but have substituted this for art, illustration, writing, Instagram lives and many more.
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Migrant workers article main header, green background (Original photo taken from The Daily Star / Mohammad Azakir)
Farah Ali-Ahmad

Migrant workers trapped with Lebanese abusers in COVID-19 outbreak

Their rights, already denied by the country’s Kafala system, are further threatened by COVID-19 movement restrictions.
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Beirut Today

Social distancing: It might be necessary, but it isn’t easy

What have you been doing to maintain your mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak? Video: Tariq Keblaoui Narration: Laudy Issa...
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Visual showing some of the repurcussions of the Bisri Dam project. (Photo: Environmental Justice Atlas)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Bisri Dam project to resume, says cabinet during lockdown

Activists say the Bisri Dam will lead to an "environmental genocide" and fear further mismanagement of Lebanon's water resources.
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Antonia Williams

Amid coronavirus lockdown, Italy faces inklings of unrest

Authorities fear both that organized crime groups will exploit the crisis and that spontaneous revolts will result from growing livelihood concerns.
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