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Nader Durgham

Lebanese state attacks journalists’ freedom of speech

Minister of Information Ziad Makari informed Megaphone co-founder Jean Kassir on Tuesday that Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat had retracted his...
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Beirut Today

Parliament Adopts Long-Awaited Pension Reform

After an extended period of inactivity and political paralysis, the Lebanese Parliament was back to holding meetings and discussing legislative...
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Beirut Today

Tunisia: Freedom of Expression Under Duress

Often heralded as the leading democracy in the Arab world for its enshrined progressive constitution and political pluralism, the Republic...
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Ali Tfaili

Is the US in a Recession and Why Should You Care?

The late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman once said, “Inflation is just like alcoholism; in both cases, when you start...
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عامر شيباني

Qatar creates new job opportunities for Lebanese expats

Mere hours after Lebanon’s Ministry of Labor launched its platform to provide job opportunities for Lebanese youth in Qatar last...
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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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Laudy Issa

IMF aid to Lebanon unlikely to come in anytime soon, says source

Getting an IMF loan is complicated. Lebanese officials need other solutions for the upcoming $1.2 billion due, said a source close to the IMF.
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Beirut Today

Increase in Minimum Wage Still Cannot Meet Inflation Rates

Last month, the Lebanese government revised the minimum wage for the private sector from LBP nine million to LBP 18...
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Marwan Issa

The Scramble for a Lifeline: On the Three Government Sources of Revenue and the Lebanese Political Elites

With the country entering new levels of its accentuating crisis, Lebanon’s way out depends on the resolution of its current...
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عزة الحاج حسن

Lira plummets to 80,000 LBP, citizens react in anger

The pace of the Lebanese lira’s collapse against the dollar is accelerating, after it reached over 80,000 pounds to the...
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Hanin Haidar Ahmad

Amel Association: Aiding the Elderly in Lebanon

Unable to afford basic necessities, cut off from their family… Here is a look into the dire situation of low-income...
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Ghida Ismail

Lebanon experiences the largest global losses in Human Development amidst its worst-ever financial crisis

A compounded crisis, consisting of an economic and financial crisis layered by the COVID-19 pandemic and a massive, deadly  explosion...
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Marijuana article: Syrian refugees work in cannabis field in Bekaa. (Patrick Baz / AFP / The Guardian)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Legalizing marijuana will not save the Lebanese economy

Who will benefit from legalizing marijuana? Similar to the tobacco industry, it most certainly is not the cannabis farmers.
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