Parents and relatives of the victims of the Beirut port blast staged a spontaneous protest near the Courts of Justice in Adlieh in the evening of February 18th 2020 to express their anger and frustration at the recusal of Judge Fadi Sawan from the investigation earlier in the day, a decision condemned by both human…
Protests against recusal of Beirut port blast judge
Vaccination campaign finally launched
On Sunday, February 14th 2021, began the pre-vaccination campaign organized by the Lebanese Ministry of Health for Lebanese medical personnel at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Saint Georges Hospital University Medical Center, and the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), to be followed on Monday 15th by a general vaccination campaign for Lebanese citizens…
The Funeral of Lokman Slim
In the midst of Beirut’s beleaguered southern suburbs, statements for logic and reason, as well as empathis condemnations of terror and weapons, were solidified on this February 11, as clerics and dignitaries from Lebanon’s religious communities along with several foreign ambassadors joined with activists and family in the funeral of slain Lebanese filmmaker and fearless…
Civil unrest in Tripoli
Tripoli protests continued to be intense, on January 31, 2021, in Al Nour square. It started with the arrival of demonstrators from Beirut, and ended up with armored vehicles and the Lebanese army soldiers’ pursuit of a group of young demonstrators in the streets of Tripoli.
Civil unrest turns violent
Tripoli protests January 28, 2021, in Al Nour square. 7:30 p.m. Protesters have already set fire to one of the doors of Al Tell police station, Bechara El Khoury street. Tear gas grenades rain down from the roof of the building and the air is unbreathable. Gas floods the adjacent streets for more than 2.5…
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Pivotal events of 2020
DECEMBER 19Parliamentary consultations take place. Mr. Hassan Diab is nominated to form a government, backed by the Amal movement, Hezbollah, the Free Patriotic Movement, the Marada and others. DECEMBER 20-31Heavy protests take place, protesting the nomination of Hassan Diab as Prime Minister. JANUARY 14Lebanese Protests resume after weeks of calm. Banks are heavily targeted as…
Executive Magazine’s December issue
Dear Executive readers, It is our honor to present to you our end-of-year issue. The year behind us has been tumultuous worldwide, and especially for Lebanon – a small country that has many times carried its weight throughout international and regional crises. The tri-tragedy of the pandemic, the port explosion, and the collapse of the…
Lebanese start-up funding threatened
Eager to capitalize on the tech-savvy population,high education rate and entrepreneurial spirit, Banque du Liban’s (BDL) Circular 331, released in 2013, paved the way for the creation of dozens of startups in Lebanon, in addition to accelerators and incubators. Despite this support, events of the past few years have put a stop to the generous…
Fate, not misfortune
Over two decades of experience The Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL) was established in 1994 with an economic vision to attract mega investments to the country. It targets foreign and local investors and provides them with services on three main levels: investment promotion, export promotion and startup support. IDAL grants incentives and provides facilitations…
Banking on crisis
As Winston Churchill worked to form the United Nations after WWII, he said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste”. This has been Antoine Assi’s motto and business model, Managing Partner of ESTIA Real Estate Group. Assi predicted the crisis in Lebanon three years before it happened. At the time, a similar hurricane of…
Health care services intact but compromised
In Lebanon, as in virtually all other countries around the globe, health has in 2020 been catapulted to the top spot of social concern after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. To assess the correlation between the pandemic, national governance, the economic and liquidity crises, and the overall state of public health in Lebanon, Executive…
Organic care and true beauty niches
The global cosmetic and personal care market is growing, the upward swing especially boosting companies that produce organic and sustainable products. The specificity of new manufacturing trends and the evolution in marketing funnels, such as the rise of micro social media influencers, is shifting the research-intensive health-related sector towards viability of small enterprises, niche producers,…
Health care infrastructure under pressure
Long seen as the health care centre of the Middle East due to its developed hospital infrastructure and presence of heavily qualified medical personnel, Lebanon may well lose this title soon, due to a series of unfavorable factors, including the economic crisis, the August 4 Beirut port explosion, and the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the efforts…
Alternative medicine spikes
Alternative medicine has been sitting in the shadow of traditional, Western medicine for some time in Lebanon: alternative medicine. Though it is not controversial, alternative medicine is still seen as a complement to traditional medicine. Long a fixture of the Lebanese traditional scene, with stories, and for some, memories of elder Lebanese concocting herbal remedies…