Re-Building The Nation

To reconsider what platform for future development Lebanon stands on today, Executive talked to Fadi Fawaz, who served Rafik Hariri as an advisor on development issues throughout his premiership and who lived the day-to-day evolution of these projects with the late former prime minister. Fadi Fawaz remembers many things about working with Rafik Hariri, including the bursts of energy that could erupt at any time of day. “Often he would call me early in the morning and suggest we drive across town to the Cite Sportive construction site to give workers a boost or walk the corridors of the new Beirut International Airport,” recalled Fawaz, still in deep shock at the sudden death of the man he called a colleague, a friend, a brother and a father. “He believed in development and that development is essential for our seeds and opportunities. You can’t bring the private sector to invest in