Transportation within Lebanon, especially within the greater Beirut area, has become synonymous with congestion and chaos. The system is built, almost entirely, around the personal car with a road network…
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Lebanon without a government feels remarkably similar to Lebanon with a government. The political establishment in this country is so fickle and dysfunctional that the cogs and levers that actually…
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Hearing people fall back on the refrain of labeling Beirut the “Paris of the Middle East” grates the nerves not only because it is a lazy cliché but also because…
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Younger and younger people are courting Lebanon’s hedonistic bent as they turn to the bottle for a good time. The lack of a coherent alcohol harm reduction policy means Lebanon’s…
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The relations between the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean are, to say the least, a tad complex. Centuries of invasions, occupations, liberations and alliances have carved a map that is…
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We wanted to avoid talking about Hezbollah, we really did. We entered the room with the intention of carrying out our first interview with Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir where he didn’t…
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Let’s be honest about it: policy politics in Lebanon was already all but non-existent. Whether politicians had the desire or the wherewithal to deliver policies that addressed fundamental issues —…
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The oft-touted promise of great gas wealth under the sea floor off Lebanon’s coast has recently compelled the nation’s eyes toward the western horizon. There is a slowly growing sense…
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The Higher Council for Privatization (HCP) was created nine years ago; since then there have been no successful privatization programs, and after six years the public-private partnership (PPP) law is…
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Are you unemployed? Have you found yourself eyeing up employment opportunities in the Gulf, the US, Europe…anywhere but Lebanon? Well fear not, the Lebanese government’s very own National Employment Office…