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Le monde du plus fort ou du plus fou
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by Yasser Akkaoui

French anthropologist Marc Augé coined the phrase “non-lieu” (non-place) in the mid-1990s to describe places where considerations of history and identity were erased—think shopping malls or airports. Listening to him speak in Lebanon earlier in September got me thinking, Lebanon is the antithesis of a non-lieu. Every space in Lebanon is linked to our history and our identity—even the naming of our highways and airports evoke politics of our past. In some ways that means we can never escape the economic and political realities of this country. Never free ourselves of our past to allow independent and forward thinking. Yet, many Lebanese—at least when times are good—seem content to stay in their heads, behind their screens, immersed in social media and technology. Those who stay in the lieu of it all are those with a bigger stake in protecting their share, but also those who have in the past been

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