In recent years, and more dramatically in recent months, global politics has seen a notable shift toward ‘masculinized’ ...

Often times, when someone is diagnosed with a chronic illness, whether it is a severe or mild one, the first thought that comes to mind is, “Only if I’ve acted earlier and done medical checkups or ...

Developmental disruptions are piling up on the liabilities side of the world’s sustainability balance sheet in 2025. For the tiny, battered country of Lebanon, each of this year’s new shocks – be it a ...

Peter Speetjens Peter is a journalist currently based in São Paulo. After completing law studies in Rotterdam, he embarked on a journey to explore the world, spending a year in India before spending ...

Public transport is part of Lebanon’s mobility heritage, as is evident by our popular culture. In the song entitled “ Ala Hadir el-Bosta,” the late Joseph Sakr sings of his love Alia’s pretty eyes ...

Health encapsulates economic activity that amounts to trillions of dollars by the—in this context crude—methodology of collating production of goods and services as gross domestic product (GDP). The ...

In November 2023, four years after the start of Lebanon’s severe financial crisis, Harvard Growth Lab suggested that Lebanon consider adopting full dollarization among other economic and financial ...

Souhad Abou Zaki Souhad Abou Zaki is a curious economist with diverse experience integrating economics, food security, education, and development. With 8 years of expertise in rural development, she ...

She has been organizing bi-annual wellness weeks since 2012, but says that Eddésands has found it easier to sell tailor-made packages or individual treatments for a short duration of time, as opposed ...

Lebanon’s central bank Banque du Liban has achieved 12 months of exchange rate stability. Foreign currency reserves have recently clawed back above $10 billion. At the one-year mark of Wassim Mansouri ...

The Pournara Emergency Reception Center has a bureaucratically correct name, a politically correct security fence, a totemic gate arch, a well managed access and information procedure for visiting ...

Unrest among depositors and citizens has taken new shapes in recent weeks. Tempers are out of control in the face of inactive decision makers and silent banks. The current time is pivotal not only for ...