The scene was surreal in the Palace of Justice. The governor of the Central Bank, Riad Salameh - who stood aghast after the fall of his arguments on “sovereignty” to avoid appearing before the European judiciary - found himself after three decades of fake “successes” before a court authority. …

As the collapse in Lebanon expands, it is becoming increasingly apparent that so long as the August 4 clique is in power, there is no floor for how low the Lira could fall. With it, citizens’ ability to survive plummets too. A frightening number of patients are unable to access the medicine and…

Many rolled their eyes as they heard Prime Minister Najib Mikati claim that anyone shown to have been involved in the killing of Irish UNIFIL peacekeeper Sean Rooney would be punished! No one in Lebanon was surprised to see him angrily ask what has happened to the investigation days after the crime…

Is it true that fundamentalism dominates the climate created by the October 17 revolution, hindering the crystallization of “solutions” through the election of a president who could save the country and set it on the right track? Is it fair, at a time when collapses are destroying the lives of…

All of a sudden, everyone was inspired to bring down the wall that had been obstructing the formation of a government, accepting the proposal that Mikati had submitted around three months ago. All that remains is minor adjustments that will not affect shares or the figures that the various…

The Lebanese scene is surreal, sad, and funny: The government vacuum continues, and no government that responds to the punitive votes cast on May 15 to a minimal degree will be allowed to take form. The parties to the regime of sectarian-quota-based spoil-sharing have accepted that electing a…

Today, on the 1st of September, Lebanon sees the term of its president end. It is true that Article 73 of the Lebanese constitution leaves it up to the Parliamentary Speaker to choose a day this month to hold a parliamentarian session to elect a new president, and he will probably bide his time in…

A week from now, the Lebanese parliament will turn into an electoral body that should elect a new president by the thirty-first of October to replace Michel Aoun, whose term ends that day. Legally, legislation is suspended until a new president is voted in. However, realistically, the political…

For weeks, Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein did not believe that his savings and life’s work had disappeared. He trusted the authorities and the “the Lira is fine” propaganda campaign. He deposited the money he had worked 20 years to save in the bank that used to welcome him kindly! However, after the…