Monday, April 17, 2017

The Irrelevance of Election Law to Lebanese Expats

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Recently, there has been much discussion in Lebanon about the upcoming parliamentary elections in terms of what law would be adopted and i...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Mandating the Fate of Lebanon's New Tax Law

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The current government in Lebanon hit a brick wall this week when it tried to pass a tax bill aimed at funding long overdue pay raises to ...
Sunday, November 13, 2016

The Genius of Democracy

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Following the Brexit vote and more recently the Trump shock election win, I have been asked on several occasions whether I still believed ...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

What does Saad Hariri’s Recent Presidential Endorsement Say about Him?

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After two years of vehemently opposing it, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri yesterday did an about face endorsing the candidature of Mich...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Building a Bridge Between Constitutional Trenches

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Lately some prominent Lebanese politicians have been vehemently rejecting—and on several grounds—the suggestion of a new constitutional a...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

Conversation with Syrian Refugees in a Camp outside Munich, Germany

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I am in Unterschleissheim, a tech hub suburb of Munich in Germany. For a couple of days I had been going to business meetings in the area...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Will Expats Boycott the Lebanese Government?

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Over the past few weeks, scenes broadcast from Lebanon have reached the far corners of the globe. Lebanese expats from Australia to Argent...