New Realities in an Ancient Land

Wissam Yafi's Blog presents opinions on the most pressing issues in his native Lebanon and the Arab World and possible solutions to salient problems.

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Policies not Politics- What The Lebanese People Really Want to Hear

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In a recent debate on Lebanese television, the host had a representative from the Change Movement (Change) facing off with one from the regi...
Thursday, February 24, 2022

Sunni Community Might Be Pathway to Lebanese Nationhood and Citizenry

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There are some in Lebanon who would like to believe that the Sunni leadership situation in the country is precarious, potentially leading th...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

When Old Numbers No Longer Count: Strong Message from Expats to Lebanon

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The Lebanese  expat registration surge has  sent shock waves through the Lebanese political establishment with traditional parties and their...
Monday, July 19, 2021

How The Bill of Rights Can Save the Lebanese Constitution

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Amid precipitously deteriorating socio-economic conditions, the Lebanese government formation appears to have stalled indefinitely. Notwiths...
Monday, July 5, 2021

Lebanese Sovereignty is Elusive without Citizen Rights

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In 1952, then head of the army, General Fouad Chehab was tasked by recently elected President Chamoun to assert sovereignty in the Bekaa reg...
Friday, June 25, 2021

Is It Time for Lebanon to Rise for a Bill of Rights?

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Speech Delivered at SOUL Convention on Lebanon on 06/25/2021 |1:30pm Thank you to all the distinguished organizers of this Convention here i...
Thursday, November 5, 2020

Does Lebanon’s economic plan represent true reform?

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 Published on Annahar on 10-05-2020 | 16:34  Lebanon’s cabinet recently announced an economic plan that focused on lifting Lebanon out of it...
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Wissam S. Yafi
Reston, VA, United States
Wissam Yafi obtained an MPA/ID degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in 2001 having studied in its first cohort under Jeffrey Sachs, Dany Rodrik, Lant Pritchett, among others. Since graduation, Mr. Yafi has been writing on Middle East economic development, geopolitics, and technology policy having traveled extensively throughout the region and consulted with leaders, policy makers, and academicians. He has published two books: Inevitable Democracy in the Arab World (2011): New Realities in an Ancient Land, a book which looks at the dynamics forcing change in the Middle East. Also, A Decade of Turmoil and Hope (2013), which discusses the Arab region and Lebanon from the turn of the century to the Arab Spring. As well as Fina, a utopian science fiction novel about a futuristic Lebanon. Mr. Yafi continuously lectures and publishes Op-Eds and commentaries.
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