#Lebanon

1/3 The new Heros of Lebanon are not Bankers, Real Estate Agents, Speculators, Big depositors & corrupt beaurocrats... They are those 2/3 3/3
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#Syria's regime appears to be facing a sharp increase in public criticism from across its population - people are exasperated at rife corruption & incompetence.In lieu of this, secret police
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Article dump thread. I will post here articles I read about the Beirut explosion, its significance, causes, and repercussions, with quick summaries. I will keep adding more articles to the
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2020 was also a year of protests worldwide. There's no vaccine yet. Here's a partial pictorial thread. India. Hong Kong. Thailand. Belarus. Poland. Moldova. Lebanon. Iraq. France. Venezuela. Brazil. Chile.
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Last week, a big American newspaper asked if I wanted to weigh in on the Beirut Explosion.I lived in Beirut for the better part of 15 years. I wrote a
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Iraqi Judiciary will re-open the investigation in the charges against Rafi’ al-Isawi, #Iraq’s former Minister of Finance.Appearantly, he turned himself in. He has been wanted for charges related to terrorism
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Today I am going to tell you about a legal term from real estate transactions in the Middle East dating back 2,800 or more years.The term is bētu epšu adi
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An excellent documentary on Cretean Muslims to understand the politics of identity formation in the contemporary MENA. Syrians refer to their neighbors as Arab yet when they make an official
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Each day brings new revelations about the peculiar story of how 2750 tons of explosive-grade ammonium nitrate ended up in #Beirut in 2013. Most of these revelations have been
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I want to share with you moving essays and articles from the past two weeks in Lebanon that I think are worth reading. Thread:(apologies if I've forgotten/missed any. feel free
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It's hard to keep up, so a thread *from the last 5 days* of Tennessee schools switching to remote or curbing in-person learning as COVID-19 cases rise. These latest decisions
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Incoming thread about calculating vote numbers to population percentage in the 2018 elections.With Macron's latest accusation of treason against our corrupt feudal lords, they've resorted to reasserting their "legitimacy"
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1/Thread About the Mysterious explosions in Who is behind the Mysterious explosions in Iran? Is it the ? ? Sleeper cells? Opposition groups? A combination? How are the explosions occurring?
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Given Yellen's hearing today, much talk about how monetary policy has done everything it can to tackle inequality. Simply not true. Many examples around the world of central banks investing
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Approve Muslim Women’s Rights to to wear a Hijab in University! (Belgium)https://www.change.org/p/government-of-belgium-approve-muslim-women-to-have-the-right-to-wear-a-hijab-in-universities-belgium?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_22858246_en-US
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The widespread attacks in Syria suggest that the assessment that the Iranians are leaving Syria was wishful thinking.An attack in the Sweida area indicates the expansion of Iranian entrenchment into
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