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Bloomberg @middleeast breaking news deputy TL. Finance, economy, oil & gas - with an eye on Lebanon. Formerly @ForbesME @lorienttoday . Views are my own #YNWA

Dubai | Beirut

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Joined April 2011

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1 year

BREAKING: The interest rate on Lebanese pounds soared as high as 55% this week. Banque du Liban is restricting local currency supply at banks to try to limit its depreciation. BDL has also dropped the amount of dollars it pumps into the market. Chaos.

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Lebanon’s 90% Devaluation Turns Into a Stealth Liquidity Squeeze

Lebanon’s first official devaluation in a quarter century has created a severe liquidity squeeze, as lenders scour for local currency in a country already wracked with a strike by bankers and a...

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2 years

Personal news: I am delighted to announce that I will be joining Bloomberg next month as a Breaking News editor. I will be based in Abu Dhabi and mainly cover financial news in the Middle East. Really excited to start working with some of the most talented in the field

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Good morning, nothing kills me on the inside more than these heroes who were sent to their graves. Nobody told them there was 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate inside the building. My eyes tear up every time I read about it, I just can’t get over these pictures. سننتقم

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3 years

Just got verified, will celebrate it on Excel

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3 years

Just because it is not in a museum, does not mean it is not art

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4 years

After working for 5 and a half years in the world of money exchange, my shift came to an end. I am writing to inform you that I will be joining @LOrientLeJour English to report the latest updates & analysis related to the failure of the Lebanese political and economic system.

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Personal news: After a challenging and exciting year reporting on the failure of the Lebanese financial and political systems for @lorienttoday , I am thrilled to be starting a new journey with Forbes Middle East from Lebanon, where I will be contributing as a business writer

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MTV decides to bully an old man because he’s genuine, spreading joyful vibes and enjoying his time on social media. Meanwhile, MTV gave a platform a serial killer who recently murdered his wife, just yo gain ratings and attention. This outlet does not get any lower.

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3 years

Beautiful move by @AaliyasBooks

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3 years

Heading to the Lebanese-Palestinian borders

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2 years

I am taking a break from covering Lebanon's news and from Twitter to try to take care of what's left of my mental health. Your [mental] health is more important than anything else in this doomed world, give yourself permission to slow down.

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2 years

It took Cyprus less than a week to impose capital controls in 2013, it took Russia a few days to do so after being hit hard by US and EU sanctions. Meanwhile, Lebanese Parliament is still working on a capital control draft, nearly three years into the unprecedented crisis.

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3 years

حسن خليل لرئيس جمعية المصارف سليم صفير

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Banner rising in front of the port

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“Life” in Lebanon is simply unbearable. Just went to the supermarket, with my car running on a quasi-empty tank, bought the cheapest essentials (without chicken and meat) and ended-up paying more than the minimum wage. Then you get home to find out that there is no electricity.

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3 years

No you can’t

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3 years

Dear Lebanese Army, we all saw the original picture before being cropped, which included a vest that had the Amal Movement logo on it. Lesson of the day: what goes on the Internet, stays there.

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3 years

وحدات الجيش المنتشرة في مختلف المناطق اللبنانية توقف عدداً من الشبان المتوجهين للمشاركة في الذكرى الاولى لانفجار مرفأ بيروت وبحوزتهم كميات من الاسلحة والذخائر. #انفجار_مرفا_بيروت #الجيش_اللبناني #BeirutBlast

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3 years

Youssef Khalil, the architect of Banque du Liban's controversial financial engineering operations and the man in charge of issuing government debt, is Lebanon's new finance minister. Goodbye to any hope of restructuring the financial sector and fairly distributing losses

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3 years

First you bullied an old man (Tony Kattoura) because he’s genuine, spreading joyful vibes and enjoying his time. Then you disrespected Dr @DrSAtallah for spreading knowledge and awareness. I think you should reconsider yourself and your show which belongs in the trash cannister.

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How’s life in 🇱🇧? - No electricity - No fuel - No water (unless poluted) - No growth, no investments - No jobs, no food, no medicine - No social security - Education system falling apart - Poverty over 50% - Unemployment over 30% - Default & bankruptcy - Rotten Chicken & meat.

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1 year

How do I explain to people that Lebanon has two clock timings (one hour apart) and at least 7 exchange rates for its national currency, with the most used rate and clock not officially recognized by the government...

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3 years

Goodnight to the only Lebanese public servant I accept paying taxes for ❤️

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3 years

Day #2 without diesel: we only had 1.5 hours of state power, my fridge is completely empty as I cannot store food, and I have to regularly buy ice packs to store my mother's insulin shots, which we only have a few more left as I can't find the medicine in pharmacies. Criminals.

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2 years

🥺🥺🥺

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3 years

وزير التربية والتعليم طالع عالTV يصلح امتحانات البريفيه

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4 years

The following table provides different economic indicators classified by sect يقدم الجدول التالي مؤشرات اقتصادية مختلفة مصنفة حسب الطائفة

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4 years

First TV appearance where I’m actually wearing pants 😂

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4 years

Another sleepless night, heartbroken, fuming & disgusted.

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3 years

Just a reminder

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3 years

The education sector in Lebanon collapsed. No power & extremely slow internet to remotely study. Meanwhile, with gasoline shortages, students can’t reach their schools & unis; while those institutions can’t find diesel to run generators. In addition to COVID-19 & hiking tuitions

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4 years

I have been writing and deleting for past couple of hours. I just can’t find the right words to describe the current destruction. 2750 f*cking tons of ammonium nitrate have been present for 6 f*cking years in a warehouse FFS!

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4 years

A picture worth thousand words.

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2 years

BREAKING: Deputy Speaker Elie Ferzli officially lost the elections.

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3 years

The siege that brought the country down to its knees. Remember them well.

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3 years

A picture that terrifies an entire system

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4 years

طير و فرقع يا دولار 🚀

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4 years

توضيح: لبدو يحط موسيقى أو منصة، بكل بساطة مكسرله كل غراضه

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3 years

If I don’t pay EDL bills, will they stop supplying me with zero hours of electricity? 🤔

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4 years

Hello @bahaa_hariri_ how much did it cost you to get 10,000+ votes in 34 minutes?

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4 years

Just like their politicians stole our funds, Tayyar Moustaqbal account stole my hard work (research & calculations) and simply removed my name from the table. These parties can’t get any lower.

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بكرا بيطلع حمار بقلك ارتفع سعر الدولار من ورا الثورة

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4 years

The value of 1000$: March 2019: picture (1) March 2020: picture (2) Scary isn’t it? The worst is yet to come.

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3 years

Nejmeh square right now

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4 years

Anyone saw any member of the Municipality of Beirut cleaning or fixing anything? Or is just us, the taxpayers, doing all their work while we’re covering their salaries 🙂

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9 months

Lebanon: -Currency almost worthless -Banking sector facing $70 billion in losses -No government, no president, no governor -Three quarters of population in poverty -Annual inflation at 254% Central bank governor ends 30-year tenure smoking a cigar - with music, drums & trumpets

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2 years

Three times Prime Minister Saad Hariri' supporters, known as smurfs on Twitter, have installed an inflatable pool in Tarik El Jdideh to boycott the elections. This move is surely an effective tool to send a message. Masterminds.

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3 years

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3 years

٤آب + ١٥آب= #عهد_جهنم

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Bonjour❤️ Dollar b 9200 MAFI KAHRABA 900g khebez b 2000 |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (•◡•) / \ / --- | |

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3 years

"بيع دولاراتك بكرا رح تتشكل الحكومة"

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2 years

لا دوا لا طبابة لا تعليم لا كهربا لا بنزين لا إقتصاد لا دولار لا مال لا شغل لا حياة لا

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3 years

More than half of MPs in Akkar are affiliated with the Future Movement, while Hassan Koraytem, the general manager of the Beirut port, is also connected to your party.

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3 years

٤آب + ١٥آب= #عهد_جهنم

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3 years

The only statue that reflects Lebanon's reality

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3 years

I will never understand this war kink Lebanese have. They talk about war as if it's a Call of Duty warzone session with your friends

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Theresia Rahme

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3 years

ستعود هذه الأيام..

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4 years

Had to go back home as I almost lost consciousness from the intensive tear gas, will surely buy a different kit for tomorrow. راجعلكم يا ولاد ال

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2 years

BREAKING: importers and shops in Lebanon are now raising their prices, with some shutting down their stores Multiple money exchangers halted selling US dollars The lira is crashing to a fresh record low for the fifth day The minimum wage is now worth less than $24. Depression.

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3 years

On this day two years, clown-me considered the lira exchange rate of LL1,550 as "catastrophic" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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5 years

3 weeks later, no changes, the lebanese lira just reached a catastrophic market value of 1550/1560.

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3 years

Dear @AUB_Lebanon students, You have the right to request your university to post their last 5 years audited annual reports (financial statements, including management remuneration). Since they claim to be transparent, you should have a look at their books first 👀

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4 years

I know a gang that stole around 110 billion $, can you help us getting back our funds?

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قوى الامن الداخلي

4 years

فصيلة برمانا تلقي القبض على شخص أقدم على سرقة مبلغ يقارب الـ 450 ألف دولاراً اميركياً من داخل أحد المنازل في محلة عين سعادة. #قوى_الامن

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While parents of students studying abroad are protesting & requesting to be able to transfer 10,000$ from their OWN DEPOSITS, the French government is refunding Lebanese students' inscription costs and is allocating 500€ to help them cover their living expenses. The difference.

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4 years

Third consecutive day I see my mom crying. سننتقم

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Omar Tamo

4 years

While you're sitting at home, unemployed, using your computer to desperately find a job; there's a large group of unqualified incompetent individuals out there, employed, getting paid using tax payers' income & savings, enjoying their lives at your expense. Have a good day.

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3 years

غرد كالعبقري: "ما تسكرو الطريق عالناس، تظاهرو تحت بيوت المسؤولين! جيبوهم من بيتهم" - اوك "اهل البناية شو خصن؟ عيب! مش مقبول يتكسر مدخل البناية"

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فإنني أطرح مبادرتي هذه لتسريع الخروج من الأزمة بإستعدادي لتولّي وزارة المال ولو إقتضى ذلك الإستقالة من وظيفتي

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2 years

Guess who's back Back again Bitar's back Tell a friend Guess who's back, guess who's back Guess who's back, guess who's back

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Omar Tamo

3 years

Had Lebanon implemented the Financial Recovery Plan, prepared with Lazard, the price of 20 liters of 95-octane gasoline would have been about LL60,000 (instead of LL302,700). But Speaker Nabih Berri, banks, Riad Salameh and Parliament Finance & Budget Committee had another say.

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Omar Tamo

3 years

The lights are usually off but they decide to turn them on when the streets are completely empty

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3 years

جل الديب الليلة بحسب ما وصلني... رائعة!

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Omar Tamo

2 years

I tested COVID-19 negative but I will remain at home today as I am feeling a bit sick and do not want to risk myself and others. It might be just a flu, tiredness or a false negative. If you are not feeling well please do not go out and endanger others. Happy New Year.

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Omar Tamo

4 years

Thank you Canada for your support, aid and for not allocating the funds to our corrupted government ❤️

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🇨🇦 is providing up to $5M in humanitarian assistance, with an initial $1.5M going immediately to trusted partners on the ground including @redcrossLebanon , via @redcrosscanada , to help meet the urgent needs of people affected by the tragic #BeirutExplosion . #Beirut #Lebanon

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Billionaire businessman PM Najib Mikati's net worth stands at $3 billion as of Thursday, Forbes estimates. He is the second richest Lebanese, after his brother Taha, whose fortune is $3.1 billion. Najib told the Lebanese to "bear each other" over restrictions on their savings.

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4 years

They all knew, all of them.

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4 years

Exactly a week ago, I saw death infront of my eyes. سننتقم

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3 years

The only public servant that has ever gained my full respect. Do not disappoint us.

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Omar Tamo

3 years

I really do not understand all the fuss by local and international media over EDL’s power plants shutting down. We literally went from zero hours of state electricity per day to zero.

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Omar Tamo

3 years

Many are asking me what happened for the lira to sharply deteriorate over the last couple of days. Here’s what happened: NOTHING. That’s the problem. We are ruled by clowns & incompetent criminals. Oh if I were you, I would be more afraid of medicine shortages than lira devaluing

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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| l بدي دولار عالأفوخمسمية |____＿＿__＿＿＿＿＿＿__| \ (•◡•) / \ / —— | | |_ |_

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3 years

After days of research on the vaccine, I hereby provide my input in an excel sheet

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4 years

THREAD ALERT!! Your dream might end up being a nightmare 🚨 Fasten your seatbelts, it’s time to wake up and realize that our dream of immigration isn't as easy as we all want to believe. Each person has his own circumstances, but most of us are affected by the following 👇

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Reasons I use Anghami instead of Spotify: 1- Wonderful application, they keep on improving it on a daily basis. 2- Very low cost. 3- It’s a lebanese product with large growth potential. 4- Their founder is an amazing man tbh, he deserves all the best.

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elias :p

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spotify would never

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خلي ينزل ع ساحة الشهداء لتشوفو كيف بكون الإستقبال، ��ا تخلو كم فرفور يغشكم

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3 years

DEAD 😂😂😂

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4 years

Combining both LAU elections, the independent candidates won the popular vote, taking 52% of the vote compared to the Lebanese Forces' 33% of the vote, and Amal standing at 8%.

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3 years

صدق من قال « بكرا بيتعودوا »

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4 years

This is without a doubt the funniest video that accurately describes our financial crisis. Credit: r/lebanon on Reddit (1)

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3 years

Bonnes vacances Mr Hariri. You really deserve a break after doing nothing throughout the year, especially during this critical period.

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4 years

فيك تكون مع المقاومة وما تدعم حرامي إبن حرام.

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3 years

I won’t be greeting anyone this Eid, as I am sure residents in Lebanon are either barely sleeping from the heat due to power outages, and/or suffering from mental health problems. So I will take the opportunity to كسم every political leader that brought the country to the abyss

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Marcel Ghanem is spending the night defending Antoun Sehnaoui, the chair and majority shareholder of SGBL. I really wonder why 🤔

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5 years

What do we say to the god of death? Not today.

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4 years

THREAD ALERT 🚨 Fasten your seatbelts, it’s time to put an end to blaming the revolution on the dollar crisis. The following scenes take place from the beginning of 2019 till today. [Exchange rates are based on wholesalers’ rates.]

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بيع دولاراتك بكرا سعد الحريري بشكل حكومة و بتصير الدنيا تشتي دولار

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In any other country, this guy would be under investigation and in prison right now. In Lebanon, he goes out on media outlets to say this bullsh*t! UNBELIEVABLE, UNACCEPTABLE, WHAT A F*CKING DISGRACE THIS COUNTRY IS!

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Lebanon in numbers: - 23.20% of the population is extremely poor - 32% is poor - Lira lost 80% of its value -Unemployment over 30% - Less than 2 bn$ left for fuel, wheat & meds - Around 10 bn$ losses due to the explosion - 186 TRILLION lira losses in the banking sector Strength.

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It's not about "هربان الاكل" it's all about bad management and lack of trust in the authorities. These people are currently living in 'survival mode' and you should know that. Instead of criticizing them, you should be pointing the figures on those who led us to this misery

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مش هربان الاكل!! الاكل مش هربان

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3 years

People are dying on a daily basis... as if they are just numbers and names, nothing more. I really do not know what to say anymore, I am done

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Omar Tamo

3 years

Just a reminder that Lebanon's subsidized fuel supply is being used to pump up these boats, at a price ten times lower than the market value The subsidy program mainly benefits the wealthy who have more spending power than the poor. This is just an example out of many

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Omar Tamo

3 years

Walking in the streets of Beirut, all you can see is sadness and despair all over people’s faces

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Omar Tamo

4 years

- Nestle pricing at 4000/$. - 30% of registered companies have closed (Coca Cola one of many). - Salaries reduced by half. - Lira lost 60% of its value. - Unemployment reaching 50%. - 45% of the population under poverty line. - Empty Shelves at supermarkets. - Corona virus.

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Omar Tamo

3 years

The fortune of the richest two Lebanese families exceeds half of Lebanon’s GDP. Data as of July 17, by @Forbes_MENA_

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Omar Tamo

3 years

You know what’s funny? No one in the parliament mentioned the currency’s deterioration during Friday’s parliament session. As if that subject didn’t deserve few minutes to discuss. They know really well what needs to be done and they’ll never do it. This is a nationwide crime.

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