As the constitutional deadline to elect a new president looms with no end to the political gridlock in sight, George, a humble carpenter working in Furn al-Shubbak, offers his appraisal. Should no president be elected before the end of the incumbent President Michel Sleiman’s term, however, he would not be perturbed. On the prospect of no one being elected to succeed Sleiman, Gary is just as nonchalant
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Executive, together with polling agency Ipsos, carried out a survey of 1501 citizens from across the country on whom they want to see in Baabda Palace by the end of this month. The aim was to get a deeper understanding of their dreams and expectations for the president of the republic, and in particular who they thought would be the best candidate to steer the country through tough times both economically and politically.
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Nadine Moussa, Lebanon’s first female candidate for the presidency, insists that Lebanon needs a “new social contract,” with women holding half of all parliamentary and governmental posts. Moussa, a lawyer who has worked to promote women’s rights for over a decade, is the first female to officially run for president of Lebanon.
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Ever since President Tamam Salam was assigned to form a government, a national movement, backed by the feminist movement, rose in support of women’s participation in the political scene especially in the soon to-be formed government.
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Wedged between two thick red bands, former Lebanese president Emile Lahoud grasps his belly and laughs. Head of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea stares back at you from his perch on the edge of his bed, as MP Wiam Wahhab smugly reclines in his track jacket.48 of these portraits, part of photographer Lamia Abillama’s “Your Excellencies” exhibit, line every wall of the concrete room at Galerie Tanit. Some eerie, some comical, they are all striking. The unconventional photographs break down the sterility of press conferences and formal portraits – which, according to Abillama, is exactly what she wanted.
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More than 50 women are planning to run for the upcoming parliamentary polls, as activists are still campaigning for quota in both the Parliament and Cabinet.
Around 50 women and activists gathered in Ajami Square in Beirut’s Downtown to renew the call for a 30-percent quota for women in the upcoming elections. The protest was organized by the coalition of Women in the Parliament 2013, which includes more than 150 women organizations across Lebanon.
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The past 10 years have seen an election campaign’s spending race heavily influenced by corporate branding culture, a phenomenon for which the admen of Lebanon proudly take credit. There is a growing industry of advertising and marketing specialists who are bringing commercial strategies to political campaigns, luring in a new generation of post-Civil War voters with slick packaging, clever slogans and, increasingly, digital outreach.
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Organizers are canceling or delaying conferences in Lebanon, including a major international oil and gas exhibition, because of political and security instability in the country, undercutting vital revenues for the tourism sector.
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Voices From the Periphery
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