The apocalyptic blast in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2020, exacerbates anger at those in power: protests cross religious boundaries as the Lebanese people curse corruption, nepotism, gross economic mismanagement and squandering of resources. How did the Land of Cedars, a country with so much to offer, allow itself to get into such a dire situation? And will it be able to bounce back?
Hiba Dandachli
Chawki Azoury
Albert Kostanian
Bertrand Badie
Gisèle Khoury
Agnès Levallois
Michael Young
Lamia Moubayed-Bissat
Amin Maalouf
Stéphane Malsagne
Walid Charara
Saad Hariri
Yasser Arafat
Hafez al-Assad
Hassan Nasrallah
Bashar Hafez al-Assad
Rafic Hariri
Jacques Chirac