The Light for the Future project aims to install photovoltaic panels in schools in the Arab country, which is currently experiencing an energy crisis, having electrical power for only one to two hours a day. The goal is for the Brazilian-Arab community to support ten schools with USD 150,000. USD 90,000 have already been raised.
BEIRUT: Eighty-nine percent of respondents in a recent poll said they trusted the Lebanese Armed Forces to ensure the country’s stability, while 80 percent felt the same way about the religious leadership and 75 percent about the judiciary. In contrast, just 19 percent of those polled regardless of their religious beliefs thought political parties could be trusted to
Published date: 18 December 2020 17:24 UTC | Last update: 3 months ago
For anyone believing the formation of a new Lebanese government hinged on Emmanuel Macron’s planned visit to Beirut next week, his Covid-19 contraction was a bad diagnosis for Lebanon, not just for the French president.
But in truth, observers say, political wrangling over government formation was set to rumble on indefinitely, regardless of Macron s in-person cajoling.
Next week was slated to be the president s third visit since the 4 August explosion in Beirut s port, which tore through the capital and precipitated the resignation of Prime Minister Hassan Diab and a call for widespread reform.