A year after Wassim Mansouri became governor of the Bank of Lebanon, depositors remain disappointed. His is an unenviable task, upon which rest the hopes of many, but reform is needed
The Banque du Liban's reputation at home and abroad is in tatters. To restore it, the next governor should be exceptional – independently minded, able to say 'no' and perhaps even a foreigner.
Circular 165 is, at first glance, a technical note on procedure from the embattled central bank. But its proposals to attract dollars will have immediate and far-reaching consequences.
During a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels earlier this week, the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called for the EU to start the process of imposing sanctions on Lebanese…
The documentary about Israel's crimes in the West Bank deserves praise, yet the discourse around the film remains far removed from the heart of the issue: the illegal and immoral military occupation
Conflict, drought, tariffs, and inflation are making it harder to feed people in the Arab world. Yet if the wars in Ukraine and Sudan end with investment in agriculture, the clouds may brighten.
The US levied swingeing sanctions on Bashar al-Assad's regime for torturing and killing thousands. Matt Zweig, who helped draft it, speaks to Al Majalla about its details and future.