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Lebanon: from protest to the polls

Demonstration in Beirut, March 19, 2021, against rising consumer goods prices and falling local currency.

On the sign of the protester: “Wake up!

This is our last chance!”

© Hussein Malla/AP Photo

By: Nicolas Falez Follow

Next month (May 15, 2022), legislative elections will take place in Lebanon, an election in a very particular context since the country is going through a devastating economic crisis.

It will also be the first time that we vote in Lebanon since the protest movement, launched in 2019, against a political class deemed corrupt and ineffective.

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“Lebanon, from protest to the polls”, a Grand Reportage by Nicolas Falez.

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