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Lebanon's war rubble weighs 7 to 9 times its annual cement deliveries, yet quarries in Koura may be asked to dig deeper to rebuild. Could recycling and imports spare the land? Andreas Groes on the cement dilemma. bit.ly/4AVJln1
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Lebanon's war rubble weighs 7 to 9 times its annual cement deliveries, yet quarries in Koura may be asked to dig deeper to rebuild. Could recycling and imports spare the land? Andreas Groes on the cement dilemma. bit.ly/4AVJln1
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Is AI telling you the same story about Lebanon in Arabic and English? Not even close. A new study of 4 major AI platforms found that switching languages has massive impact on which sources get cited. bit.ly/4hBB0fs
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Is AI telling you the same story about Lebanon in Arabic and English? Not even close. A new study of 4 major AI platforms found that switching languages has massive impact on which sources get cited. bit.ly/4hBB0fs
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Lebanese tourism can rebound in weeks. Can it plan for years? On #WorldTourismDay, as AI takes center stage in the global tourism agenda, Thomas Schellen asks what Lebanon needs to turn resilience into a strategy. bit.ly/4rA1y5n
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Lebanese tourism can rebound in weeks. Can it plan for years? On #WorldTourismDay, as AI takes center stage in the global tourism agenda, Thomas Schellen asks what Lebanon needs to turn resilience into a strategy. bit.ly/4rA1y5n
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Three of Lebanon’s local producers share the experience of working under multiple crises and having to continuously adapt to new conflict and economic realities. Andreas Groes analyzes the experience of Agrifresh , Biomass & Balkis. bit.ly/4dDaWPH
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Three of Lebanon’s local producers share the experience of working under multiple crises and having to continuously adapt to new conflict and economic realities. Andreas Groes analyzes the experience of Agrifresh , Biomass & Balkis. bit.ly/4dDaWPH
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Lebanon's Parliament passed a law in Dec. 2025 (issued Jan. 5, 2026) letting municipalities run their own waste collection for the first time. What comes next? bit.ly/4y8dpdb
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Lebanon's Parliament passed a law in Dec. 2025 (issued Jan. 5, 2026) letting municipalities run their own waste collection for the first time. What comes next? bit.ly/4y8dpdb
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Yasser Akkaoui looks at the two burdens Lebanon carries: the damage inflicted from outside, which must be measured, costed and redressed under international law, and the collapse we made ourselves, where accountability has to begin at home. bit.ly/4rkGi38
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$100,000 buys you 16m² in Downtown Beirut or 119m² in Dawhet Aramoun. Lebanon's real estate market is rebounding, but housing finance still can't keep up with prime Beirut prices. New piece breaks down the gap linkedin.com/safety/go/?url
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$100,000 buys you 16m² in Downtown Beirut or 119m² in Dawhet Aramoun. Lebanon's real estate market is rebounding, but housing finance still can't keep up with prime Beirut prices. New piece breaks down the gap linkedin.com/safety/go/?url=…
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Lebanon has the AI talent: Ramp, Writer, Microsoft EMEA all have Lebanese leaders at the helm. What it lacks is the structure. "We are AI-capable, but not AI-ready." Read more: //bit.ly/4zQ7Npn
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Lebanon has the AI talent: Ramp, Writer, Microsoft EMEA all have Lebanese leaders at the helm. What it lacks is the structure. "We are AI-capable, but not AI-ready." Read more: //bit.ly/4zQ7Npn
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Syria has been improbably spared regional war & Gulf states R betting big: $28B pledged, a $4B Damascus airport overhaul, SWIFT reconnection. But real GDP is still 45% of 2010 levels. A look at Syria's investment boom, its risks &what it means 4Lebanon. bit.ly/4xrrGl7
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Oil up 40%. IMF growth forecasts for the Middle East slashed by two-thirds. LVMH and condom makers alike sounding alarms. One war - the US-Israeli strikes on Iran - is rippling through global markets, inflation, and the SDGs. A look at who pays the price. bit.ly/4gcBgRe
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Lebanon's fragile 2026 recovery just took a direct hit. War damaged 22% of farmland, spiked fuel & food prices, and crippled water systems&it's farmers and households footing the bill. A sectoral breakdown of the economic fallout: bit.ly/463Y9S9
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Syria has been improbably spared regional war & Gulf states R betting big: $28B pledged, a $4B Damascus airport overhaul, SWIFT reconnection. But real GDP is still 45% of 2010 levels. A look at Syria's investment boom, its risks &what it means 4Lebanon. bit.ly/4xrrGl7
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Oil up 40%. IMF growth forecasts for the Middle East slashed by two-thirds. LVMH and condom makers alike sounding alarms. One war - the US-Israeli strikes on Iran - is rippling through global markets, inflation, and the SDGs. A look at who pays the price. bit.ly/4gcBgRe
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