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Lebanese Issues - Massoud Ashkar: “I am fighting to recover the Christians’ prerogatives”
October 31, 2008, 14h02
It has been a long time since Massoud Ashkar laid down his weapons. The 52 year-old Ashkar seeks to run as a candidate for Achrafieh’s Maronite seat for the 2009 legislative elections. As he booked his ticket on the Free Patriotic Movement and...
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Lebanese Issues - Nicolas Sehnaoui: “It is important to reassure and comfort all communities before splitting to secularism”
September 03, 2008, 13h31 - By Élodie Morel Lebbos
Someone can take up a businessman's career and remain aware of economic and social problems in his country and at the same time be passionate for public issue. Nicolas Sehnaoui, a 41 year-old businessman, is in charge of the economic committee in...
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Lebanese Issues - Mesbah el Ahdab: “I might be forming an independent coalition in the elections of 2009”
July 31, 2008 - By George Eid
Some know him as a man of principles, and some know him for his looks. However, lately, amidst the abundance of political – and none political – speeches, he was known for his silence. In a meeting that brought Mesbah El Ahdab and...
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Lebanese Issues - Demianos Kattar: “They proposed my name as neutral minister”
July 15, 2008 - By George Eid
He served a very short Mandate, yet his name remains as the example of the “clean” and young minister. Demianos Kattar, who took on the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the post-PM Hariri’s death period, was always involved with...
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Lebanese Issues - Walid Maalouf the godfather of the 1559 resolution in an exclusive interview to iloubnan.info
July 08, 2008 - By George Eid
Some call him the Godfather of the Resolution 1559, many remember him as the man who stood in the Face of the Syrian Delegate in the United Nations and was the advocate of Lebanon. Many Americans recognize him as the Lebanese native who was...
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Lebanese Issues - Interview with Marwan Dbaise: “If the opposition meant to have a “coup d’état”, it would have conquered the Ministries and the Legislative institution.”
May 13, 2008 - By George Eid
In light of the current situation in Lebanon, and in the aftermath of the so called Four-Day-War, we attempted to evaluate the overall outcome and status-quo of the crisis by having a conversation with Marwan Dbaise, political analyst in the...
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Lebanon and the World - Issam Khalifeh: "The Shebaa Farms are Lebanese"
March 07, 2008 - By Marie-Anne Muller
Historian and professor at the Lebanese University, Issam Khalifeh published a book in 2006 in Arabic on the subject of the Lebanese-Syrian borders and the delimitation and demarcation attempts that took place between 1920 and 2000. He supports his...
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Lebanese Issues - Hussein Hajj Hassan: “Hezbollah supports the efforts for reaching consensus”
October 04, 2007 - By Marie-Anne Muller
In a climate of extreme political tension, the Majority and the Opposition still have four weeks to agree on the name of the next Head of State. MP Hussein Hajj Hassan, member of the parliamentary block of Hezbollah, is resolutely optimistic about...
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Lebanese Issues - Salah Honein : "The new president must be a unifier”
October 03, 2007 - By Suzanne Baaklini
Former Baabda-Aley MP Salah Honein (who did not run for the 2005 legislatives) carries out a general review, exclusively for iloubnan, of the problems that the country is facing today. Without being completely devoid of any sign of hope, this...
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Lebanese Issues - Tarek Mitri: "The political crisis brought us apart more than the war itself"
June 22, 2007 - By Tina Maalouf
Tarek Mitri, a Christian academic specialized in the Islamic relations, worked with the World Council of Churches (COE) for a long time. This advocate of open dialogue has not been active in the political sphere for long. He was the Minister of the...
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