In recent years, and more dramatically in recent months, global politics has seen a notable shift toward ‘masculinized’ ...

As part of our ongoing series to celebrate the Lebanese diaspora around the world, Executive recently travelled to New York to meet the expats that make the US tick. Over the course of a week we shall ...

In November 2023, four years after the start of Lebanon’s severe financial crisis, Harvard Growth Lab suggested that Lebanon consider adopting full dollarization among other economic and financial ...

Souhad Abou Zaki Souhad Abou Zaki is a curious economist with diverse experience integrating economics, food security, education, and development. With 8 years of expertise in rural development, she ...

Unrest among depositors and citizens has taken new shapes in recent weeks. Tempers are out of control in the face of inactive decision makers and silent banks. The current time is pivotal not only for ...

Public transport is part of Lebanon’s mobility heritage, as is evident by our popular culture. In the song entitled “ Ala Hadir el-Bosta,” the late Joseph Sakr sings of his love Alia’s pretty eyes ...

Israel’s long-prepared revenge strike against their arch-enemy Hezbollah under a pretext of securing the return of their internally displaced population to the northern holy land, long ago a peaceful ...

What social and economic science often calls a shock event is something that heavily impacts the moment but transpires into much more consequential long-term changes of the previous status quo. These ...

The municipal elections of May 2025, in which three out of four geographically determined rounds have been completed by time of this writing, suggest that the country’s mosaic of highly nuanced local ...

Social emergencies, safety nets, and refugee issues have taken center stage in Lebanese public debates since the country’s rapid descent into economic misery more than four years ago. Along with ...

Health encapsulates economic activity that amounts to trillions of dollars by the—in this context crude—methodology of collating production of goods and services as gross domestic product (GDP). The ...

Hamad Elias Hamad Elias is a leading social entrepreneur and policy strategist with over 15 years of experience driving institutional transformation across public, private, and international sectors ...