One of these days we, the Lebanese, need to realize that we must apologize to one another for all the mistakes and “sins” we committed against one another as various groups and sects in the country. This is the one thing no one has really ever done. Today, we continue to live out our fears [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Reform’
We all need to say sorry!
Posted in History, Politics, Society, tagged Christians, Constitution, Democracy, Druze, Hezbollah, Jumblat, Lebanon, Middle East, Peace, Reform, Sectarianism, Sunnis on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bahrain cancels outdated work visa system
Posted in Society, tagged Bahrain, Foreign Labor, Human Rights, Maids, Middle East, Reform on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bahrain is now the first Gulf state to do away with the outdated work visa system in use across the Gulf, according to BBC Arabic. Instead of non-Bahrainis having to rely on their employer to obtain a work permit and visa in the country, the documents will now be issued on the state’s own responsibility. No longer [...]
Time for a GCC Marshal plan!
Posted in Economics, tagged GCC, MENA, Middle East, Reform, Saudi Arabia on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The GCC states have enjoyed record oil prices for several years now. The average price of oil thus far in 2008 is over five times what it was just five years ago. As a result, the GCC states have been raking in untold revenues from their massive oil wealth. Even as they increase their spending, [...]
Will Lebanon ever become a good place to do business?
Posted in Economics, tagged Reform on September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Why is the government not doing anything in the way of reform? All we have heard is about Paris III and how they are being blocked from going ahead with those reforms. But we have not seen anything concrete being done by the current government with the laughable exception of DSL! Are we really to [...]
Divided we stand
Posted in Politics, tagged Arab World, Constitution, Lebanon, Middle East, Reform on November 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
We hear a lot about plans to divide and federalize and cantonize, from Lebanon to Iraq to Palestine. The mere mention of such topics can often turn a calm and reasonable person into a raging bull. But are such suggestions really as bad as they are made out to be?
While there are often valid fears [...]
