COP28: Middle East countries face their inner demons
Fossil fuels, water resources, effects of the climate change… The challenges faced by Middle East countries are vivid. With COP28 ongoing in Dubai, Middle...
Middle East: What future for agriculture?
Welcome to the arid lands of the Middle East, where ancient civilizations have thrived for centuries against all odds. This region is not only...
Food security in Middle East: What’s to expect next summer?
Lebanon, Syria or Egypt do not appear in the new list drawn up by the UN Agencies about "rising hunger risk" unlike Afghanistan, Burkina...
Pr. Yahia Zoubir: “Food shortages could inflame the whole region”
ByTheEast: The war in Ukraine has disrupted the global agricultural supply chain. What are the short -term impacts on the countries in the MENA...
Lebanon’s economy crisis fueling demographic change
Lebanon knows the drill: war and economic crisis lead many to emigrate. In recent years Lebanon has been engulfed in an economic turmoil. In...
Banque du Liban preparing digital currency launch next year
Can the Banque du Liban really find a good solution to extinguish all the criticism? As part of a broader push to combat the...
Agriculture in Lebanon: The glimmer of hope?
Lebanon should not avoid all the laws of gravity. As elsewhere in the world, agriculture should be the backbone for our country since it...
Food security: Lessons to be learnt from Covid-19
Let's put our food security on the table. The outbreak of the coronavirus which emerged from China’s Wuhan and has spread the world over...
Covid-19: Lebanon staring at historic opportunity
Could the COVID-19 outbreak be an opportunity for the Lebanese economy? The “Arab Spring” which was earlier seen as the most disruptive event which...
Lebanon: The next ‘oil-cursed’ country?
Late last month, a drillship anchored off Lebanon's coast started exploring for oil and gas raising hopes for a more prosperous economy, which currently...