Dancing at the Foot of a Volcano: Bad Governance, Corruption, and Ecological Disaster in Lebanon, by Charif Majdalani
Dancing at the Foot of a Volcano: Bad Governance, Corruption, and Ecological Disaster in Lebanon, by Charif Majdalani
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“Through a sort of grating irony,” writes Charif Majdalani, Lebanon “remains a sort of model but in the negative sense of the term, because it concentrates in itself all the problems of the contemporary world.” Will it someday regain its role as a positive model?
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“Through a sort of grating irony,” writes Charif Majdalani, Lebanon “remains a sort of model but in the negative sense of the term, because it concentrates in itself all the problems of the contemporary world.” Will it someday regain its role as a positive model?