Economic distress, rampant corruption, a self-serving ruling elite, and the ever-looming fear of armed militias – not much is going their way but protesters in both Iraq and Lebanon have found a reason to smile.
In campus elections in Lebanon, they turned into candidates and gave a drubbing to opposing student groups backed by traditional political parties that feed off sectarianism and propagate it. In Iraq, they are gearing up to challenge the established parties on the hustings and in the upcoming general election. Their message: they may have been beaten by the system but they are not ready to concede defeat.
Arora Akanksha wants to prioritize funding to ensure all refugees provided with required humanitarian assistance to survive
Updated 04 April 2021
April 04, 2021 00:52
MAKKAH: Arora Akanksha, an audit coordinator at the UN Development Project, faces a tough challenge as the first female millennial candidate running for the role of UN secretary-general.
For years, the selection process at the UN has been a closed-door process; candidates are appointed by the UN General Assembly on the recommendation of the UN Security Council. Every five years, selected candidates must receive nine of 15 council votes with no veto, and then receive two-thirds of the votes from the 193 member states in the assembly.
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When Col Daoud Fayad, 42, was detained last September on charges related to the August 4 Beirut port blast, his worst fears were confirmed.
“Daoud knew that Lebanon is a corrupt country,” his wife Monia told
The National.
“The judge cannot go after ministers or prime ministers, so he’s going after the small fish.”
There should be more people indicted than there currently are. The problem is that the judicial system has been selective
Omar Nashabe
Col Fayad is one of 25 mid to low-ranking port employees who have been imprisoned since the explosion.
They feel unfairly treated while the country’s top decision makers, who were warned many times about combustible material stored at the port, remain free.