Sahar Ghoussoub

3 weeks ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Sahar Ghoussoub

You don’t like Lebanese politics. You don’t get it. It’s the same faces, the same talk, on repeat. But here’s the thing — it shapes your daily life. So what if we made it make sense? Clearly, concisely, maybe even excitingly? This week, we break down the UAE's decision to lift travel restrictions to Lebanon. L'Orient Today / Sahar Ghoussoub and Joelle El-Khoury, 14 May 2025 15:00 This week: the UAE has just lifted its travel ban on Lebanon, and already Emiratis are landing in Beirut.

1 month ago | today.lorientlejour.com | Sahar Ghoussoub

Recently, you’ve heard it whispered. Maybe even shouted. “Normalization with Israel.” It’s one of the most sensitive and controversial topics in Lebanese politics — and it seems like it’s back on the table. Former President Elias Sarkis once said: “Lebanon will be the last Arab state to sign peace with Israel.”Does this still hold true today? After the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the devastating war in Gaza, and months of clashes between Hezbollah and Israel, something has shifted.  So, why now?

Oct 21, 2024 | today.lorientlejour.com | Sahar Ghoussoub

Dear estranged friend,I wrote you a message, but it never got delivered. At first, I thought it was only a matter of hours before I’d see the two ticks on my screen, a sign that my words had reached you. But they never did. And with immense sadness, I realized you had decided to sever our ties. There is so much I wanted to explain and perhaps even justify. Please know that I constantly question myself.

Oct 8, 2024 | thepublicsource.org | Omar Nashabe |Sahar Ghoussoub

Editor’s Note: The atrocities of this latest and most violent Israeli war on Lebanon is bringing us new heights of depravity and many dystopian firsts, made possible by international infrastructures of intelligence gathering and infiltration.

Jun 8, 2023 | today.lorientlejour.com | Sahar Ghoussoub

Since October 2022, Lebanon has had no president and is struggling to elect a new one, underscoring the country’s susceptibility to external influence in its electoral process. Rival parliamentary factions, mainly backed by regional heavyweights Iran and Saudi Arabia, have yet to reach a consensus following the end of Michel Aoun’s presidency.