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Nov 2020
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Episode 23 - Sara El Yafi

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Sara El Yafi is a public policy and political expert with a strong expertise in renewable energy. She has also worked as a political advisor in Lebanon over the past several years.

 

We start by discussing whether any of the Lebanese politicians will be held accountable for the Beirut bomb (1:05), Lebanese citizens lacking a proper political education & the Fawda boys’ run in with the police during lockdown (12:10). We then talk about the delays behind the formation of a new Lebanese government (18:56), Sara disproves Tarek’s opinion on Mustapha Adib (22:49), and Lebanon’s financial crisis being its current biggest problem (33:26). Sara disagrees with the notion that Macron visited Lebanon for "business" interest (44:22), Erdogan’s recent foreign interventionist policies (56:13), the October 17 Revolution and focusing on the upcoming Lebanese Parliamentary Elections (1:06:05). We then delve into the issues facing the Lebanese Revolution (1:13:49), and Sara tells us the essence behind successful revolutions (1:17:28).

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