Category: Voices

Islamic Fundamentalism: how Jihadist leaders betrayed their political counterparts over and over again

The Levant News publishes global voices from various people with different backgrounds. After stories from the Netherlands, Lebanon, Italy, and the United States today, Mohammed bin Hussein Al-Dossary writes from Saudi Arabia about Islamic fundamentalism. In the past, decennia have been following various Egyptian Islamic Groups. I analyzed all sorts of available data: individual, collective, […]

Could you give it a rest? You have more important things to worry about

The inflationary pressure we are experiencing today is a wild dog; tough to tame! The incompetent global mess of the Biden Administration has not been helping in that perspective. Despite the pronounced independence of the monetary authorities, US politics always contaminate the Fed's and the Treasury's policy actions. By Mohammad Ibrahim FheiliBiden's administration has been […]

Who the hell does Klaus Schwab think he is?

Who does Klaus Schwab, the pharaoh of the World Economic Forum (WEF), think he is? A modern-day messiah who will save the world with a new and more sustainable economic system? Or a Dr. Evil-style psychopath with a hidden agenda to enforce a global economic collapse and take over? By Arthur Blok, cartoon by Joon […]

Embassy of the Free Mind

I have been questioning the mainstream narrative and the blatant censorship that happens everywhere for quite a while now, especially since the so-called covid pandemic. Things just didn't add up, and luckily I was not the only one, as some of my friends thought the same. By Patrick KuitertLast summer, a friend of mine came […]

EU heading to an unprecedented economic crash

You do not have to be an economist or a university professor to understand that the European Union (EU) risks heading towards an unprecedented economic crash. Friends and foes agree that the economic policies of the European Commission and European Central Bank (ECB) are disastrous. A deliberate choice or just ignorance and mismanagement? By Arthur […]

The Capital Control Law returned to Lebanon's political and legislative landscape

More than two years passed on the imminent urgency of the Capital Control Law which was supposed to put a lid on run-away foreign currencies and dried-up bank money. Does Lebanon need a Capital Control Law today?! By Mohammad Ibrahim FheiliIf the answer is ‘yes’, what kind of law should that be? The objective of […]

Leading Lebanese Fransabank in the eye of the storm: another example of failed Lebanese Justice

The Central Bank of Lebanon, the competent authority in this matter, is required to intervene immediately to protect the banks to enable them to continue to serve the local economy. By Mohammad Ibrahim FheiliTwo weeks ago (March 15) Lebanese Judge Mariana Anani issued a court decision to enforce the executive seizure of all shares, real […]

Planet Earth shall Not be the same after the crisis in Ukraine is over

Russian President Vladimir Putin (69) was inaugurated in the Kremlin on May 7 2012. I recall media coverage talking about how busy he was on his first day as president. Putin served in the KGB; FSB; Russian Armed Forces. Meaning that he was anything BUT a diplomat. By Mohammad Ibrahim FheiliAs a political economist and […]

West versus East = Freedom vs. Justice?

“And when you get to Belgium… pursue your dream! Love! Be yourself!” I said to Mohamad, a Palestinian refugee whom I met on the island of Chios, Greece. We babbled on and on about the importance of freedom until he smiled with the politeness of an Arab host who prefers that his guest overstays his […]

Printing money to escape the pressure of fiscal reforms is any corrupt politician’s number one choice

Rest assured dear citizens of Lebanon, the denial shall not set the corrupt and incompetent of the political class free. This too shall pass. By Mohammad Ibrahim FheiliWhenever you speak of money with a Lebanese, the focus is on the dollar; everyone has been chasing the dollar each in his/her way. None has been satisfying […]

Tunisian president Kaïs Saied steps away from crowning himself king of Tunisia

The birthplace of the Arab Spring, Tunisia, slid in less than a year into a newborn dictatorship. A doom scenario for the country, and an insult to the revolution of 2011. It looks like president Kaïs Saied is just a few steps away from crowning himself as the first King of Tunisia.By Arthur BlokSaied is […]

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: a sports-washing opportunity 2.0

The Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 were a platform the Nazi’s used for their propaganda machine. In 2022 the Winter Games in Beijing offer China a similar podium to cover its wrongdoings. The world is watching a ‘sports-washing opportunity 2.0’ hosted by a totalitarian communist regime that lied to the world about COVID and is […]

How a sex scandal thwarts the presumption of innocence

Pride goes before the fall, as the saying is. A sex scandal affecting one of the most popular tv shows in the Netherlands reveals that lust might give a hand too. The scandal endangers the position of international media tycoon John de Mol. A scandal that shows how trial by (social) media thwarts the presumption […]

Helpless & Hopeless in the Eye of the Storm: The Fate of Banks in Lebanon

Despite the critical role they play in the economy, banks in Lebanon have been left helpless and hopeless to weather the storm on their own with no help from the government and overwhelming pressure from the monetary authority. By Mohammad Ibrahim FheiliThe speed with which the banking crisis in Lebanon emerged and developed to a […]

U.S. President Joe Biden’s decline is alarming: disapproval hit a new record high

American president Joe Biden is failing in his first year in office on nearly every single major issue as support for his presidency continues to drop. Friend and foe agree that he will go down in history as the worst president ever in U.S. history. Who is brave enough to put him out of his […]

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