The Toll of Sectarian Politics.

LEBANESE economy; POVERTY; UNITED Nations; AMERICAN University of Beirut; RESIGNATION of employees

The article focuses on financial collapse in Lebanon by governing elite that has seen loss of saving and mentions pandemic that has pushed the nation into outright destitution. Topics discussed include population below the poverty line estimated by the United Nations (UN), faculty and staff quit struggled by the American University of Beirut and continuos support for the political Maronitism.