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Lebanese demand the state preserve the sanctity of #Labneh
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanese-demand-state-preserve-sanctity-labneh

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A woman looks through the dairy isle in a grocery store in Beirut. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) A woman looks through the dairy isle in a grocery store in Beirut. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)

Labneh, usually associated with #Lebanon’s more traditional breakfast choices, has recently stolen the limelight for less conventional reasons. Today it is embroiled in a battle between the media and local producers of the product, as the government scrambles to stabilise one of its more productive industries.

Dania Hawat

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#Lebanon: The State Fails the #healthcare System
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanon-state-fails-healthcare-system

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Statistics confirm that 50 percent of Lebanese do not have any form of health coverage. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Statistics confirm that 50 percent of Lebanese do not have any form of health coverage. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi)

On February 3, 2014, Hussein Qataya died outside the hospital because there was no available bed in the intensive care unit. He was not the first, and he certainly won’t be the last. In January, a man named Mustafa died at the same door, for the same reason.

Rajana Hamyeh

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