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Enough! Lebanon's Darkest Hour
''Enough! Lebanon's Darkest Hour'' is a 2021 feature documentary film written and directed by Lebanese-Australian filmmaker Daizy Gedeon. Synopsis Shot over four years and across four continents, the film documents Lebanon's descent into a state of turmoil over recent years. It covers the 2019 October Revolution and includes exclusive interviews with many key political leaders of the past four years, including prime minister Saad Hariri, former foreign minister Gebran Bassil, warlord Dr. Samir Geagea, Hezbollah minister Mohammad Fneich, former justice minister Salim Jreissati Salim Jreissati (born 4 April 1952) is a lawyer and politician. He served as Lebanon's minister of labor between 2012 and February 2014. From 18 December 2016 to 31 January 2019 he was the minister of justice. On 31 January 2019 he was named sta ... and governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, Riad Salame. Awards The documentary won the Movie That Matters Award 2021 at a Better World Fund (BWF) gala i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daizy Gedeon
Daizy Gedeon (born 1965) is an Australian-Lebanese journalist and filmmaker. Biography Gedeon was born in Kousba, Lebanon in 1965. Her family immigrated to Australia when she was five years old. She began her writing career as a sports writer in 1987 and was the first female sports journalist on The Australian newspaper and the first female football writer in Australia which led her to the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. After several years of covering sports, Daizy started to cover foreign affairs, particularly those in the Middle East. She interviewed Yasser Arafat at the 1990 Arab Summit in Baghdad and covered the Lebanon War as a correspondent for publications including The Times. Film career In 1996, Gedeon released her first feature documentary film, '' Lebanon... Imprisoned Splendour'', starring Omar Sharif. The documentary qualified for the 1998 Academy Awards for Best Feature Documentary and won several international accolades including the Silver Screen Award at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–2021 Lebanese Protests
The 17 October Protests, commonly referred to as the 17 October Revolution () is a series of civil protests taking place in Lebanon. These national protests were triggered by planned taxes on gasoline, tobacco, and VoIP calls on applications such as WhatsApp, but quickly expanding into a country-wide condemnation of sectarian rule, the stagnant economy, stagnation of the economy, unemployment (which reached 46% in 2018), endemic Corruption in Lebanon, corruption in the public sector, legislation that was perceived to shield the ruling class from accountability (such as Bank secrecy, banking secrecy) and failures of the government to provide basic services such as electricity, water, and sanitation. The protests created a political crisis in Lebanon, with Prime Minister Saad Hariri tendering his resignation and echoing protesters' demands for a government of Independent politician, independent specialists. A Cabinet of Hassan Diab, cabinet headed by Hassan Diab was formed in 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saad Hariri
Saad El-Din Rafik Al-Hariri ( ar, سعد الدين رفيق الحريري, translit=Saʿd ad-Dīn Rafīq al-Ḥarīrī; born 18 April 1970) is a Lebanese-Saudi politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 2009 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. The son of Rafic Hariri, he founded and has been leading the Future Movement party since 2007. He is seen as "the strongest figurehead" of the March 14 Alliance. Hariri served as Prime Minister of Lebanon from 9 November 2009 to 13 June 2011. After three years living overseas, he returned to Lebanon on 8 August 2014 and served a second term as Prime Minister from 18 December 2016 to 21 January 2020. Hariri's surprise announcement of an intent to resign, broadcast on 4 November 2017 on Saudi state TV, has widely been seen as part of the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict in Lebanon, and triggered a dispute between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. The resignation was later suspended, following President Michel Aoun's request to "put it on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gebran Bassil
Gebran Gerge Bassil ( ar, جبران جرجي باسيل; born 21 June 1970) is a Lebanese politician who is the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement since 2015. A Maronite Christian, he is the son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, and has been his most senior advisor since 2005. Born in Batroun, Bassil joined the FPM, becoming a prominent activist in it. He ran in the general election of 2005 and 2009, and was appointed as the Minister of Telecommunications in the First Cabinet of Saad Hariri. In 2011, Bassil and all ministers of the opposition announced their resignation, leading to the collapse of the government. He subsequently held the position of Minister of Energy and Water between 2011 and 2014, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants from 2014 to 2020. He won a parliamentary seat for Batroun district and the Maronite sect in the general election in 2018. He was highly targeted in the widespread Lebanese protests which began by the end of 2019. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samir Geagea
Samir Farid Geagea ( ar, سمير فريد جعجع Lebanese pron.: , also spelled Samir Ja'ja'; born 25 October 1952) is a Lebanese politician and militia commander who has been leading the Lebanese Forces party and dissolved militia since 1986. Born in Ain al-Remaneh in Beirut with origins from Bsharri, Geagea joined the Kataeb Party in his early years. He led the Northern Front in the Lebanese Forces from 1979 to 1984. In March 1985, after the deterioration of the Christian political situation in the eastern regions after the assassination of the Lebanese Forces leader Bachir Gemayel, he led, jointly with Elie Hobeika and Karim Pakradouni, an uprising that led to control of the political situation without any bloodshed. On January 15, 1986, Geagea led a movement against the tripartite agreement sponsored by Syria to become the commander of the Lebanese Forces after the overthrow of Elie Hobeika, the head of the executive body at the time and one of the signatories o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Fneish
Muhammad Fneish ( ar, محمد فنيش) (born 1953) is a Shia Lebanese politician and member of Hezbollah. He represented Hezbollah in the Third Cabinet of Saad Hariri, serving as the Minister of Sports and Youth. Early life Fneish was born into a Shia family in Maaroub in 1953. Career Before dealing with politics Fneish worked as a teacher. He became a member of the Hezbollah's 15-member central committee. In 1992, he was elected as a member of parliament for Hezbollah representing Bint Jbeil. He also won the same seat in the elections held in 1996 and 2000. He also ran for the seat in the 2005 general elections and got the highest votes in Tyre, namely 154,056 votes, surpassing Nabih Berri by about 1,000 votes. He was energy minister from July 2005 to November 2006. Prior to his appointment as energy minister, he served as a municipal council member in Tyre. He was one of Hezbollah's six representatives in the government led by then prime minister Fouad Siniora until he and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salim Jreissati
Salim Jreissati (born 4 April 1952) is a lawyer and politician. He served as Lebanon's minister of labor between 2012 and February 2014. From 18 December 2016 to 31 January 2019 he was the minister of justice. On 31 January 2019 he was named state minister for presidential affairs which he held until January 2020. Early life and education Jreissati's family is from Zahle, east Lebanon. He was born there on 4 April 1952. He graduated from the Saint Joseph University with a bachelor's degree in 1976. He received both the Lebanese and French degrees in law, and a high degree in private law. Career Jreissati is a former member of the Constitutional Council. He became a registered member of the Beirut Bar Association on 8 November 1974. In 1976, he began to work at Saint Joseph University as a lecturer. He is the former member of the Lebanese Constitutional Council (1977–2009). He served at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) as a legal advisor for the defence team of four He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riad Salameh
Riad Toufic Salameh (Arabic: رياض توفيق سلامة, born July 17, 1950) is the current Governor of Lebanon, Lebanon's central bank, Banque du Liban since April 1993. He was appointed Governor by decree, approved by the Council of Ministers of Lebanon, Council of Ministers for a renewable term of six years. He was reappointed for four consecutive terms; in 1999, 2005, 2011 and 2017. He is the longest-serving central bank governor in the world. Although credited for maintaining the stability of the Lebanese pound until 2019, Salameh is accused of corruption, money laundering and running the largest Ponzi scheme in history. Early life Riad Salameh was born in Antelias in 1950 into a Christian Maronite family of successful business people, long based in Liberia. His father Toufic Salameh owned the Cedars Hotel in Broummana, and his mother Raniah was a "well-known charitable activist" and Lebanese Red Cross member who was murdered in 1982. He has three siblings. Salameh g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Films
2021 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, film festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best movies of 2021, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "From an artistic perspective, 2021 has been an excellent cinematic vintage, yet the bounty is shadowed by an air of doom. The reopening of theatres has brought many great movies—some of which were postponed from last year—to the big screen, but fewer people to see them. The biggest successes, as usual, have been superhero and franchise films. ''The French Dispatch'' has done respectably in wide release, and ''Licorice Pizza'' is doing superbly on four screens in New York and Los Angeles, but few, if any, of the year’s best films are likely to reach high on the box-office charts. The shift toward streaming was already under way when the pandemic struck, and as the trend has accelerated it’s had a parad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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