What was the project Lebanon’s former Prime Minister, Rafic Hariri, carried? Why did it seem, at a moment of regional turmoil, like a counterpoint to the prevailing trends? And is it still viable today?
Dr. Dawood El-Sayegh tells Annahar that Rafic Hariri was not just a political leader, but a symbol of trust at home and abroad - and that Lebanon’s crises might not have reached today’s depths had he lived.
Derbas believes that if Hariri were alive today, he would not have accepted the building collapses happening in Tripoli and would have intervened directly — perhaps by establishing temporary shelters for residents, as he did in previous phases.
