Ali Ghaddar

Researcher | Urban Planner and Architect | Mentor

[Imad Salamoun @ImadSalamoun]

Ras Beirut circa 1940.

[Fareed Zakaria @FareedZakaria]

Will AI save the economy? Or is it a bubble waiting to pop? I asked @DKThomp, co-author of the bestseller "Abundance."

[Ali Ghaddar @Ali_Ghaddar_]

@BeirutUrbanLab 4 months**: From June 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023.

[Ali Ghaddar @Ali_Ghaddar_]

@BeirutUrbanLab Why is my name excluded from the research team? I worked on the vacancy rate survey and electricity provision, including building morphology of the surveyed lots. The fieldwork I conducted spanned from August 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023. Is this the same work! I guess yes.

[Ali Ghaddar @Ali_Ghaddar_]

@BeirutUrbanLab 4 months**: From June 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023.

[Ali Ghaddar @Ali_Ghaddar_]

@BeirutUrbanLab Why is my name excluded from the research team? I worked on the vacancy rate survey and electricity provision, including building morphology of the surveyed lots. The fieldwork I conducted spanned from August 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023. Is this the same work! I guess yes.

[Ali Ghaddar @Ali_Ghaddar_]

Speech that the the Lebanese deserve.

[Natasha Hall @NatashaHallDC]

🧵The White Helmets have unfortunately told me there are no more people in Saydnaya prisons. Families understandably want to continue the search. But now there is a race against time…

[Charles Lister @Charles_Lister]

If the international community wants to rescue some credibility with #Syria’s people, it should send specialists to #Sednaya Prison in #Damascus immediately — there are 100s, possibly 1000s of prisoners stuck 2-3 layers underground, behind electronic locks & concealed doors.

[Hala Gorani @HalaGorani]

So many exiled Syrians in my WhatsApp groups saying they can’t wait to go back to their country. What a day.

[Greco-Levantines World Wide @GrecoLevantines]

In the city of Sahnaya, located in the countryside of Damascus, Syrian #Christians are celebrating the fall of Bashar al-Assad. They are chanting, {One, one, one — the Syrian people are one.}

[Omar Alshogre | عمر الشغري @omarAlshogre]

مية وردة

[Zeina Khodr @ZeinakhodrAljaz]

#Nabatiyeh #Lebanon - destruction

[Ali Ghaddar @Ali_Ghaddar_]

6/6 Finally, this is a deal of conflict resolution, not state building, which would require a parallel heavy investment in state building framework and actions for the sake of future generations. Let’s wait and see!

[Ali Ghaddar @Ali_Ghaddar_]

1/6 The ceasefire appears to have 2 primary implications: (1)Intervention deterrence, where the agrmt. aims to provide Israel with flexibility, potentially allowing it to maneuver against other areas/ Iran proxy groups or Iran itself without triggering a broader regional conflict

[Ali Ghaddar @Ali_Ghaddar_]

5/6 In other words, does the deal forbid Iranian funding, arming, and decision-making on Hezbollah? Would the Lebanese authorities support and enforce the deal's conditions in any of the aforementioned conditions?

[محمد/Moe @monajem]

Southerners of #Lebanon do what they usually do after the end of each war. They go back home.

Ya habibi ya jnoub