Posts tagged ‘sectarianism’
“What do I do here in Lebanon?” you ask
“What do I do here in Lebanon?” people ask me all the time. I usually struggle a bit; I take a deep breath and I start explaining what micro-credit and micro-finance is. I tend to throw in words like: “lack of access to the banking system”, “Mohamed Yunus” and “giving the poor financial stability”. But even after a little bit of explaining, I still don’t know if I’m getting the point across. And I often find that when I say “loan” people immediately ask “How can I get one for my business?” So, I turned to Al Majmoua to see how local Microfinance Institution (MFI) in Lebanon is addressing this on a daily basis?
Continue Reading 3 August 2011 at 10:00 Heba Gamal 3 comments
Adapting to Change: Lessons from Lebanon
“What can we do, but wait and see” a borrower told me a couple of days after the highly anticipated speech by Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Adapting to new environments can be tough, but adapting to ever-changing uncertainty is even tougher and it’s a skill that the people of Lebanon have mastered.
Continue Reading 13 July 2011 at 10:00 Heba Gamal 3 comments
