Narrative
Lebanon Today
"The perpetual stories of Lebanon's middle class"
What hurts have we been through?
Before 1975
The safety collapse
A nation undone by war — and a generation whose plans were rewritten by checkpoints.
Before 2019
The financial collapse
The banking Ponzi began long before October — savings vanished while spreadsheets stayed neat.
Before 2026
The everything collapse
Electricity, water, internet, healthcare — basic dignity itself privatized to those nearest power.
Today
The choice
Anxious waswising — or focused action. Wiswás is the bridge from one to the other.
Depositors
Money frozen since 2019. The Ponzi did not affect only depositors — it caused the lack of liquidity and the wider crisis.
Workers & SMEs
Wages devalued, contracts voided, planning impossible. The middle class became the silent shock absorber.
Diaspora
Remittances kept families alive. They will also be the lever that forces accountability across borders.