How Lebanon Ran Out of Electricity

Lebanon’s electricity sector has been notoriously dysfunctional for decades. But the country’s crippling economic crisis and inflation of more than 200% are forcing many in the country to make impossible choices, with some finding themselves having to decide between food or electricity. We followed a pregnant mother whose family has been living on two hours of state-provided electricity a day for almost two years.
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  • @natnat8393
    @natnat83932 жыл бұрын

    I felt it when the man said that he imagines HELL being more merciful than here... My goodness

  • @friendoftellus5741

    @friendoftellus5741

    Жыл бұрын

    It is not !!! But one get his point !

  • @tcmusicrecords
    @tcmusicrecords2 жыл бұрын

    So sad to see this. Especially since my home country Sri Lanka going thru the same crisis and currently behind Lebanon by around 4-6 months. Unbelievable what a bunch of stupid corrupt politicians can do to a country.

  • @HelloEarthling

    @HelloEarthling

    2 жыл бұрын

    Truly.

  • @wisanu99

    @wisanu99

    Жыл бұрын

    Sri Lanka is in trouble from corrupted politician. Not easy to find someone who put country first, but not impossible. IMF will help manage Sri Lanka out of the crisis because they will put a lot of restriction and cut financially, and your country will be out. Many countries were like yours but eventually can get out. This Lebanon thing isn’t just corrupted politician. There is religions heavily involved which make it impossible to fix. Lebanon will never be fixed. Israel/Palestine will never have peace. It’s religion and people just dig in. Zero compromise when it comes to religion. Zero compromise = no way out.

  • @jujijiju6929

    @jujijiju6929

    Жыл бұрын

    Srilanka will recover sooner probably, they don't have this sort of huge sectarian type issues Lebanon has.

  • @jasonmangan3205

    @jasonmangan3205

    Жыл бұрын

    It is so sad greed is what is happening it breaks my heart to see this going on as a Muslim I’m extremely disappointed that people of my faith are acting like this 😢

  • @eeeveee
    @eeeveee2 жыл бұрын

    We used to live in Lebanon and we moved out in 2018, right before the economic crisis started. My cousin just graduated school and she’s gonna come live with us in another country to go to college, since it’s become almost $20k per year to go to uni there. Luckily, my family’s town invested in renewables, but I’m sorry for most people living in Beirut and other cities.

  • @bigfan2452

    @bigfan2452

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, wow, I am just completely shocked by the University tuition fees. Even here in Canada it is not that expensive. It averages around 8 to 9 thousand dollars per year.

  • @gamingatlantic2383

    @gamingatlantic2383

    2 жыл бұрын

    What country did yall move to ?

  • @eeeveee

    @eeeveee

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gamingatlantic2383 Armenia. We’re ethnic armenians, so it was a good option. The uni she’s gonna go to costs ~3.5k USD here for foreign students, and after she gets her citizenship, it’s gonna be ~1-1.5k USD

  • @shroomgrizzley464

    @shroomgrizzley464

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can you explain why no1, would have the sense to fly in, candles, matches, bic lighters, in mounds?

  • @eeeveee

    @eeeveee

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shroomgrizzley464 There is a lot of access to them, its just that the people don’t have the money to buy them.

  • @suzukigsxfa9683
    @suzukigsxfa96832 жыл бұрын

    Makes me so angry 😠 😡. So done with these criminal politicians

  • @sharek7981

    @sharek7981

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ask 🇮🇷 Iranian Hisbollah to supply oil 🤨🥸 Because many Lebanese people support Hisbollah & Always talk against USA 🇺🇸 😆 SUPPORTING Hisbollah is one of the major problem for Lebanese people. Say goodbye to Hisbollah & ask IMF for help 👌SAY no to IRANIAN killer🥸 it’s should be a solution 👌

  • @suzukigsxfa9683

    @suzukigsxfa9683

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sharek7981 this sounds like a threat. And is Probably the reason Lebanese don't turn to the West for help. IMF is USA in sheep's clothes.

  • @mba2ceo

    @mba2ceo

    2 жыл бұрын

    do idiots VOTE ?

  • @theinternetoverdose

    @theinternetoverdose

    2 жыл бұрын

    The sad part is that the main problem is with the lebanese people that still support these "politicians". You can see it in the recent elections where people voted the same way they had for decades. Personally, I believe lebanon is currently in this state due to a lack of unity and action from the lebanese people. These disgusting politicians are not the only reason this country turned up like this

  • @Amoritarius

    @Amoritarius

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sad..

  • @rhino6139
    @rhino61392 жыл бұрын

    Heartwrenching to see my mothers homeland suffer

  • @user-gf6xb1xl8g

    @user-gf6xb1xl8g

    2 жыл бұрын

    @‎‎ٴ relax

  • @sharek7981

    @sharek7981

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ask 🇮🇷 Iranian Hisbollah to supply oil 🤨🥸 Because many Lebanese people support Hisbollah & Always talk against USA 🇺🇸 😆 SUPPORTING Hisbollah is one of the major problem for Lebanese people. Say goodbye to Hisbollah & ask IMF for help 👌SAY no to IRANIAN killer🥸 it’s should be a solution 👌

  • @rhino6139

    @rhino6139

    2 жыл бұрын

    @‎‎ٴ my father is dominican lol it's tough to see what goes on there too.

  • @issac6395

    @issac6395

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because they handed over the country to Iran . Well the Muslims did. The maronties defended them and now they suffer as well.

  • @ydcell9983

    @ydcell9983

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry but you guys are known for the same thing even outside Lebanon. Here in Canada everything malveillant is linked to Lebanese persons.

  • @bestryfulhd2102
    @bestryfulhd21022 жыл бұрын

    in yemen the electricity cut off since 6 years ago 😁 we adopted to that and most houses now are using solar systems , and everything is going well ..

  • @mohamedfattah1088

    @mohamedfattah1088

    2 жыл бұрын

    A lot easier said than done my friend, im currently in Lebanon and I’m seeing first hand the struggles of what a shattered economy can do to people, if you can buy a solar system here you’re basically considered rich, the most basic ones cost $2-4000 dollars for just 2-4 solar panels while most people here are making no more than $50-100 dollars a month, people are selling almost everything they have, just to afford bread let alone solar panels, that being said, my heart is with the yemeni people, free Yemen from the American backed Saudi occupation ✊

  • @tr0llol677

    @tr0llol677

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mohamedfattah1088 Well why dont u guys pray to God and ask for money? HAHA XD

  • @megusto4501

    @megusto4501

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tr0llol677 bruh

  • @bilalelm3897

    @bilalelm3897

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tr0llol677 So Rude

  • @milorules2729

    @milorules2729

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tr0llol677 Notice how no one else is laughing except for you. You're not funny bro... like, AT ALL😑😴😐

  • @masterally6025
    @masterally60252 жыл бұрын

    Yet some people are complaining for not getting a Gucci bag for their BD .. Ironic

  • @josef5414.

    @josef5414.

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @mrk4976

    @mrk4976

    2 жыл бұрын

    Who cares about lebanon 🤣

  • @stoopidvideo
    @stoopidvideo2 жыл бұрын

    Lebanon is such a beautiful country

  • @omerazhar7560
    @omerazhar75602 жыл бұрын

    This is what corruption can do to a country.it doesn’t matter how much educated your population is,if you donot remove the corrupt today.it will come and destroy you sooner and later.we in pakistan have realised it now after seeing this.we even more strongly support imran khan against the corrupt in our government.

  • @jamesbond4810

    @jamesbond4810

    2 жыл бұрын

    "The day you become a fan of a Politician, that's the day you failed as a citizen."

  • @adar5901

    @adar5901

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesbond4810 what a load of nonsense quote.

  • @jamesbond4810

    @jamesbond4810

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@adar5901 so please name me a dictatorship which is working perfectly ? Prove my quote non-sense.

  • @jamesbond4810

    @jamesbond4810

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@adar5901 These Pakistanis are so hopeless that they're blindly believing anything. I have seen some of Mr.Khan's interviews, he talks about buying oil at discount from Russia but the reality is that Pakistan's doesn't have roubles in its foreign exchange at the first place because Pakistan has been a long-term ally of USA and it's that why they never did business with Russia.

  • @friendoftellus5741

    @friendoftellus5741

    Жыл бұрын

    Corruption is like cancer in a country !!!

  • @jenniferlynncalogero2100
    @jenniferlynncalogero21002 жыл бұрын

    I need to add one more thing. Get two terracotta pots one large and one small, sand, rocks and white cloths. Place the small terracotta pot inside the large one making sure that there is space for the sand between the two pots. Fill the space with sand and place the rocks on top of the sand. Place the food inside the small pot (you may need several large and small pots, sand and rocks according to how much food that needs to be refrigerated by these pots.) fill the space between the two pots with water. Then, cover both pots with the wet cloths. This method is another form of refrigeration for when the electricity goes out or you simply don't have a refrigerator.

  • @jenniferlynncalogero2100
    @jenniferlynncalogero21002 жыл бұрын

    Has Lebanon consulted with other Middle Eastern countries about implementing solar power, a better electric grid supply and what is being done about it? The structure of the buildings needs to be rebuilt according to the natural lighting of the sunrises and sunsets. Bigger and more windows means more natural light flowing thru the homes and apartments which help saves on electricity.

  • @wessley2771

    @wessley2771

    2 жыл бұрын

    theyre being attacked by surrounding countries to decimate its population so they would revolt against its current govt. This is how sanctions work, look at Cuba, but ultimately failed. N Korea, etc.

  • @simsalabin2796

    @simsalabin2796

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do you really think that is the problem? Or that they have not thought about other perspectives? Really? They are not dumb

  • @jenniferlynncalogero2100

    @jenniferlynncalogero2100

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@simsalabin2796 I never once implyed that they were dumb! I merely offered ideas and suggestions to help.

  • @sasazapadnik9335

    @sasazapadnik9335

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's too late to rebuild their homes to "face the sun", they already live in their homes densely-populated in cities. Regarding solar power, Lebanon is not a desert sh*thole, its mostly a green hilly country with not as much sunlight as you are expecting...

  • @jenniferlynncalogero2100

    @jenniferlynncalogero2100

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sasazapadnik9335 OK, just make the windows larger. According to the video, during the day there was plenty of light.They weren't showing green hilly country. The entire building needs restructuring. And I never expecting the country to be a complete desert sh*th^le.

  • @Bobbyj438
    @Bobbyj4382 жыл бұрын

    😔 if it is possible lawn solar lights may help a little, as a stop gap. i pray that things get better.

  • @unknown-user
    @unknown-user2 жыл бұрын

    Poor people are good at one thing: have more children they can’t afford and bring more misery to an already miserable world.

  • @shutthedoor2052
    @shutthedoor20522 жыл бұрын

    my heart broke when he said people can't buy even candles -- i'm a candlemaker

  • @loriinlovewithjesus

    @loriinlovewithjesus

    2 ай бұрын

    Why can't they buy candles?? I missed that.. is it money??

  • @consciouscrypto3090
    @consciouscrypto30902 жыл бұрын

    So much suffering in the world, and hunger is only getting worse. Prayers for our planet. May people be freed from corruption, greed and incompetence in leadership, and power hungry men who wage war on the bread basket of the world.

  • @friendoftellus5741

    @friendoftellus5741

    Жыл бұрын

    Hear, hear, hear !!!!

  • @truck6859
    @truck68592 жыл бұрын

    "Government provided electricity". A phrase that's coming closer is America.

  • @mba2ceo

    @mba2ceo

    2 жыл бұрын

    GOD NO !!! Oh wait - that is EXACTLY what we have

  • @loriinlovewithjesus

    @loriinlovewithjesus

    2 ай бұрын

    Yep, God keeps giving me dreams that we here in America have no electricity and I know it's coming I'm preparing now.

  • @loriinlovewithjesus

    @loriinlovewithjesus

    2 ай бұрын

    Even our light poles are breaking down and falling apart

  • @meregaming1770
    @meregaming1770 Жыл бұрын

    Man, I feel for these people. I didn't do anything to be born into a country with electricity, and they didn't do anything to not be born in one.

  • @tsukeisawa7786

    @tsukeisawa7786

    Жыл бұрын

    People get the government they deserve. Iranians and Chinese are revolting against their government and getting changes. The Lebanese are apparently fine with their government as they keep voting it in.

  • @danharvey3096
    @danharvey3096 Жыл бұрын

    And the crazy thig about all of this is that Lebanon is one of the most highly educated countries in the world. And if you look at all the European cars, & quite recent apartment towers in the various footage, Beirut was one of the most middle class & cosmopolitan cities in the middle east, outside of Israel. The problem is that the government, since the end of the civil war, was made up of the same sectarian elites behind each religious group that was behind the civil war in the first place. And they built an economy based upon a gigantic banking Ponzi scheme, entirely reliant on imports, rather than one with any manufacturing sector or meaningful primary or resource sector at all. Where Lebanon built a huge financial sector based on bringing in cash from both the surrounding countries, & from the wide international Lebanese diaspora, from Aus, US, UK etc. Attracting their money via above market & unsustainable interest rates. And part of the mechanism of pegging the Lebanese pound to the US dollar relied on this system continuing uninterrupted. It worked for 30 years or so, & Beirut had a large & educated middle class, much of it dependent on the financial industry, & a world famous nightlife with many nightclubs that regularly had international DJs of all genres playing at them. This nightlife was part of the tourist appeal, along with the weather, the environment, the culture & the history. But behind all this was alot of corruption, creating alot of underlying problems & discontent, which came to a head with the revolution protests. This affected the image of stability of the Lebanese banks. Then Covid decimated tourism, decimating a large attractor of foreign currency that was a major component necessary to keep the banks afloat & the Ponzi sustainable, & pay for imports. Then the banks started loosing inflows of money both from tourism, then from the many external bank depositors. Then the explosion at the port, a result of corruption & incompetence of the ruling elite, decimated the only major port, the countries biggest grain storage, destroying a huge percentage of its grain reserves, & it destroyed many of its neighbourhoods, & many of its buildings, including those new & glittering apartment skyscrapers. This destroyed sentiment in Lebanon being both a safe place for many to live, so many young & educated that were able to started leaving. And as well as safe place to store money, that image was destroyed in an instant. So external depositors withdrew their money until they couldn't, the flow of new foreign money stopped. The Ponzi was revealed to be a Ponzi & immediately collapsed, collapsing the banking system with it. And the Lebanese pound lost its peg to the US Dollar. With the entire banking system collapsing systemically. And the Lebanese pound lost 90% of its value in a quick space of time. Of course the countries sectarian elite & corrupt who were behind this problem in the first place, pulled their money out before the collapse. And then the hyper inflationary spiral began.. Couple all this with rising global inflation, particularly in developing countries, and its easy to see how a highly educated middle class society can collapse into absolute deprivation in a quick space of time. I'm a New Zealander, used to live in Melbourne for 7 years pre covid, & I've worked with many Lebanese in construction, as there is a large Lebanese population in Melbourne & Sydney, so much so that at one point Australian Lebanese introduced Rugby League from Australia to Lebanon, & formed a Lebanese Rugby League team, based in Beirut, that i believe played in the Rugby League world cup, & didn't do too badly. i lived in a gentrifying inner city suburb with a large Lebanese population & many Lebanese restaurants & cafes. They are some of the nicest people I've come across. And i had friends who had been to Beirut before its collapse. Beirut was a place with many people that loved to party & entertain, an oasis of music & entertainment in an otherwise deeply conservative middle east. At one time I even wanted to go there, if i ever made it to that part of the world. It's so sad to see such a cool place fall mostly to the corruption & incompetence of a parasitic elite, & a whole lot of bad luck. I don't have much optimism for the next few years for any of the world to be honest, we are all going to see major inflation, recession, struggle, loss of value of investments, savings & superannuation, & a continued & intensified transfer of wealth to a technocratic parasitic elite. But i hope that the people of Lebanon can come out of this with if not a country fully intact, at least their spirits united through struggle & love for their land & people, & unite as one to rebuild their country anew, better & more united, free of the sectarian elites that led their country to this point of collapse in the first place.

  • @gloriacurtis257
    @gloriacurtis2572 жыл бұрын

    The world leaders has invested so much into bringing the world down to its' knees. My God why can't we just do better? "I know why, the wrong nations are ruling now!"

  • @sharek7981

    @sharek7981

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ask 🇮🇷 Iranian Hisbollah to supply oil 🤨🥸 Because many Lebanese people support Hisbollah & Always talk against USA 🇺🇸 😆 SUPPORTING Hisbollah is one of the major problem for Lebanese people. Say goodbye to Hisbollah & ask IMF for help 👌SAY no to IRANIAN killer🥸 it’s should be a solution 👌

  • @agi1013

    @agi1013

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s because humans are running the world

  • @gloriacurtis257

    @gloriacurtis257

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@agi1013 : Humans filled to the brim with sin. You absolutely correct. God said he's not coming back until the human race acknowledge that fact and recognize that he is our true GOD AND THE RULER OF THIS WORLD. HOSEA 5:15. THE RULERS OF THIS WORLD need to admit that their sinful ways have/ is destroying earth and correct themselves by any ways necessary! Howbeit, THEY WON'T?

  • @agi1013

    @agi1013

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gloriacurtis257 humans wrote the bible and therefore is flawed and filled with lies. You really think if there’s a god that this world would be the way it is ?

  • @gloriacurtis257

    @gloriacurtis257

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@agi1013 : There is a God, but people don't acknowledge him because they too busy doing their own thing without him. So, we are really in an trail and error situation. We are making a lot of mistakes that are irreversible.

  • @wugarjusticelaw3469
    @wugarjusticelaw34692 жыл бұрын

    I am from Azerbaijan, i am really sorry that Lebanon where has charming natural beauty and long civil history, economically has decayed

  • @sharek7981

    @sharek7981

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ask 🇮🇷 Iranian Hisbollah to supply oil 🤨🥸 Because many Lebanese people support Hisbollah & Always talk against USA 🇺🇸 😆 SUPPORTING Hisbollah is one of the major problem for Lebanese people. Say goodbye to Hisbollah & ask IMF for help 👌SAY no to IRANIAN killer🥸 it’s should be a solution 👌

  • @ferrumlynx1914

    @ferrumlynx1914

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sharek7981 You don't have to text reply to everybody here, we've seen you.

  • @adamuk8199
    @adamuk81992 жыл бұрын

    Damn and I thought Pakistan was bad…we get at least 12 hours of electricity a day.

  • @faranmusood7720

    @faranmusood7720

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm pakistani too I thought the same but allhamdullilah it is better

  • @jameshudson4152

    @jameshudson4152

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes Pakistan is better but the rate it's inflation is increasing due to continuous corrupt politicians, it will be very bad as well. So people need to realize this sooner and kick the corrupt politicians out as soon as possible even if it takes a revolution. Imran khan is only hope for Pakistan now.

  • @jc1531997

    @jc1531997

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, this is the electricity provided by the government, which is almost free, but barely comes 2 to 4 hours a day, for the rest of the day you would have to pay for a private generator company which is more expensive, like 0.3$ 0.4$ per kw but will provide around 12 to 20 hours of electricity depending on the company.

  • @mrk4976

    @mrk4976

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pakistan had 24 hours electricity before you fools remove Imran Khan 🤣 You don't like honest leaders

  • @jamesbond4810

    @jamesbond4810

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mrk4976 LOL Imran khan himself had installed a corrupt president.

  • @tywakorn
    @tywakorn2 жыл бұрын

    Them: No money, no hope Them: Let's make babies

  • @jingyitay6179

    @jingyitay6179

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe condoms are expensive too ya? 😅

  • @miami5949
    @miami59492 жыл бұрын

    Pray for people lebanon. From Jakarta-indonesia👍🇲🇨

  • @phl2001
    @phl20012 жыл бұрын

    $22 a month as a perspective of inflation made me flinch. Geez

  • @jacobusjwest8842
    @jacobusjwest88422 жыл бұрын

    And then we in South Africa think that we have it bad with our load shedding situation here. I won't complain anymore

  • @nightlove5642

    @nightlove5642

    2 жыл бұрын

    We are probably headed here, if the ANC stays in power.

  • @chuckbrotton2449
    @chuckbrotton24492 жыл бұрын

    The piece references the pre-2019 exchange rate for the Lebanese pound and than the current black market rate. It states that people are still paid at the earlier rate. Is this because the Lebanese government is refusing to admit that there has been inflation & is trying (from the sound of it, unsuccessfully) to use price and wage controls to keep the Lebanese pound stable?

  • @jdabull

    @jdabull

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's called pegging though no currency is a free floating in absolute term. I do not know much about the numbers in the Lebanese economy, I'm sure their reserve has ran out if not already. I can't think of any in terms of Lebanese products/services that has a comparative advantage, likely tourism was a current account booster which has been gone since the Covid. Best of luck to the Lebanese and others in the world who are suffering due to liberal monetary policy and wealth shifts.

  • @orpheasnestos7444
    @orpheasnestos74442 жыл бұрын

    Two things the Lebanese should do as a high priority (if they still can) : 1. Install a solar off grid system 2. Become Lebanese instead of Shia, Christian, Suni , Druze or whatever! If you don’t do the first (again, provided that you can) you’ll keep suffering. If you don’t do the second, there’s 0 hope for Lebanon! Much love and respect from Greece! Hope Lebanon will get back up on its feet and keep peaceful!

  • @mrkhan6565
    @mrkhan65652 жыл бұрын

    Sad to see that Lebanon has degenerated due to its sectarian politics and corruption. Things were not this bad even during the civil war. Pakistan is facing a similar situation. Its just a matter of time .

  • @munnakhan8961
    @munnakhan89612 жыл бұрын

    thank God AJ didn't blame Israel for this 💀

  • @dmenace2003
    @dmenace20032 жыл бұрын

    This is going to be worst.. better start to brace yourselves. This is not just in Lebanon.

  • @stevethetradingbull2596
    @stevethetradingbull25962 жыл бұрын

    It happens in Nigeria alot, more like 2 hours a week in Nigeria so they are currently doing a lot better than Nigerians

  • @yega3k

    @yega3k

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, they are not. You don’t know what you’re talking about. A dollar is 600 Naira in the black market and this is the worst it has ever been in its entire history! Most homes get more than 2 hours of electricity a day and if you have a hair salon like the man in the video, you can certainly afford keep your lights on in Nigeria. What that man is going through is a different kind of hell. He is turning customers away for f**ks sake !

  • @dadao8564

    @dadao8564

    2 жыл бұрын

    What does nigeria have to do with lebanon..stop putting your country down..they don t care about nigeria. Fix it!

  • @dadao8564

    @dadao8564

    2 жыл бұрын

    @avatar spirituapower i m not Lebanese.. just sick and tired of Africans, specially nigerians inserting their narratives when it has nothing to do with Africa. Just stick to the subject and stop bashing your home country🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @spicyuno7901
    @spicyuno7901 Жыл бұрын

    It just too sad to see my country die 😢 hope it gets better here :(

  • @ZeuzBluez
    @ZeuzBluez2 жыл бұрын

    Very sad indeed. There is no ending to these people s suffering 😢😢😢😢

  • @adammerhi5773
    @adammerhi5773 Жыл бұрын

    My country 💔💔most of the summer I had few hours of electricity, the situation in my country is getting worse and my people are paying the consequences💔💔😓😓😭

  • @MrsznewyawkRN
    @MrsznewyawkRN2 жыл бұрын

    1:17 : HEARTBREAKING 💔🥺

  • @rhmndn
    @rhmndn2 жыл бұрын

    I feel like it was 50 years ago in my country when my country still had electricity run out

  • @bonifacebanta4590
    @bonifacebanta45902 жыл бұрын

    And I presumed the politicians, ministers etc still receiving their salary monthly without failed. What they’ve been doing?

  • @DustyFae
    @DustyFae2 жыл бұрын

    ​DRUGS. CRIMINALS, GANGS AND TRAFFICKING IS THE PROBLEM , NOT GUNS

  • @bigromanenthusiast
    @bigromanenthusiast Жыл бұрын

    My father was so fed up of paying electricity bills that he bought solar panels and to be honest its alot more worth it

  • @Patrick-cc7qm
    @Patrick-cc7qm2 жыл бұрын

    No one in their right mind would bring a child into this world when they can barely feed themselves. Not sure what she was thinking when she decide to have a second child in such a crisis.

  • @jameskingston3058
    @jameskingston30582 жыл бұрын

    The Lebannon government subsidised petrol!!!! In most European countries,the government places a 80% tax on petrol!

  • @taan8324
    @taan8324 Жыл бұрын

    I remember this happened to me one time in lebanon i was born there it happened for 3 days it felt like he'll I can't believe how this must of felt

  • @nicholasn3856
    @nicholasn3856 Жыл бұрын

    Hello, can anyone please let me know if there are power outages in 2023? Is the internet also stable? Thank you

  • @nevfancy777
    @nevfancy7772 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for Rajapaksa cult regime family, Sri Lanka also face as Lebanon now

  • @gilbertroberttuahuru4715
    @gilbertroberttuahuru47152 жыл бұрын

    May the creator god 🙏 take care of those corrupt politicians, bring ☮️ ✌️ to Lebanon and her people God bless 🙏 them all.

  • @praguhbis
    @praguhbis Жыл бұрын

    And yet she is having babies now. strange.

  • @jcam783
    @jcam783 Жыл бұрын

    This is horrible , my heart goes out to the Lebanese people .

  • @merlegouveris3166
    @merlegouveris3166 Жыл бұрын

    Lebanon close to my heart as my grandfather emigrated from there after WW11 but it's the same in South Africa today. Poor corrupt governance behind it all.

  • @LooseNut099
    @LooseNut0992 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like hell on earth … what a life.

  • @collinschultz3868
    @collinschultz38682 жыл бұрын

    Switch most of your country’s engines to run off hydrogen gas made from water metal rods plates electricity from batteries use led lights use portable inverter generators use led solar power lights with battery backup that use the sun to charge during the day and battery at night so many options available

  • @abee4447

    @abee4447

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alot of people have solar due to this, but the inflation isnt makimg the switch easy aswell as the electricity generator cartels, its not a competetive market for a reason.

  • @chadgaston8615
    @chadgaston86152 жыл бұрын

    So Allah does not light up the room with a quran? Who would have guessed.

  • @mrk4976

    @mrk4976

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your mom had many men lol 60% lebanon are christian 🙄🤣

  • @alexm566

    @alexm566

    2 жыл бұрын

    look how many Christian names were in the video..

  • @susiefairfield7218
    @susiefairfield72182 жыл бұрын

    Eating Dinner with you,by Candlelight, in America. Gas prices and inflation are making us choose between gas or essentials like bills and our economic margins were too razor thin we were swept under as well. Hopefully things will get better... For the sake of Mankind

  • @dwidwi3396
    @dwidwi33962 жыл бұрын

    Where did all the money go?

  • @syedadeelhussain2691
    @syedadeelhussain26912 жыл бұрын

    I dont know much about Lebanon, but, the weather seems to be cold even during June! That is a bit surprising.

  • @frederickmuhlbauer9477

    @frederickmuhlbauer9477

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hard to imagine its cold there in June

  • @emuriddle9364
    @emuriddle93642 жыл бұрын

    The financial issue only exposed the cracks. That were already there in Lebanon. I mean, look at the wiring. This is what happens, when Smart People are in short supply.

  • @paxtus
    @paxtus2 жыл бұрын

    How or Why Lebanon ran out of electricity ask the right questions people!!!

  • @aliahmad-hr3mk
    @aliahmad-hr3mk2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry but i feel like you didn't shed light on the actual crsis but explained the inflation's effect on the electric crisis. In terms of governmental electricity in lebanon the lebanese people pay 2020 bills now when we are in 2022. Two there have been multiple projects that have been funded by foreign countries that certain memebers of the government have stole. Three you didnt mention the electric "ships". Four the Chinese and irani projects that the goverment refused because parties fought over how to split the profits in other terms who gets to steal them. Five you didn't mention the private electric generators in zahle that now have 24/7 electricity and that they were more than ready to give 24/7 electricity to the rest of the region but the goverment refused becuase of certain parties. other private electric plants tried to scare them off by shooting daily at the 24/7 plant in zahle but to no avail. Im sorry but the title of this video compared to the content fell short in terms of shedding light and enlightening those of which dont know about the lebanese electric crisis. That's my opinion but much respect to you and your work.

  • @lavidamia9
    @lavidamia9 Жыл бұрын

    Windows, solar options, and more options need to be given to the people. I'm so sorry they have to deal with these issues, and the world 🌎 seems to not care...

  • @cutekitten12
    @cutekitten122 жыл бұрын

    How do i even donate and help the food crisis in Lebanon. Ive only seen save the children have something set up but i don't trust that organization. What can be done to help with wheat production

  • @catherine6514

    @catherine6514

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nothing. They don't produce wheat, they import it. They don't produce anything as a country. You can donate to NGOs but they are mainly corrupt and the help never gets to those who need it. It's a corrupt country full of corrupt people sadly.

  • @catherine6514

    @catherine6514

    2 жыл бұрын

    Also, they blew up the silos that stored the countries wheat supplies in Aug 2020. The country is a lost cause.

  • @stormreform8113
    @stormreform8113 Жыл бұрын

    I'm suprised she didn't blame Israel.

  • @DonTheConPrison2024
    @DonTheConPrison20242 жыл бұрын

    I didn't even know this was going on. I'm so sorry for all the countries mine is making suffer 😭😭

  • @minorcek
    @minorcek2 жыл бұрын

    We are barely surviving and never even have electricity so i decided to have another baby

  • @davidtucker3538
    @davidtucker3538 Жыл бұрын

    Nadia made good use of the darkness

  • @yo-ma7701
    @yo-ma77012 жыл бұрын

    I've got a brilliant idea get some lanterns and candles and place them in and around the house. that is literally what we have been doing since forever before electricity.

  • @normanferras4377
    @normanferras4377 Жыл бұрын

    5 years ago lebanon is stepping in the philippines since it has a better economics standing. it seems the tide change now....

  • @Ara198826
    @Ara198826 Жыл бұрын

    omg this is reminds me of right now living in Iraq , we have the same 2 electricity (government and private generator ) and from what I see soon we will live in same conditions as Lebanon

  • @MOHAMEDALI-rl7kx
    @MOHAMEDALI-rl7kx2 жыл бұрын

    Same here in srilanka,somewhat better than Lebanon but he have huge fuel crisis

  • @Ihateallthegods
    @Ihateallthegods2 жыл бұрын

    And she's pregnant, why on earth would you bring an other human being into this suffering? Irresponsible humans, no wonder why the country is going bust.

  • @mohamedaboelenein7727
    @mohamedaboelenein77272 жыл бұрын

    الله يكون في عون لبنان

  • @Vixitix

    @Vixitix

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @warrenbuffet8630
    @warrenbuffet8630 Жыл бұрын

    But they keep having kids? Why? You can’t even take care of yourself and this has been going on since the 1990s

  • @bassamal-kaaki3253
    @bassamal-kaaki32532 жыл бұрын

    Very sad what is happening in this world. I don’t understand how such governments can see their citizens suffer in this manner and not even care to move and support build their country. Lebanese people need to act quickly to stop this corruption and mess. If you continue to be quiet, you will continue to suffer. It is your choice!!!

  • @pervezmalik4299
    @pervezmalik4299 Жыл бұрын

    Very sad to see state of Lebanon 🇱🇧

  • @kousara_2005
    @kousara_20052 жыл бұрын

    we are going through the same situation right now in Pakistan. the electricity and fuel prices are way out of bar for a common man's wage and with rising inflation and greediness of the current government, its almost impossible to work in a developing nation. barely 8 hours of electricity and asking money from other countries is just adding to our debts. although people do manage stuff using solar panels and UPS but i feel so bad for the poor as they have no way around and have to face dumb decisions of the politicians.

  • @alexisvladimir8148

    @alexisvladimir8148

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just the current government? Im sure as hell that imhran khan is at fault too

  • @kousara_2005

    @kousara_2005

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alexisvladimir8148 pakistan has been facing crises almost since its formation. Althought its currency was quite strong in the beginning, the constant switching of powers ( martial law, islamisation of zia, the bhuttos and sharifs fueling nepotism) imran khan still did way better. Money laundering and more imports than exports, hatred of muslims after 911 are all contributing factors. But its true, we are just puppets of army and we can see par that blindfold which have the most power in the country.

  • @alexisvladimir8148

    @alexisvladimir8148

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kousara_2005 do you even know what is one of those major problems that puts pakistan where it is today?

  • @kousara_2005

    @kousara_2005

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alexisvladimir8148 please inform me so

  • @alexisvladimir8148

    @alexisvladimir8148

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kousara_2005 religious sensitivity is one of the driving factors, it is so deep rooted that your own army and politicians actually uses it to rally support

  • @collinschultz3868
    @collinschultz38682 жыл бұрын

    Convert your generators to run off water electrolysis turn water to hydrogen gas

  • @zetsui0411
    @zetsui04112 жыл бұрын

    its funny how they thought they were better than brown and black people when i grew up in dubai, because of hteir lighter complexion. but now i live in the US, what are they known for here? Mia Khalifa. Meanwhile us South Asians have a vice president. Leba teezy cheap teezy

  • @Hi5Ripon

    @Hi5Ripon

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm a South Asian myself in UAE and I totally agree with you

  • @kleinmoriarty1344

    @kleinmoriarty1344

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mkay where are you from ?

  • @warcrimeenjoyer219

    @warcrimeenjoyer219

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmaoo

  • @asaniwasabi

    @asaniwasabi

    2 жыл бұрын

    As a Lebanese I agree that many people here are racist. Glad you're doing okay now.

  • @mrk4976

    @mrk4976

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lebanese are more racist than KKK

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner97312 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @ummuilham3119
    @ummuilham31192 жыл бұрын

    Europe countries are going to be in the same situation because of energy crisis.

  • @IvanValerioCortesi
    @IvanValerioCortesi Жыл бұрын

    i remember my parents in the 60s going to lebanon for the extravaganza night entertainment, and then God help them today lebanon looks like a third world country with people who have western life style . I am feeling sorry for the kind people of Lebanon

  • @arajaraj100
    @arajaraj1002 жыл бұрын

    This is what happens wen u think ur job is just to earn and pay ur bills. Those who forget that their nation is their home and citizens their family, this happens

  • @SayreJrCabansa
    @SayreJrCabansa Жыл бұрын

    tipid pla, walang bayad sa kuryente.

  • @Toni_G1990
    @Toni_G19902 жыл бұрын

    Feel sorry for the people

  • @toko631
    @toko6312 жыл бұрын

    Lebanon needs a change things are possible going to get worse...I hope that they can sort it out...love is the key...

  • @zainzoala1083
    @zainzoala10832 жыл бұрын

    Looks exploitation problem.

  • @jfarmer9808
    @jfarmer98082 жыл бұрын

    No power I expect will be the norm for most soon

  • @jalex4251
    @jalex42512 жыл бұрын

    How do they survive without AC? I’m in Texas and I’d literally die without it.

  • @jalex4251

    @jalex4251

    2 жыл бұрын

    @avatar spirituapower they also said food spoils in the summer. I feel bad for these guys. Not that Texas electric is much better than lebanons.

  • @Vixitix

    @Vixitix

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jalex4251 we are surviving happily thanks 🙏 it may be hard but I hope we can improve

  • @Vixitix

    @Vixitix

    2 жыл бұрын

    @avatar spirituapower nah we just get ice and rubbing it on our face

  • @hassantermos483

    @hassantermos483

    2 жыл бұрын

    sadly we Lebanese people got used to it 🥲

  • @tubester4567

    @tubester4567

    Жыл бұрын

    People survived for thousands of years without AC or electricity.

  • @sangeetawesley6683
    @sangeetawesley6683 Жыл бұрын

    I feel sorry 😞

  • @Tarnita28
    @Tarnita28 Жыл бұрын

    90$$ a month!?!?

  • @michaelsomething7674
    @michaelsomething7674 Жыл бұрын

    Why can't they go solar

  • @akashahan75
    @akashahan752 жыл бұрын

    the root cause ?

  • @gingerbreed3
    @gingerbreed32 жыл бұрын

    Oh my God Venezuela Cuba Lebanon Sri Lanka is there more?

  • @nekonekic1
    @nekonekic1 Жыл бұрын

    I blame the people...there is 1 or 2k politicians there and the same number of mafia..the rest are people.If people rise up and make kebab out of those politicians,situation would change in a year...but if they tolerate this im also okay with it. Too much tolerance is a signature of a nation dying out.

  • @champerbros3690
    @champerbros36902 жыл бұрын

    I mean it's true

  • @yusufsky2923
    @yusufsky29232 жыл бұрын

    Ya-Allha Plz Save🤲🏾 Each & Everyone From Criminal Politician's

  • @Larrye123
    @Larrye1232 жыл бұрын

    This is what they have planned for YOU! I type this as they're patching one of the MAIN street in my town where I blew out my tire. We pay the highest taxes but get no new roads in bankrupt IL!

  • @userd588
    @userd588 Жыл бұрын

    There is a lot of inefficient things happen in their way of life. 1. If you poor never use car as your main transport. Sell your car, buy motorcycle and bicycle. Motorcycle is up to 10x less operational and maintenance cost. Yes its 10x. 2. Dont use car taxi everyday, buy motorcycle or use motorcycle taxi 3. Who the heck run their country electricity with diesel? Its very expensive. Use coal power plant instead. Lebanon goverment should make it.

  • @jamesfox2857
    @jamesfox28572 жыл бұрын

    for the few saw not of his brother but what was in his hand , , ,

  • @Pou1gie1
    @Pou1gie12 жыл бұрын

    Lebanon is very sunny so solar is an obvious solution.

  • @thomaseriksen6885
    @thomaseriksen68852 жыл бұрын

    Is Lebanon next on the hit list ? Always wanted to go one day, will it have to wait?

  • @Get-Agar

    @Get-Agar

    2 жыл бұрын

    Whose hit list? And what do you expect after getting 'hit'. And then waiting for what to happen? Now how old are you?

  • @thomaseriksen6885

    @thomaseriksen6885

    2 жыл бұрын

    My 26th summer is proving colder, wetter and windier than I would have asked for, but not at all uncomfortable. Seems to me that for whatever reasons the region in general is consistently unstable in terms of rulership, more so in recent decades. I won't pretend to know, but can't feign total ignorance either. Suffice to say that financial collapse could well be a symptom of, or perhaps an instrument of warfare in and of itself. Motivations of other people, powers or interests are neither mine or yours to know for certain, what's behind the curtain?

  • @mahadzirabdkarim4800
    @mahadzirabdkarim48002 жыл бұрын

    urban efecting 10 years ahead before no urban areas whole around the world

  • @friendoftellus5741
    @friendoftellus5741 Жыл бұрын

    The enemies of humanity make me so angry !!!! Many governments in this world is no better than criminals !!!!