A conversation with Mohamad Faour, Assistant Professor in Finance at The American University of Beirut, taped live at Aaliya's Books.

Discussing the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, the de-development of Lebanon's economy, best-case and worst-case economic scenarios given geopolitical constraints, October 17 in retrospect, windows of opportunity and using social media to express principles without shame.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:42 Here by choice

6:04 De-development

14:37 Somalia

27:14 Forecast

30:27 October 17

39:44 Power

47:29 AUB

57:41 The right thing

59:50 Q&A