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Revolution, revolt or uprising: Oct. 17 three years later

Was it a revolution, a revolt or an uprising? What makes the difference? Does it even matter to ask this question? L’Orient-Le Jour looks back at a political turning point in Lebanon

Revolution, revolt or uprising: Oct. 17 three years later

A protester in Downtown Beirut on Oct. 24, 2019. (Credit: Ibrahim Amro/AFP)

Beirut, the evening of Oct. 17, 2019.A Revolution or a simple protest “movement”? A popular uprising or a riot?The debate seems as old as the world. But in Lebanon, the question took a singular turn.For a whole portion of the Lebanese population,...
Beirut, the evening of Oct. 17, 2019.A Revolution or a simple protest “movement”? A popular uprising or a riot?The debate seems as old as the world. But in Lebanon, the question took a singular turn.For a whole portion of the Lebanese population,...