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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.The situation was becoming clear in Riad al-Solh Square. The small crowd that had gathered at the foot of the Grand Serail, the government seat, was not there to “protest.”They were not there to demand the...
Beirut, the evening of Oct. 17, 2019.The situation was becoming clear in Riad al-Solh Square. The small crowd that had gathered at the foot of the Grand Serail, the government seat, was not there to “protest.”They were not there to demand the...