Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11 a.m.: Meeting of the sub-committee formed by the Joint Parliamentary Committees, chaired by MP Elias Bou Saab.12 p.m.: Meeting of the sub-committee of the Committee on National Education and Higher Education, chaired by MP Ashraf Baydoun.2.30 p.m.: A protest by the Committee of Contract Lecturers at the Lebanese University, coinciding with the Cabinet meeting, to reaffirm “our commitment to our right to full-time employment and to put an end to years of waiting and delays.”3 p.m.: Cabinet meeting chaired by President Joseph Aoun.4 p.m.: A lecture entitled “Lebanon in the Face of Political and Sectarian Fragmentation,” organized by the Shamlan Cultural Forum, featuring a talk by the scholar Sayyid Ali Muhammad Hussein...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 Some key things to watch today:11 a.m.: Meeting of the sub-committee formed by the Joint Parliamentary Committees, chaired by MP Elias Bou Saab.12 p.m.: Meeting of the sub-committee of the Committee on National Education and Higher Education, chaired by MP Ashraf Baydoun.2.30 p.m.: A protest by the Committee of Contract Lecturers at the Lebanese University, coinciding with the Cabinet meeting, to reaffirm “our commitment to our right to full-time employment and to put an end to years of waiting and delays.”3 p.m.: Cabinet meeting chaired by President Joseph Aoun.4 p.m.: A lecture entitled “Lebanon in the Face of Political and Sectarian Fragmentation,” organized by the Shamlan Cultural Forum, featuring a talk by the scholar Sayyid Ali Muhammad...