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A major win for the beautiful Bisri Valley!
— Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) September 4, 2020
– cancelling the bisri dam project
— Mustapha Hamoui (@Beirutspring) September 5, 2020
– cancelling the kafala system
Let’s appreciate the good news, even when they’re rare… 🥂
One corruption project down.
— Bahige Syriani (@BahigeSyriani) September 5, 2020
Many more to go#ي
Bisri dam loan balance cancelled by World Bank via @lebanonbusiness https://t.co/b03PmBsboH
It's a major victory since Bisri dam represents everything the Lebanese people have been fighting against: corruption, bad governance, patronage system and mismanagement which are all the causes of Beirut's water shortages in the first place. #لبنان_ينتفض #سد_بسري https://t.co/Iyosi3td6M
— Georges Hachem (@its_georges) September 5, 2020
Amazing! Activism and people's mobilization and pressure works! #Lebanon #bisri_dam https://t.co/zCIsrmRnUV
— Sami Hermez | سامي هرمز (@HermezSami) September 5, 2020
On the great news of saving the #Bisri valley by the @WorldBank having now cancelled the dam project funding,let's just contemplate again how our capitalist system doesn't attribute any $ value to ecosystems,essential for our survival,when it cant turn them into profit @savebisri https://t.co/IFATNvAl6H
— Rita16 (@ritabes) September 5, 2020
We don't often get good news so this is a reminder of what we just succeeding in saving. This is the Bisri Valley that was going to be destroyed by the now-cancelled World Bank-funded dam project https://t.co/aDCEI4Rztu
— ibn baldwin 🇱🇧🇵🇸🇮🇹 (@joeyayoub) September 5, 2020
Something good that happened in 2020… We saved Bisri Valley!
— Kristyna (@ChristinaNader) September 5, 2020