Lebanon’s financial collapse is accelerating — and the old normal is fading, even down to the traffic lights. In a country where people were once able to pay just as easily with dollars as with local currency, many now can find neither. The Lebanese are no strangers to handling crisis, but this one could be the biggest since the civil war.

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Timour Azhari (@timourazhari), Beirut correspondent for Al Jazeera.

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Dying of the light: Lebanon's crisis and failing traffic signals

'Plotting our escape': Lebanon braces for new emigration wave

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Lebanon’s financial collapse is accelerating — and the old normal is fading, even down to the traffic lights. In a country where people were once able to pay just as easily with dollars as with local currency, many now can find neither. The Lebanese are no strangers to handling crisis, but this one could be the biggest since the civil war.In this episode:Timour Azhari (<a href="https://twitter.com/timourazhari" target="_blank">@timourazhari</a>), Beirut correspondent for Al Jazeera.For more:<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/dying-light-lebanon-crisis-failing-traffic-signals-200712144238025.html" target="_blank">Dying of the light: Lebanon's crisis and failing traffic signals</a><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/escape-lebanon-braces-emigration-wave-200701094323974.html" target="_blank">'Plotting our escape': Lebanon braces for new emigration wave</a>Connect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>).

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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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