“This is my favorite part about analytics: Taking boring flat data and bringing it to life through visualization” John Tukey
How Data Visualization Revealed the Real Issues Behind the Instability in the Performance of ChocoStory Launched in 2018 in Verdun (Beirut), ChocoStory quickly gained popularity: a prime location, strong foot traffic, and the owners’ network. The store combines...
We all have our go-to AI. For most people, it's ChatGPT. It's familiar, it's accessible, and honestly? It just feels like the obvious choice. But here's the thing: your favorite AI might be holding you back. Whether you're a student writing a research paper, a...
Remote and hybrid work have transformed the modern workplace. After the pandemic normalized virtual collaboration, employees and companies embraced flexibility as the new standard. Surveys in 2024 and 2025 show that over 95% of workers prioritize remote or hybrid...
University isn’t supposed to feel like survival. But for many students, it does. Ask around on any campus, AUB included, and you’ll hear the same quiet confessions: “I can’t focus anymore,” “I haven’t slept properly in weeks,” “Everything is due at once,” or simply,...
What if the hours children spend scrolling every day are quietly shaping how anxious they feel — and even how well they perform in school? Using a cross-sectional dataset of Lebanese students aged 8–14, this analysis explores the relationship between daily screen...
A data-story exploring arcenciel’s work across medical waste, solid waste, clothing redistribution, and furniture recovery revealing how Lebanon’s waste landscape has changed since 2015 and what circularity looks like in practice.
Lebanon’s hospitality industry has endured some of the toughest years in its history. COVID emptied hotels and restaurants almost overnight. The economic collapse made it difficult for businesses to operate amid power cuts, fuel shortages, and soaring costs. More...
Lebanon’s economic collapse has slowly reshaped everyday life, but nowhere has the crisis felt more personal than in the price of food. For years, Lebanese households lived with relatively stable costs, where a grocery list looked more or less the same from one month...
The Great Illusion (2002–2017) For years, Lebanon appeared to be defying gravity. As we rebuilt from the civil war, our external debt climbed steadily, reaching over $70 billion. But look closely at the blue line in the chart below. Our reserves (the...
You inhale 22,000 breaths a day. How clean are they? Air pollution is invisible, yet it is one of the most harmful elements we are exposed to every day. A major contributor to this pollution is PM2.5 — fine particulate matter that measures 2.5 micrometres or smaller....
When I think back to my early years in school, the lessons were simple. A chalkboard, a few markers, and a teacher doing their best while the electricity flickered in the background. A class would finally settle, a discussion would gain momentum, and the lights would...
Companies often evaluate performance by looking only at sales, assuming that high revenue automatically reflects strong results. However, sales can be misleading. Some categories generate impressive revenue but end up losing money, while others quietly drive the...
When COVID-19 began spreading across Lebanon, not all towns were affected in the same way. Some communities were already carrying another burden long before the pandemic arrived: chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular conditions. This...
A Basic Need, Different Realities Access to clean and reliable water is essential for every community. Yet across Lebanon, towns experience water services very differently. To understand these variations, I visualized observational data showing the condition of local...
I will never forget his name. Omar. He was about my age, walking around the street and asking for directions. He stopped me but I didn't know the place, so I suggested trying it on Google Maps to see if he can find it. Omar looked at me, embarrassed, and told be he...
Access to education is often considered a fundamental right, yet many communities face unequal opportunities that depend heavily on geography. To understand these differences, I examined the percentage of towns in each Lebanese region that have at least one...
Lebanon’s economic crisis is often told through images of soaring prices and shrinking paychecks. But behind the headlines, a quieter and deeper transformation unfolded in the country’s financial foundations. The visualization below tracks Lebanon’s total foreign...
The Long Climb: How External Debt Built Lebanon’s Financial Cliff Lebanon’s economic crisis didn’t erupt suddenly in 2019. It built up slowly—quietly—over years of borrowing. Every year added a little more pressure until the numbers turned from warning signs into...