“This is my favorite part about analytics: Taking boring flat data and bringing it to life through visualization” John Tukey
The covid-19 pandemic has wiped out decades worth of global health progress. This has affected different countries disproportionately, as weaker healthcare systems were more prone to the pandemic. While service coverage has improved in the last 20 years, the...
Despite rising commodity prices and concerns from international leaders about energy scarcities and gas costs at the pump, millions of people in Africa still do not have access to electricity. Only three nations in West and Central Africa are on track to provide power...
Contributors: Lara Baltaji, Hadi Knaiber, Batoul Ramadan, Abdallah Yahfoufi, Nour Azakir, Herbert Pritzki, Shadi Youssef Background about the Lebanese Crisis: For nearly three years now, Lebanon has been facing the most devastating financial crisis in the modern era....
ALERT TODAY, ALIVE TOMORROW Contributors: Bashar Salha, Mohamad Kheir El Daouk, Rani Abu Dehn, Raoul El Khazen, Rima Wehbe. Road Safety: Background Information The World Health Organization estimates that around 1.3 million people die and that 30 to 50 million are...
Contributors: Amin Ghobar, Basilio Diaz, Daniel Raidan, Sally Harb, Stephany Said, and Wissam Malaeb. Wheat Supply and Food Insecurity in Lebanon A principal element to boost food security in developing countries is matching the demand for wheat as it is one of the...
Yara Haddad, Diana Matar, Nouha Abardazzou, Malek Ben Abdallah, Bashir Choucair Abu Mazen, a 60 year old Lebanese man spends his days searching for a job opportunity in order to be able to provide to his disabled wife, and to make use of his capabilities. Em Mazen...
Contributors: Haidar Noureddine, Christy BouMansour, Haya Mouakeh, Jennifer Sabra, Hanine Charanek, Mohamad Kanj The Downfall of the Lebanese Lira Abu Ali, a farmer living in Beqaa valley in Lebanon was facing problems with his apples crops after he was forced to cut...
Team: Jana Chazbeck, Olguinia El Ferzli, Josephine Kaadou, Haydar Hamdan and Rawane Ibrahim. Note that you can watch the videos here if you faced any technical or connections issues while visiting the website: Reinvented toilets video: Volunteers video: Thank You for...
Fatou is a 27-year-old housewife. At 15 years old, she decided to quit her education to get married to the love of her life, a man 8 years older than her, who had promised her a wealthy life in which she wouldn’t worry about a thing. A few years into her marriage, her...
GameStop was heading towards bankruptcy, with hedge funds taking short positions in companies like GameStop, in which they borrow shares of the stock at a certain price under the expectation that its market value will be worth less when it’s time to actually pay for...
“I had to work twelve-hour shifts, for seven days weekly in order to keep up with my son’s medication prices, which keep increasing every week. Only to later find out that, when I had the money, I could not find the drug. ” This was the story of Wafic, one more...
Team: Ibrahim Al Jaifi, Zahraa Jassar, Rami Haidar, Ali Hachem, Rim Zeaiter, Fatima Ayoub “ We don’t go to school; we...
Our world today is much safer than it was 40 years ago. One powerful indicator to reflect societal living conditions is child mortality rates, given the many sensitive factors required for a newborn or a child to grow in health. Generalizing the matter to include the...
Amal wishes to find a job Amal, an Egyptian 30-year-old girl, has been unemployed for the past three years. Her organization laid her off after being with them for 10 years because of the pandemic. Amal couldn’t continue her education because she had to help her...
As we grow up, we become more aware of the sacrifices our parents and family make for us to live a decent life. As early as our teenage years, we dream of the day we'll be able to reward them for what they've done. How many times have we heard someone...
The mortality rate in Africa countries is very high compared to other countries worldwide. One cause of the mortality rate is the unintentional poisoning especially children. Because of the high poverty rate, low access to water, and high literacy rate, people are not...
"Hiring and promoting talented women is the right thing to do for society, and its economic imperatives." Carlos Ghosn...
Women all over the world are abused on a daily basis for a variety of reasons, or at least for one. Men abuse women every day for inconvenient reasons. Following a survey of a few women from various backgrounds, the average number of violated women for the following...