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New Gallup data from 2024 show that the Lebanese people were already struggling financially and emotionally before the latest escalation between Israel and Hezbollah.

If the war between Israel and Hamas spills into Lebanon, it could further destabilize a country still struggling from years of economic and political crises.

Lebanon continues to spiral out of control. Record numbers are unable to afford the basics, and a skyrocketing percentage want to leave.

Unhappiness continued to rise in 2021, as the world became a sadder, more worried and more stressed-out place.

Kim Ghattas joins the podcast to discuss the multiple crises that people in Lebanon are enduring as the two-year anniversary of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history approaches.

Two years after the Beirut port explosion, the Lebanese justice system's inability to hold officials accountable has sapped confidence in the country's courts.

Lebanon faces a severe economic crisis, with 76% of the country's population struggling to get by in 2020 and 45% saying they lacked money for food in the last 12 months.

The public's confidence in financial institutions varies widely worldwide and is related to confidence in government.

As protests erupted across the country in 2019, Lebanese adults' ratings of their lives dropped to a historic low. Just 4% rated their lives positively enough to be considered "thriving."

When your country leads the world in government corruption and it's always a bad time to find a job, even the slightest push can send it into turmoil.