In recent days, a wave of misleading commentary and manufactured insinuations has circulated regarding my work and my occasional professional interactions with public officials.
I will not be deterred. Lebanon’s future depends on courageous journalism, transparent governance, and citizens who refuse to surrender to the paid machinery of cynicism and smear.
What began as personal documentation and civic concern evolved over the years into a serious effort to understand one of the most complex economic crises in modern Lebanese history. This work has never been carried out in isolation. It is the result of extensive collaboration, consultation, and engagement with a wide range of experts, economists, policymakers, and individuals working on financial reform. In a country facing systemic collapse, contact with institutions and decision-makers is not unusual, it is necessary. Attempts to frame such interactions as scandalous are not only dishonest, but deeply harmful. They serve no reform, offer no solutions, and instead seek to undermine the very few emerging figures and voices who represent hope for a cleaner and more accountable Lebanon.
The New Governor has been widely regarded as a symbol of integrity and renewal, and it is precisely this promise that makes him, and those who work on exposing financial truths, a target for coordinated distraction campaigns.
As my work has gained visibility, it has inevitably challenged entrenched interests. When accountability grows louder, so do efforts to silence it through distortion.