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Had Rafik Hariri Stayed
On the anniversary of Rafik Hariri’s birth, the article asks a hypothetical question: what might he have achieved had he remained, without claiming to know how history would have unfolded or how he might have dealt with Lebanon’s later crises. It connects his legacy to efforts to move the country from war to reconstruction, to infrastructure and education projects—including the Hariri Foundation, which he established in 1979—and to his use of Arab and international ties in support of Lebanon. The article argues that Hariri, who was assassinated on 14 February 2005, believed Lebanon could rise again. The deeper question, it suggests, is what the country might have become had that dream endured.
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