Lebanese Leaders Love Couches! (Pictures)

Post-election cabinet negotiations here in Lebanon bring with them a limitless rotation of high-level meetings, filling the news with endless encomiums about the importance of “constructive dialogue” and “working together.” The only compensation, in my view at least, is a resurgence in one of my favorite Lebanese political traditions: the corner-couch photo. Below, a gallery of some of my favorites from the post-election period, as well as some oldies but goodies.

Joshua Hersh is a writer who lives in Beirut. He was previously a fact-checker at the New Yorker, and his work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New Republic, the National (Abu Dhabi), and the New Y ...read more

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