On March 19, DW Arabic reported that thousands demonstrated in Beirut over a proposed bill that would authorize the increase of taxes, aimed at avoiding a $4 billion deficit and paying government sector salaries. The protesters waved Lebanese flags while chanting "we will not pay" and blame corruption within the government for its current predicament. Suggested Set: Beirut's trash crisis Video Vocabulary:

لمواجهة الفساد	To combat corruption	العيش الكريم	A good life
مؤسسات الدولة	State institutions	مستنقعات	Quagmires / swamps
عجز عن ، يعجز عن	To be unable to	الغرق	drowning
ضغوط شعبية	Popular pressure	عصيان مدني	Civil disobedience
استرجاع	recovering	مطالبهم	Their demands

 

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