Lebanon Townhall is a live, multi-network televised series created specifically for young Lebanese to question decision‑makers on the country’s most urgent challenges. Conceived in the wake of the 2019 protests and the 2020 Beirut‑port blast, the project set out to rebuild a fragmented public sphere by broadcasting live town‑hall conversations on a unified feed carried simultaneously by a coalition of television, radio and digital outlets.
The first two editions, both broadcast in December 2021, each zeroed in on one national crisis. The inaugural episode confronted runaway inflation and collapsing wages, as early-career workers and community organizers challenged economists and legislators to explain the breakdown of social safety nets. The follow-up edition turned to Lebanon’s health-care collapse, bringing concerned citizens and health advocates face-to-face with lawmakers to debate crumbling patient care, soaring treatment costs, medicine shortages and the sector’s monopoly of power.
In April 2025, Lebanon Townhall returned for a third installment to examine the newly elected government’s agenda, focusing on its proposed social and political reforms. By weaving together citizen testimony, real-time policymaker responses, field reports, and a unified broadcast feed, Lebanon Townhall transforms fragmented media into a non-sectarian public square—equipping the next generation to hold power to account and rebuild trust in democratic dialogue.
