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EPISODE · Sep 7, 2025 · 24 MIN

Frankly Speaking | S13 E3 | Bahaa Hariri, Lebanese businessman

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This week we speak with businessman Bahaa Hariri, the eldest son of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Twenty years after his father’s assassination, and three years after his younger brother quit politics, he says he’s ready to return and revive his family’s legacy. But can someone who has spent much of his life abroad speak for a nation in collapse? Is Lebanon really looking for another Hariri? Or has it already moved on under new leadership? And what does he make of the recent political change both in Lebanon and beyond?

This week we speak with businessman Bahaa Hariri, the eldest son of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Twenty years after his father’s assassination, and three years after his younger brother quit politics, he says he’s ready to return and revive his family’s legacy. But can someone who has spent much of his life abroad speak for a nation in collapse? Is Lebanon really looking for another Hariri? Or has it already moved on under new leadership? And what does he make of the recent political change both in Lebanon and beyond?

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