The Qaa'a Elections: a Fierce Political Battle Between Two Lists

The town of Al-Qaa, in the far north of the Catholic-majority Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, is preparing for an electoral battle next Sunday, with political overtones dominating the family sphere. A battle in which familial considerations mingle with politics, the “mother of all battles” is unfolding in the far northern Bekaa Valley between two traditional political rivals: the Lebanese Forces on one side and the Free Patriotic Movement and its al…