LevantX's Louay Faour interviews six expat voters, all based in the USA, UAE, Nigeria, France, Qatar and Kuwait, on their thoughts on the 2022 Lebanese Elections and asks why they will be voting for.

We still have, until today, secret prisons where Moroccans and non-Moroccans are being tortured day and night. Yes… the U.S. has recently admitted to subcontracting torture in Morocco (Temara). They send ‘bad people’ to us and we ‘take care’ of them.

Long before its modern-day borders and its independence from colonial occupiers, warring groups have fought over the tiny strip of land that forms Lebanon today. A never-ending series of power struggles has had catastrophic consequences for the country, and today more than ever, many talented Lebanese are forced to take the difficult decision to leave.

When Arsenal FC released their latest squad registration, a prominent name was left off the list. The World Cup winner, four time finalist for the male Ballon d’Or (football’s top individual award), and ten year’s veteran of Real Madrid and Arsenal, Mesut Özil, would not be playing any Premier League or European football this season. Questions were immediately raised about a possible link between his omission from Arsenal’s first team and his outspoken opinions on Uighurs Muslims in China.