Saliba interviewed on News Hour

Najit Saliba, former grad student under Barbara Finlayson-Pitts and member of the Lebanese Parliament, was interviewed on the July 4, 2023 edition of the PBS News Hour in a segment on the state of Lebanon.  Najat, a longtime Professor of Chemistry at American University of Beirut, was elected to office in May 2022 as an opposition candidate and has been working toward government reform.  She was asked about the problems the country is facing, the inability of the government to move forward and provide basic services, and her efforts to change the situation.  View the segment and read the transcript