On 17 October 2019, millions of Lebanese took to the streets to demand an end to the corrupt governance they had endured for decades. This was Lebanon’s thawra, or revolution, which unbeknownst to anyone at the time would set off a cataclysmic series of events. Two and a half years later, Lebanon is on the eve of an election. Its streets are not filled with protesters, but with billboards and electoral slogans. The slogans are lofty and ambitious: ‘Return sovereignty’. ‘Stop the graft’. ‘We will remain so that we can protect and build’. Others are slightly cornier: ‘Beirut needs a heart’, a la…