Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun, meets with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, in the presence of U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon,…
When I first moved to Beirut seven years ago, I didn’t go looking for coffee shops or galleries. I was after something more elemental, more…
In Palestine and across the diaspora, Palestinian women “cross-stitch” to connect with who they are and where they’ve come from. In 2021, the art of…
Israel is deepening Lebanese social rifts by bombing areas that have been considered historically “safe” from Israeli attacks, dissuading the residents of those areas from…
In one of the biggest private hospitals in the country, Hotel Dieu de France (HDF), Professor Rami Bou Khalil spends much of his professional time…
This is Part 1 of a four-part series on water in Lebanon, covering its unsavory substitutes, its uses and misuses, the origin story of its…
In the absence of people-centric urban planning and amid systematic neglect from the government, Beirut’s residents are exposed to relentless noise pollution. “My children jump…
Beirut, Lebanon – As Israel bombed southern Lebanon, no one was in the mood for a full-scale celebration of Christmas despite the religious, emotional and economic…
“My choice is still the same today and I don’t see it changing in the future; I’m adamant on having a civil marriage despite how…
Inside a car repair shop in Bourj Hammoud, Avedis Demirjian, 76, turns to catch just the right angle of the dim winter sunlight filtering through…