Category: Politics

At every turn, he vigorously opposed progress and human rights. Why would the Democrats praise someone who fought against the very principles they stand for?

His #WalktoPalestine campaign was a move to mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration that legitimised the creation of the Israeli state, in turn leading to Nakba or “catastrophy,” which saw the expulsion of almost a million Palestinians from their homeland.

The fear that these capabilities may lead to the detention of law-abiding citizens is quite acute and more amplified in the Middle East than the case in Europe or the United States.

This international move to encourage countries to privatize what were once state-owned industries, or at least decrease their investment in such sectors, clearly impacted the livelihoods of thousands of middle class individuals in countries like Lebanon and Egypt.

Abu Sitta discussed his experience in Gaza chronologically, and provided his own analysis and conclusions on the events taking place.

The history that is being taught to those students seems to stop in 1943, the year that Lebanon gained its independence from the French Mandate

Many independent or so-called “civil society” lists had high expectations that the new proportional law could help them get some seats.

Beirut Today interviews Hada Minna’s parliamentary candidate Eliane Azzi from the district of Chouf

Beirut Today interviews Kataeb’s parliamentary candidate Elias Hankach running for the Maronite seat in the Mount Lebanon II (Maten) district.

Beirut Today interviews Progressive Socialist Party’s parliamentary candidate Hadi Aboulhosn running for the Druze seat in the Mount Lebanon III (Baabda) district.