Photography can be a powerful tool capable of narrating a story, distorting an image, stating an opinion, and much...
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Whenever a trailer comes out and I hear people’s responses, I’m usually the guy that breathes words of caution: that...
What are Ecosystem Services (ESS)? According to the 2000 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ecosystems and Human Well-being — A Framework for Assessment(Island Press, Washington DC.): “Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. These include provisioning services such as food and water; regulating services such...
In the last two decades, Pixar has arguably created some of the best animated movies ever made. Some of these...
Women and men gathered in front of the National Museum in Beirut on December 23, 2017, to light candles in...
From the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, to Generation Z, society has been obsessed with grouping people based on their age groups; but is it really possible to generalize a whole generation under one category? Do all people belong under one list of criteria? Well, different studies related...
Many of us have the habit of going over newspapers in the morning, which are now mostly becoming electronic. A...
The means through which political stances are expressed today are limitless. After US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement on Jerusalem,...
Every day, people effortlessly roam streets from one place to another. My errands happen to be near the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) and the American University of Beirut (AUB) campus. I walk amidst streets and buildings to find a young frail boy lying on the ground while his alleged destitute parents (or not)...
Finding out you are HIV positive is upsetting on discovery. Living in a society that scrutinizes you for it,...
Murder on the Orient Express is the latest movie adaptation of the classic murder mystery written by Agatha Christie. It...
Turning Point Books has officially launched the new anthology entitled Arab Women Voice New Realities, co-edited by Roseanne Khalaf and Dima Nasser. The launch took place at Artisans du Liban et d’Orient, on Friday November 24, 2017. As a compilation of different stories told by Arab women themselves, the anthology...