Originally from Sweden and now based in Abu Dhabi, Yasmine Vanda Trofast has built her path at the intersection of creativity and community. In this...
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In this episode, we sit down with Ronnie Chatah, host of The Beirut Banyan podcast, to explore his evolving relationship with Beirut. From walking tours that introduced him to the city, to the freedom of his scooter, and now the temporary challenges of moving through Beirut in a wheelchair, Ronnie...
Beirut, Lebanon – 20 August 2025 – Building on the success of its 2023 debut, Creative Dialogues returns to Beirut...
Act for the Disappeared | لنعمل من أجل المفقودين Act for the Disappeared In this video report, Jad Banjarian highlights...
The Global Gender Gap Report of 2025, published by the World Economic Forum in June, shows that it will take an estimated 185 years to achieve gender parity in the Middle East and North Africa. Lebanon ranked 136th out of 148 countries, reflecting both the region’s slow progress and its...
Tales from the TerraceEpisode 2: Meet Omar In this second episode, Omar Hamed Beato, a Spanish journalist and documentary filmmaker...
Drought is threatening the city of Baalbeck. Farmers have lost their land, and the Water Authority is monopolizing Al Bayada...
This report investigates growing restrictions on Palestinian camps in Lebanon, focusing on Beddawi. It examines how isolation and limited mobility impact daily life, access to services, and community ties, raising key questions about rights and inclusion. Video by Hanin Haydar...
The Vintage Collective Market will host its second edition in Lebanon between Thursday, July 3, and Sunday, July 6. This...
The violence of creative men shows up in their books in the way that women are flattened into sex organs and made into metaphors for male longing, suffering, or redemption. For centuries, literature has been populated by female characters whose most vivid trait is how their bodies move in the...