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Tamara Saade

Activists say ‘Enough!’ to violence against women

Women and men  gathered in front of the National Museum in Beirut on December 23, 2017,  to light candles in...
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Adnan Kayyali

Drug laws in Lebanon work against small users, for big dealers

To be abducted from one’s home, taken to a strange underground place, and isolated from any human contact aside from...
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Cynthia Saghir

100 Years after Balfour Conference: An Exploration of the Past and Future of Palestine

On  December 13th and 14th, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) hosted an academic conference titled  “100 years after the Balfour Declaration and 70 Years after the Partition Plan”, in collaboration with the Institute for Palestinian Studies. In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s decision to...
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Tamara Saade

Water Scarcity in the Middle East as Explained by Dr. Hussam Hussein

On December 6, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs hosted a talk on water scarcity and...
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Asma El Hajal

Beirut’s Golden Crown of Polluted Air

Lebanon’s coasts have been lying under a great yellow cloud, making sure we go about our daily lives with pride...
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Ragheb Raad

American University of Beirut Graduate Students Protesting Scholarship Termination – A Sequel

AUB students gathered on Tuesday at 11am in front of College Hall, the campus’ main administrative building, to show support for their fellow peers who received Dean’s warnings the night before. It all started in May when the administration decided to revoke graduate assistants’ monthly stipends, claiming that this cut...
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Hossein Cheaito

MADA Network: What’s Next?

In the past couple of years, Lebanon has witnessed on-and-off attempts of political reform with the last (major) one being...
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Lara Mekkawi

Stitching Palestine: Resistance Comes In Many Forms

Twelve patterns, twelve regions, twelve women, twelve stories. Stitching Palestine is a documentary directed by Carol Mansour and produced and researched by...
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Beirut Today

An Interview with Joslin Kehdy, Founder of Recycle Lebanon

On the 21st  of October , Beirut Today interviewed the charismatic and passionate Joslin Kehdy, the founder of Recycle Lebanon, at a beach cleanup in Jbeil. The beach cleanup was undertaken in collaboration with the Animal Rights Club at the Lebanese American University along with  numerous other volunteers. The beach...
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Celine Bteish

Yalla Bus, The App Making Public Transportation Accessible in Lebanon

It’s no secret that traffic in Beirut is a nightmare. With very little access to and a lack of innovation...
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Alessa Flores Vela

How Women Entrepreneurs Are (Slowly) Changing The Middle East

In the majority of societies, men and women emphasize the importance of gender equity to achieve the same opportunities for...
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Beirut Today

Saudi Women Allowed To Drive But Still Have A Long Way To Go

Easing the long-standing driving restriction would benefit more than 7 million Saudi women of working age, a quarter of the country's population.
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