Commercial banks in Lebanon continue to deny overseas bank transfers for students living abroad, despite the new Central Bank circular.
Community Voices
How does one begin to mourn the loss of their home when they feel removed from the chaos it had been burdened with?
With the passing of time, living in Lebanon feels more and more like one sequence of survival after another. As the Lebanese long for a sense of normalcy, sometimes they can only envision it abroad. Questions about leaving or staying have come to dominate conversations between families and friends –so...
Lebanon’s Minister of Labour recently announced the new Standard Unified Contract for migrant domestic workers. The contract, developed by a...
On the eve of Lebanon’s centenary, French president Macron paid the country a second visit in less than a month...
We may not appreciate President Macron’s liberal-globalism and unbridled Europeanism, but it is a very bad accusation to blame him for last month’s visit a little less than 48 hours after the disaster in Beirut on 4 August. It is, in fact, unacceptable to hear politicians speak of “neo-colonialism” (in...
Syrian refugees are increasingly reporting being refused aid on the basis of nationality, despite being heavily affected by the Beirut blast.
Minister of Education and Higher Learning Tarek Majzoub has excluded the children of Lebanese mothers married to foreigners from an...
General Security will be collecting the women’s passport photos on Monday, August 17 to begin preparing the travel documents.
It is our turn to break the cycle and reject this notion of resilience, which we have inherited and has been imposed on us.
More protestors have hardened themselves to face violent security forces who lack empathy towards the anger and pain of the people.
“Do you see why we say things will never change in Lebanon?” my mother asked. “This is what we lived through during the Civil War.”