To understand the sequence of events that lead to the ‘triumphant’ return of Saad Hariri to Beirut after his abrupt...
Community Voices
On November 29, 1947 UN resolution 181 gave the land of Palestine to strangers coming from afar and shattered...
The people of this region are caught in a grand authoritarian bargain, where they are forced to trade their political rights against government-driven economic security. It is time for this to change.
AUB students gathered on Tuesday at 11am in front of College Hall, the campus’ main administrative building, to show support...
In the past couple of years, Lebanon has witnessed on-and-off attempts of political reform with the last (major) one being...
Twelve patterns, twelve regions, twelve women, twelve stories. Stitching Palestine is a documentary directed by Carol Mansour and produced and researched by Muna Khalidi. In the screening at Metropolis Sofil in Beirut, Carol Mansour was hesitant to introduce the movie: “It is not a story about embroidery”, she declared. Indeed, embroidery was...
In 1972, the late playwright and novelist Ira Levin wrote a novel about a city inhabited by women who were...
The resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saturday, out of Saudi Arabia and aired exclusively on a Saudi TV,...
From policemen taking selfies in front of graffitis in Downtown Beirut to citizens protesting the pollution caused by the waste crisis by burning garbage, the relationship our country has with legality is paradoxical. In sectors as diverse as waste management, water and electricity provision, and, of course, public transportation, an...
Sophia is a name of a cyborg, an artificial intelligence creation with patented silicon skin which has been all over...
On the 21st of October , Beirut Today interviewed the charismatic and passionate Joslin Kehdy, the founder of Recycle Lebanon,...
It’s no secret that traffic in Beirut is a nightmare. With very little access to and a lack of innovation and efficiency in public transportation, the Lebanese have increasingly opted to rely on their private vehicles to get around, which led to high congestion and skyrocketing pollution rates. According to...