Encountering Westerners in Beirut is just as common as facing traffic in Ras Beirut. Within these encounters, conversations take place,...
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Lebanon was recently struck with the devastating loss of eight of its soldiers who were held captive by Islamic State...
Despite the Lebanese constituting less than 5% of the foreign population in Mexico in the 1930s, they owned more than 50% of economic activities in the country.
During my round in a hospital during a few months back, presented to the Emergency Department an old, obviously religious...
Disclaimer: This article is in no way justifying or supporting any of President Donald J. Trump’s actions and practices. A...
Though Lebanon’s civil war ended in 1990, the issue of post-war reconciliation still exists; for starters, the sectarian and xenophobic tensions have yet to be resolved, and the post-war reconstruction program has only exacerbated existing displacement and socioeconomic woes. Unlike the vast majority of art to come out of mainstream...
It’s a rare occasion for my dad to invite me to the movies; to go to the movies at 10:30...
Every 2.5 days, Lebanon loses an individual to suicide, and 1 in 4 people in the country will experience a mental health problem at a point in their lives.
The Lebanese Parliament has recently abolished the penal law 522 which allows a rapist to marry his victim with no punishment assigned to him at all. The article read: “If a legal marriage was held between the person who committed any of the crimes mentioned in this chapter and the...
Addressing struggling economies and social distress is no longer a priority in countries where taking public transportation safely is a...
Where do you get your news from? Who influences the information you receive? Who decides what gets to be published...
Beirut’s iconic old lighthouse, located in the Manara neighborhood, suffocated by high-rises but still standing tall. Read Karen Karam’s article on the history of the lighthouse on this link. Another article can also be found here....
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