It’s a typical midsummer day in Beirut. The blazing sun hangs high over Tariq El Jdideh, and the brothers Mohammad,...
On Sunday, thousands of people gathered in the Republic Square in Paris to celebrate the victory of the left-wing alliance...
For the last several months, the Lebanese pound has been relatively stable at a rate of 89,500 LBP for every one USD after almost four years of continuous freefall. This relative stability developed in concurrence with the arrival of new Central Bank Acting Governor Wassim Mansouri. For many, the (relative)...
Minister of Education and Higher Education Abbas Halabi announced on Wednesday, June 26 that 3,000 Lebanese Baccalaureate candidates will be...
Last night, Wednesday June 26, an Israeli air raid targeted the town of Nabatieh in South Lebanon, completely destroying a...
On June 6, 2014, Islamic State fighters began an attack on Mosul, the second-largest city in Iraq. Ali Al Baroodi, a lifelong resident of Mosul, vividly recalls how TV and social media were flooded with images of thousands forced to flee their homes, marching en masse from Western to Eastern...
Abir sat in a chair at the chalet, waiting for the hairstylist to work her magic. This daily routine was...
A coalition of 20+ civil society organizations issued a statement today urging Lebanese authorities to end practices of suppression and...
To live in Beirut today is to live with a perpetual sense of nostalgia, a longing for a bygone era that may or may not have been experienced firsthand, yet is invariably perceived as superior to a grim present. “Before October,” “before 2020,” “before the coronavirus,” “before the collapse in...
Masculinity is heavily influenced by cultural constructs, shaping male worldviews and societal expectations. It promotes traits associated with toxic masculinity....
Earlier this week, the European Parliament concluded its quinquennial elections in the context of extremely unstable national political landscapes and...
On Wednesday morning, Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets towards numerous Israeli locations from the Galilee areas all the way to Tiberias. In one of the largest barrages since the beginning of the fighting on October 8, 2023, the attack is viewed as a response to an Israeli strike in...