The Lebanese caretaker government has approved the draft of the 2023 budget after six sessions of examinations starting late July,...
Zaynab Mourad is an artist, social activist, and storyteller at heart who moved to Beirut in late 2018. Born and...
It is in collectives that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism. Angela Y. Davis, Freedom is a Constant Struggle The Kafala System has been a part of Lebanon since the early 1950s. As the country continues to go through economic and political fluctuations, migrant workers are often discriminated against...
Any outside observer who takes a look at Lebanon’s state of affairs would immediately assume that raging public discussions and...
On Wednesday, a truck loaded with weapons flipped on the Kahhaleh turn, an area notorious for its hosting of recurrent...
Last week, Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned that by the end of the month, there will be an inability to adequately provide medicines and salaries. Accordingly, eyes are on the new acting Central Bank Governor, Wassim Mansouri, to see the direction he takes in terms of Central Bank and monetary...
With the country entering new levels of its accentuating crisis, Lebanon’s way out depends on the resolution of its current...
Friday of this week marks three years since the 2020 Beirut Port explosion, which led to at least 218 deaths...
On May 14, a group of men approached a woman at Saida’s public beach and demanded she leave the premises due to her wearing a bikini, which they deemed to be “inappropriate.” This event was met with wide-scale controversy across Lebanon, but the Municipality of Saida’s only response was to...
Amidst the applause and music of a small crowd and a marching band, the tenure of Riad Salameh as Central...
Upon arrival, you are welcomed by fragrant lavender bushes and the resident mother-and-daughter canine duo, Bailey and Lucy. On the...
Lebanon’s latest influx of tourists and expatriates shows the country is set for a “promising summer tourism season, expected to surpass the record figures set in 2010 when over two million visitors flocked to Lebanon,” as per a new report by LBC. Earlier this summer, Lebanon’s minister of tourism Walid...