In this first episode, Anthony Gantelet, a French traveler passionate about languages and cultural exploration, shares his experience visiting Lebanon....
After a long period of absent on-the-ground action, Lebanon’s social movement landscape has once again seen life. On Monday, the Contractual Teachers’ League in Lebanese Primary Public Schools (CTLP) organized a sit-in in front the Ministry of Education under the title of “Monday of Rage”. It is the first for...
“The clocks were striking midnight, and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed,...
Clashes along the border between Syrian forces and local Lebanese armed groups haveintensified yesterday. The clashes continue to take place...
ABOUT THE BOOK: Beirut Blues by Hanan al-Shaykh is a poignant epistolary novel that captures the chaos and heartbreak of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) through the unsent letters of its protagonist, Asmahan. Torn between leaving Beirut and staying in a city she loves, Asmahan writes to friends, lovers, family,...
We live in a world where crisis is here and now for some but elsewhere and not yet for others....
A recent AI-driven study published in PLOS One has uncovered evidence of gender bias in film criticism. The study, conducted...
On February 26, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government won the confidence vote in the Lebanese parliament. 95 out of the parliament’s 128 members backed the government, while 12 withheld confidence and four abstained from the voting. All 12 members that withheld confidence were part of the Free Patriotic Movement led...
The International Monetary Fund expressed its readiness to begin talks with the new Lebanese government for a new deal and...
Lebanese theater has long been a powerful tool for storytelling, and Zeina Daccache’s latest play, Li Chabakna Ykhallesna, is no...
Israel said that it will leave soldiers across five locations in Southern Lebanon, refusing to withdraw them by the deadline, set for yesterday February 18. It is not the first time that Israeli forces stay beyond the agreed upon deadline as per the conditional ceasefire agreement, as the original withdrawal...