Amid preparations for local elections across Lebanon, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Minister of Interior and Municipalities Ahmad Hajjar...
In a country fractured by sectarianism and patriarchal control, Lebanese women seeking to enter public office face not only structural...
Lebanon is currently participating in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World BankSpring Meetings in Washington which began on Monday, April 21, and end on Saturday, April26.The Meetings bring together central bankers, ministers of finance, academics andrepresentatives from development, private sector and civil society groups to discuss the stateof the...
Reeling from back-to-back crises and a devastating Israeli war on the country, Lebanon is in dire need of funds and support to address...
Freedom of Opinion and Expression Coalition in Lebanon held a press conference on Thursdayat Station Beirut in Sin El Fil...
Last week, the United States Administration under President Donald Trump announced global tariff increases, impacting countries from a minimum of 10% for most states to 50% for what the administration deemed as the “worst offenders”. Lesotho, Cambodia, Laos, Madagascar, and Vietnam were hit with new US tariffs of 50%, 49%,...
After a long period of absent on-the-ground action, Lebanon’s social movement landscape has once again seen life. On Monday, the...
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....
On February 26, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government won the confidence vote in the Lebanese parliament. 95 out of the...
Prime Minister-Designate of Lebanon Nawaf Salam highlighted that he is working day and night on the formation of the upcoming Lebanese government, after more than two years of presidential vacuum and the presence of the caretaker government headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati. In his speech to the press, Salam...