The crisis that hit Lebanon in late 2019, crippling many sectors of the country’s societies, has had disproportionate impacts on...
Minister of Information Ziad Makari informed Megaphone co-founder Jean Kassir on Tuesday that Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat had retracted his...
Editors from two independent media outlets were summoned for questioning by different Lebanese security agencies this week. Jean Kassir, co-founder of Megaphone, was intercepted on Thursday by members of Lebanon’s State Security while driving his car, instead of being notified at his home or workplace. After Megaphone’s lawyer attended the...
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed how state actors and private individuals across the Middle East...
At approximately 4 AM on Monday, February 7, a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and Northern Syria, causing...
In the past few months, a group of a few hundred men roaming the streets of Achrafieh made headlines in Lebanon. They called themselves “Jnoud Al-Rab”, which roughly translates to “Soldiers of God”, and identified themselves as a newly-established Christian militant group. The group set out to openly wage war...
On Monday December 19, 2022, the streets of Beirut saw new, modern public buses for the first time in years. ...
For the past few months, Qatar has been in the spotlight of the West’s media, and not necessarily in a...
On Tuesday, December 6, Morocco became the first Arab team to ever reach the FIFA World Cup’s Quarterfinals. After the team defeated Spain in an impressive penalty shoot-out, Moroccan players started their celebration with an act that has become all too familiar to viewers of this year’s tournament: raising the...
In June 2022, residents of Mar Mkhayel and Gemmayze began organized action against what they describe as unlawful acts by...
December 27th, 11 am, tens of Lebanese women congregate in front of the parliament for ABAAD’s anti-sexual harassment campaign, their...
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27 for short is the 27th edition of the UN-led conference to tackle global warming. It is being held from 6 November until 18 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. More than 100 heads of state and representatives of 190 countries are expected to attend. However, three of the world’s...