Lebanon began its state of health emergency on Thursday morning, launching an 11-day lockdown to ease the out-of-control spike in COVID-19.
Linda Woelfle and a team of 12 German students are easing the burdens of Lebanese students by helping them gain access to laptops.
Around 30 different clubs at AUB are calling upon students to withhold paying their tuition fees in protest of the new lira rate.
#BeirutBrief: Your weekly roundup of news from Lebanon. What happened this week? ISF assaulted another lawyer, lockdown attempt #4 began, and more.
Lebanon entered its fourth general lockdown since COVID-19 first arrived in the country last March, with the nation heading towards difficult times as the number of infections surges each day. This lockdown differs from the ones that came before it, because it includes many exceptions that set it aside from...
Lebanon's overlapping crises have driven a new wave of illegal immigration via smugglers' boats. On the streets, both young and old think of leaving the country in search of better opportunities but do not have the means for it.
How effective is the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine? When will it arrive to Lebanon? And where does the skepticism surrounding it come from?
“This year’s holiday had two tragedies, an economic tragedy and the tragedy that occurred in the port,” says one Lebanese woman. We take to the streets to see who was celebrating Christmas and the New Year, and talk to an expert about long-lasting trauma.
But after 100 years, what’s left of this “Lebanon”? And was there ever truly a Lebanon for anything to be left over from it?
While 2020 may not have been the country’s worst year in history, it was an undoubtedly decisive year for Lebanon's economic collapse.