The Grand Sofar Hotel once stood as one of the greatest hotels in the region. Looted and abandoned for 43 years because of the Lebanese Civil War, it now returns as a cultural space.
The university kicked off its annual Festival Next, a celebration of arts through concerts, screenings, performances, workshops, and lectures.
Lebanon seems like too sterile a landscape to launch a free fashion school. Yet Creative Space Beirut exists in it as the only free fashion school in the Middle East.
With 175 children to support, the Arab Orphan Home Association orphanage tries to compensate for the government’s shortcomings in supporting the economically marginalised.
Women in Lebanon are angry, and rightfully so. Nationality, criminal, personal status, and labour laws do not provide for gender...
Students want to transform Beirut River into a shared, open space. At the heart of it all? A functional, translucent tube and a green tower.
Lebanon’s new Cabinet was recently formed, but does that mean enough reform to bring sensible economic policy and quality services?
Glass fusion design artist Nada Helou resurfaces for an exhibition this upcoming year, introducing Lebanese themes to her previous collections for the first time in her career.
The lack of a proper waste management framework and monitoring process leaves room for the illegitimate private gain of authorities in charge of costly waste incinerator projects.
The anxiety created around a Greek-style national bankruptcy has allowed the ruling politicians and their allies to steer (again) the public debate towards a "crisis management" rhetoric, away from a real discussion on accountability and responsibility for what got us into this.
Many claim that the policy specifically targets the double 800m Olympic champion Caster Semenya, a woman of color, from competing at her best.
Their characters are the result of distinct backgrounds that found a middle ground as Gizzmo, a band that kicked off playing Gorillaz and Air covers before creating their own music.