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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Undressing the Lebanese Fashion Design Industry: Education, Support, And Misconceptions

Fashion designers in Lebanon are struggling without educational options, no financial support, and community misconceptions. Here are their options.
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Kareem Chehayeb

Does Lebanon really have a press freedom problem, or is it just getting bad press?

Lebanon fairs better than most in the region when it comes to freedom of the press, but that doesn’t say much when your counterparts include Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey.
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Live Love Recycle truck and drivers on the streets. (Lebanon Traveller)
Sandra Abdelbaki

People Raised $50,000 for Live Love Recycle, Here’s How It’s Being Used

Not only does Live Love Recycle provide a free recycling collection service in Beirut, but also grants jobs to 436 people from vulnerable communities.
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Jad Chaaban

Lebanon Needs A Budget For Its People, Not Its Ruling Class

The ruling class, which has been in power for almost 30 years, is collectively responsible for the economy’s dire state of affairs. It should bear the costs of reforms and spare ordinary citizens.
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The Smurfs dissociating from their ongoing battles, over cigarettes and talks. Photo taken by George Azar
Maya Wakim

Civil War photographer tells the stories your history books don’t acknowledge

History blackout: A quick look around George Azar’s office unravels years of untold humanist stories from the war and a history living through the lens of the photographer.
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Post-rock band Ilvy –Paul Toubia, Anthony Hakim, Joe Kareh, Gabriel Sarkissian. (Tony Elieh)
Laudy Issa

Meet local post-rock band Ilvy and their stuffed monkey mascot

Ilvy grip and hook their listeners with a consistently surprising "wall of sound" that ranges from heavy instrumentals to light ambient sounds.
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Hadi Afif

Private education in Lebanon, for those who can afford it

There's no in-between: Private education tuition fees continue to increase, while Lebanon's only public university remains neglected by the government.
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Hossein Cheaito

Political parties shame rape victims but still preach women empowerment in Lebanon

A recent post from the Free Patriotic Movement shamed women for being victims of rape, reflecting a wider issue of female empowerment in political parties.
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Sandra Abdelbaki

Tamara Zein held a four hour plank to break a world record

The Lebanese female athlete broke the world record –not once, but twice.
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Protesters gathered in Downtown Beirut following interrogations by the cybercrime bureau of at least six activists for comments they made via social media in July.
حسين مهدي

Suzan is gone, but the bureau’s violations persist

The violations against the freedom of expression aren't coincidental. They warn of a political decision to contain any critical voice—even if its platform is social media—using intimidation tactics.
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Entrance of the Grand Sofar Hotel, lit up for the Tom Young exhibition in 2018. (Lynn Sheikh Moussa)
Laudy Issa

The Grandness of the Grand Sofar Hotel: From Umm Kulthum to the Civil War and Beyond

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.
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Sandra Abdelbaki

LAU celebrates communicative arts with Festival NEXT

The university kicked off its annual Festival Next, a celebration of arts through concerts, screenings, performances, workshops, and lectures.
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