BEIRUT: Hassan Achour runs a tourism business in Tyre, taking visitors on cruises on his boat. He is an avid tourist himself, having visited countries...
BEIRUT: Although half a world away from their homeland, members of Lebanon’s Venezuelan community have kept a close eye on the power struggle between...
BURJ HAMMOUD, Lebanon: On the western edge of Burj Hammoud lies the Marash neighborhood - named after the former Ottoman city where Turkish forces massacred...
BEIRUT: On a corner in Beirut’s Hamra area sits a tiny treasure trove of local and eco-conscious goods. There, you won’t find a bit of plastic -...
JDEIDEH, Lebanon: Fifty-three-year-old Ali Qabbout picked up a small black briefcase, carefully thumbing through documents chronicling the relationship his...
BEIRUT: Lawmakers, business owners and innovators took a broad look at the potential power of technology in Lebanon and the region at the Exponential...
BEIRUT: On May 15, 2015, Jolly Bimbachi hugged her sons Omar and Abdel-Ghaniy goodbye as they prepared to leave Canada with their father, Bimbachi’s...
BEIRUT: “I have no one,” 68-year-old Margot Haddad said while sitting inside her 11-square-meter home in Beirut’s Karm al-Zeitoun...
BEIRUT: After storm Norma ripped apart shoddy infrastructure across the country, flooded refugee settlements in the Bekaa Valley and northern Lebanon and...
JBEIL, Lebanon: When Jbeil Mayor Wissam Zaarour said last summer he would free his city of plastic bags by the new year, reactions ranged from skeptical to...
BEIRUT: In Lebanon, the vagina is shrouded in taboo, leading many people - especially women - to speculate about their anatomy and what their body should look...
BEIRUT: Gone are the days when the Lebanese standard of beauty in the fashion industry was a 177-centimeter-tall model with straight hair and a tiny waist. A...
BEIRUT: As 2018 comes to an end, everyone can agree that it was not a terrific year for the world, and of course Lebanon has had its own series of headaches....
BEIRUT: For anyone who grew up having to wear layers of thermals and a down jacket to survive long and frigid winters, the “cold” season in this...
BEIRUT: Hundreds of Beirutis and other residents of Lebanon Sunday organized their own version of the “yellow vest” protests that began in Paris, and armed...
BEIRUT: The European Union announced an additional $21 million contribution to Lebanon’s health care system Tuesday, as part of its ongoing assistance...
BEIRUT: When the Lebanese Army’s Independence Day preparations paralyzed traffic on the country’s main roads last month, a video of an ambulance...
BEIRUT: After more than a decade of intermittent renovations, the Lebanese National Library finally opens its doors to the public Tuesday. Randa Daouk,...
DIKWANEH, Lebanon: After defeating breast cancer with a double mastectomy and rounds of chemotherapy, 53-year-old Claude Alam felt like a fighter. And when...
BEIRUT: As a case aiming to shut down the controversial Burj Hammoud landfill draws to a close, plaintiffs worry legal considerations may be trumped by...
BEIRUT: Lebanon is a country with countless hidden gems beyond the Roman ruins of Baalbeck and the mineral formations of the Jeita Grotto but the only way to...
BEIRUT: Activists believe time may be up for the alleged mismanagement of the Costa Brava landfill, as three separate legal actions look to shut the operation...
BEIRUT: For the first 47 years of her life, Emmanuelle had little interest in searching for her biological parents. “I already had a family,” Emmanuelle, who...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) launched a two-year project Tuesday to protect the marine environments of Beirut and...
BEIRUT/QUBB ELIAS, Lebanon: If waste incinerators come to Lebanon, they will bring pollution and threaten people’s health or so say those opposed to the...