BEIRUT: Nothing this past year has been a cause for celebration. With the world hurtling from one crisis to another, and with Lebanon suffering more than its...
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has declared with no ambiguity that there will be no cease-fire talks in Moscow as long as Armenians insist that...
For as long as I can remember, the Lebanese people have been waiting for better days. They waited through 15 years of Civil War until 1990, and they waited...
Tuesday’s explosion made one thing amply clear: Lebanon does not need enemies. Our officials, through their incompetence, are perfectly capable of inflicting...
The scenes of protests taking place around the country Thursday night were singular in that for the first time it appeared that formerly rival demonstrators...
One of the most profound repercussions of the brutal killing of George Floyd, an African-American, is that it started movements in countries around the world...
As the Lebanese pound falls to an all-time low of nearly LL5,000 to the dollar on the black market and Lebanon’s population descends deeper into poverty, our...
For the past several months, the Lebanese people have been looking on with alarm as prices of goods and products continue to rise in pace with the devaluation...
As the Lebanese people sink deeper into financial crisis while the economy deteriorates further, with the greater part of the population falling below the...
As the coronovirus pandemic ravages the global population, leaving devastation in its wake both in lives lost and economic damage, it’s become abundantly...
For many of my Lebanese compatriots, the bombshell recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the U.S. House of Representatives last week, by an overwhelming...
TANNOURINE, Lebanon:The best thing about having a passion is being part of a community that shares that passion. Arguably that is never truer than when it...
KFAR DHEBIAN, Lebanon: Where in Lebanon can you drive a car like this? You’ve heard the remark before. You’ve probably said it yourself....
RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates: Dubai is truly a magnificent city, a demonstration of what can be accomplished if you know what you want and you have...
TANNOURINE, Lebanon: Of all the cars in the world, the Porsche 911 stands apart. It’s not about being better, faster or more beautiful, because there...
BATROUN, Lebanon: This is a first: an SUV manufactured by Alfa Romeo. You’re thinking, “So what, everybody and his uncle have been on the...
ZAAROUR, Lebanon: Let’s first address the glaring question, the one I was asked the most while test-driving Kia’s new Stinger GT: “A Kia...
ZAAROUR, Lebanon: Yes, we’re reviewing Jaguar’s F-Pace a little later than expected, but that’s OK because just one year after its debut...
BEIRUT: We make hundreds of decisions every day, most without them giving much thought. The vast majority of those decisions are inconsequential details that...
One of the more confusing aspects of buying an SUV today is the fact that the cars don’t seem to know what they want to be. With the market being as...
BEIRUT: Hey look at that, another year passed. It was certainly a roller-coaster ride, especially for us at The Daily Star where every world event feels like...
BEIRUT: Whenever any discussion tackles the subject of the future, cars somehow end up taking center stage. It doesn’t even matter whether the participants...
BEIRUT: In all the years I’ve been a fan of Star Wars, no installment has ever left me as torn as “The Last Jedi.” According to popular aggregator Rotten...
BEIRUT: Around every reported fact there’s a ton of relevant yet omitted context, all the other little bits of trivia that conveniently fail to appear...
BEIRUT: Nobody likes to overpay for anything, and if we get half a chance we jump at the opportunity to buy something below cost, especially cars....