Lebanon

Culture on Its Deathbed Amidst Crises
Culture on Its Deathbed Amidst Crises

  Observing the pervasive decline across Lebanon's economic, financial, educational, and healthcare sectors is disheartening. The impact of widespread immigration has cast a shadow on the workforce, prompting a call for urgent rescue plans. Yet, amidst these challenges, it is the cultural downturn that demands our immediate focus. Lebanon ...

Editorial- Divergent Visions
Editorial- Divergent Visions

A lecture on the most recent work of the late Imam Mohammed Mehdi Chamseddine, Le Testament (The Testament), was organized a few days ago by the Arab Cultural Club as part of the 65th session of the Arab and International Book Fair in Beirut. Expressing his thoughts in the form of "political, social, cultural, and scientific recommendations," ...

Air Traffic Controllers: Army to Assist Ministry of Transport
Air Traffic Controllers: Army to Assist Ministry of Transport

The military will assist the Ministry of Transport in addressing the issue of staff shortage among air traffic controllers. Fifteen officers from the air forces, specialized in this field, will reinforce the civilian team of air traffic controllers at the Beirut Airport. The caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ali Hamiye, and the ...

Geagea: We Are Still Waiting for Berri
Geagea: We Are Still Waiting for Berri

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea stated on Monday that he is still waiting for Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to convene a parliamentary meeting to prevent the risk of a leadership vacuum at the helm of the army. This potential vacuum arises from the scheduled retirement of the army’s Commander-in-Chief, General Joseph Aoun, on January ...

Saint Barbara's Feast Day: More than a Mask
Saint Barbara's Feast Day: More than a Mask

This is Beirut delved into the rich significance of Saint Barbara's Feast Day, where ancient traditions of defiance, faith, and familial joy come to life on December 4th.

ISF Foils Smuggling Operation of 38 Syrian Nationals by Sea
ISF Foils Smuggling Operation of 38 Syrian Nationals by Sea

The Internal Security Forces (ISF) raided a building in the Wadi al-Rihan area in Akkar on Thursday, apprehending 38 individuals of Syrian nationality, including 5 minors. These individuals were hiding in the building, awaiting their smuggling to Europe via death boats when the ISF caught them, according to a statement by the General ...

Mikati and Sisi Discuss Regional Conflict, Total Energies Meeting
Mikati and Sisi Discuss Regional Conflict, Total Energies Meeting

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. During the meeting, the two officials discussed the situation in Lebanon and Gaza, as well as Egyptian efforts to halt Israeli aggression in the region and achieve a ceasefire as ...

Israeli Soldiers Injured by Hezb Fires
Israeli Soldiers Injured by Hezb Fires

The Israeli Army admitted that ten soldiers and one civilian were injured as a result of the firing of an anti-tank missile from Lebanon by Hezbollah. This comes after Hezbollah fired numerous missiles targeting the Israeli radar site in the Chebaa Farms, where the latter responded to the sources of fire with 155-caliber artillery shelling. They ...

Unifying Ideology or Plural History
Unifying Ideology or Plural History

Much has been written about Lebanon, often viewed as a crossroads between the East and the West. Hundreds of books have been penned and revised to reflect upon and redefine the history of this land, fluctuating between a nation, a province, and a mountain. The recent attempts that followed the establishment of Greater Lebanon in 1920 — ...

Al-Rai: Failing to Elect a President, Closing the Presidential Palace is a Crime
Al-Rai: Failing to Elect a President, Closing the Presidential Palace is a Crime

Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai believed that “failing to elect the president and closing the Presidential Palace is a crime that entails the demolition of constitutional institutions and public administrations, the spread of chaos and corruption, and the distortion of Lebanon's civilized face.” He stressed in his sermon during the ...