This Is Beirut 2024-03-10 19:03 - Reading : less than a minute
Dar al-Fatwa, seat of the Sunni religious authorities, announced that tomorrow, March 11, is the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The announcement came shortly after Saudi Arabia said the crescent of the ninth month of the lunar calendar had been sighted on Sunday evening, ushering in the fasting month. While Lebanese Sunnis are ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-10 16:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Grand Mufti of Lebanon Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian warned against the dangers Lebanon is facing due to the presidential vacancy. "Electing a president is the first step towards building the state and towards a straight path to redress the work of the government's declining institutions," he said. Speaking on Sunday, on the eve of the holy month ...
2024-03-10 14:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In light of the strong ties between the Lebanese Central Bank (BDL) and the US Treasury, Jesse Baker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury for Asia and the Middle East in the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, undertook a significant visit to Beirut. Following a two-hour meeting with BDL’s Acting Governor Wassim ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-10 13:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Metropolitan Elias Audi called on the Lebanese to hold the MPs they elected accountable for the promises they made and failed to fulfill. "What encouraged them to do so is the citizens' reluctance to hold them accountable," he said. In his Sunday sermon, the Greek-Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut lamented that it "seems like there is no real will ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-10 08:00 - Reading : less than a minute
According to a leading figure in the March 8 bloc, American envoy Amos Hochstein told Speaker Nabih Berri, who received him earlier in the week, that Lebanon, and more specifically Hezbollah, should announce the suspension of military operations on the southern border. But Berri was quick to point out that military operations in Gaza had to stop ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-09 22:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Described by colleagues, friends, family members and officials from regional NGOs as "authentic, persevering, firm, wise, courageous and the epitome of quiet strength," Zoya Jureidini Rouhana, a feminist activist, director and co-founder of the NGO Kafa, was honored on Friday evening on the occasion of International Women's Day. The ceremony, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-09 21:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Civil Servants' Assembly announced on Saturday the temporary suspension extension of their strike until March 15. In a statement, they emphasized their commitment to their demands, notably "the establishment of a fair salary scale, which includes adjustments to social, medical and family allowances, as well as end-of-service benefits." The ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-09 17:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri is rather "optimistic" about the success of the National Moderation parliamentary bloc’s initiative to break the deadlock in the presidential election, according to MP Walid Baarini, a member of the bloc. Following a meeting on Saturday between a delegation from the bloc and Berri, Baarini said that the ...
2024-03-09 16:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The lack of official outcomes of the demographic shifts occurring in Lebanon isn't solely due to the internal circumstances of neighboring regional countries; it also stems from illegal practices such as the failure to register Lebanese children with civil authorities. Between the absence of Lebanese identity for stateless children and the peril ...
Fady Noun 2024-03-09 12:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Book of Ecclesiasticus is one of the Bible’s most accessible texts, due to its pertinence and its ability to impart a wealth of practical wisdom. It most specifically refers to matters that are "gratifying to God," such as "neighbors who live in harmony," and others that are more sorrowful, such as "the soldier who ages in poverty.” All ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-08 23:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Chairman of the parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee Ibrahim Kanaan has criticized the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Judicial Police for their failure to respond to his information notes regarding illegal sales of tax stamps. According to Kanaan, these illicit transactions are taking place within public administration premises, citing ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-08 21:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah has not yet conveyed its response to the National Moderation parliamentary bloc, whose delegation is scheduled to meet with the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, on Saturday afternoon. The purpose of this meeting is to update the Speaker on the results of the MPs' recent visits to various political parties to whom they submitted their ...