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Doping on the Loose, Health Under Threat
Karl Hajj Moussa 2025-06-06 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On May 26, 2025, the president of the Lebanese Order of Pharmacists, Joe Salloum, called on the authorities to “put an end to the unchecked sale of performance-enhancing stimulants in gyms and on social media.” In gyms and across social media, doping stimulants are being openly sold under the guise of dietary supplements. These ...
The Scars of Acting: 10 Actors Shattered by Their Performances
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-06-06 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Actors Cinema Mental Health Fiction Trauma
Cinema captivates by pushing the boundaries of fiction. Yet behind some of its most iconic works lies a steep human cost—borne by actors who lost themselves in the characters they brought to life. From isolation and depression to physical pain and lasting trauma, these ten performers discovered just how thin the line can be between playing a ...
Where Law Meets Anxiety
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-06-06 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon is poised to enter a contentious and unpredictable debate ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, with disputes already emerging over the electoral law that will govern the vote. Tensions escalated after Speaker Nabih Berri rejected expatriate voting and called for a new electoral law, describing the current legislation as a ...
Parliament Convenes for an Extraordinary Session: What’s At Stake?
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-06-07 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon’s Parliament is set to resume its work under an extraordinary session, called by presidential decree, and scheduled to run from June 5 to October 20. The announcement, made official Thursday by the presidency, follows a meeting between President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at Baabda Palace. While such a move may seem ...
Wes Anderson’s 'The Phoenician Scheme:' An Aesthetic Failure from a Master of Framing
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-06-07 18:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The Phoenician Scheme Wes Anderson Cannes 2025 Cinema Film Chronicle
Some filmmakers develop a signature style, and Wes Anderson belongs to the rare group whose name has become shorthand for an entire world. His universe is instantly recognizable from a single frame: perfectly balanced compositions, pastel color palettes, characters as melancholic as they are poised, deadpan humor, precisely timed tracking shots ...
Plan to Repatriate Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Finalized (Asharq al-Awsat)
This is Beirut 2025-06-09 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Refugees Tarek Mitri UNHCR
The Lebanese ministerial committee tasked with resolving the Syrian refugee crisis has finalized a comprehensive repatriation plan, which it intends to present to the Cabinet for approval in the coming days, Asharq al-Awsat reported on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri, who heads the committee, said the first phase of the voluntary return ...
Iraq Sues Kurdistan Region Over US Gas Contracts
This is Beirut 2025-05-27 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq's federal authorities have filed a complaint against the autonomous Kurdistan region for signing gas contracts with two US companies, two officials told AFP on Tuesday. Oil exports have been a major point of tension between Baghdad and Arbil, with a major pipeline through Turkey shut since 2023 over legal disputes and technical ...
ABL Calls for a 'New Phase' Based on Shared Responsibility
This is Beirut 2025-05-26 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
ABL Banks Banque du Liban Fadi Khalaf
In the editorial of its monthly report titled “A New Phase on the Horizon,” the Secretary-General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL), Fadi Khalaf, emphasized that no economic recovery plan can succeed without serious cooperation among all stakeholders. He stressed that this partnership must ensure the protection of depositors' rights ...
‘To Exist Is to Be Different:’ Creativity as Self-Affirmation
David Sahyoun 2025-05-14 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Exist Creativity Self-Affirmation Culture
For philosopher Jean Baudrillard, consumption is far more than an economic act – it is a system of communication and social control. We don’t consume merely to meet our needs; we consume to be like others, to belong to the collective. Behind the apparent abundance of choice hides an insidious conformity: you need to have this object to be ...
Epic Games says Fortnite Back on Apple's US App Store
This is Beirut 2025-05-21 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Epic Games on Tuesday said its hit game "Fortnite" has returned to Apple's digital App Store in the United States after being sidelined for years due to a legal battle with the iPhone maker. "Fortnite is BACK on the App Store in the US on iPhones and iPads... and on the Epic Games Store and AltStore in the EU!" the game maker proclaimed in a post ...
Noth Lebanon's Governor Relieved of Duties Amid Election Count Clarifications
This is Beirut 2025-05-14 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Cabinet has relieved the Governor of North Lebanon, Ramzi Nohra, of his duties. Nohra has been placed at the disposal of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Information, Paul Morcos, confirmed following the government meeting. Earlier, Interior Minister Ahmed Hajjar announced that the vote-counting process for the recent Tripoli ...
83 Draft Laws Submitted, Only One Passed
This Is Beirut 2025-05-15 12:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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On Thursday, May 15, MPs gathered at Nejmeh Square for a legislative session with an exceptionally heavy agenda: 83 draft laws were submitted for review, underscoring a chronic governance crisis oscillating between institutional paralysis and reform efforts. Only one law was approved by the end of the session: an amended law criminalizing ...
Sanctions Lifted on Syria: Damascus Faces Hope and Real Challenges
Liliane Mokbel 2025-05-15 15:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Damascus Donald Trump Gulf Syria Sanctions Reconstruction
From Riyadh on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced—at the request of the Saudi crown prince—the full lifting, not just suspension, of economic and diplomatic sanctions on Syria. It was a crucial distinction, noted by many observers attending the US-Saudi Investment Forum, where every word of the American president’s remarks was ...
12 Points to Politics: The Eurovision Score You Don’t See
This is Beirut 2025-05-15 16:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Eurovision Votes Politics Music
Groans and giggles typically greet votes at the annual Eurovision Song Contest, loved and mocked for its kitsch music and seemingly partisan outcomes. But over time, what are the voting patterns, and what external factors help explain them? Ahead of Saturday's final in Basel, AFP analyzed all points distributed among around 2,300 possible pairs ...
New Cannes Festival Policy Bans Actor Accused of Rape
This is Beirut 2025-05-15 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Cannes 2025 Film Celebrity Women Agresssion Culture
The Cannes film festival barred an actor in a prominent French film from the red carpet on Thursday because of sexual assault allegations, unveiling a new policy under pressure from lawmakers and activists. Theo Navarro-Mussy plays a police officer in a supporting role in the film Dossier 137 by Dominik Moll, which is to premiere on Thursday in ...
Lebanon at the Baghdad Summit: A Message of Arab Reconnection
This is Beirut 2025-05-16 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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On the eve of his departure for Baghdad to lead the Lebanese delegation at the Arab summit, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam issued a firm message outlining his government’s intentions to reestablish Lebanon’s standing in the region. “Lebanon intends to fully reconnect with its Arab environment and regain its place on the regional scene,” Salam ...
Trump Redraws US Diplomacy Without Israel
This is Beirut 2025-05-16 18:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump's decision to skip over Israel in his Middle East tour was just the latest sign of a shifting dynamic between the historic allies. From nuclear talks with Iran to a ceasefire deal in Yemen and the announcement of lifting sanctions on Syria, Trump has pressed ahead solo with Middle East diplomacy in recent weeks, ...
New Middle East US Foreign Policy Shifts Put Lebanon at a Crossroads
Amal Chmouny 2025-05-19 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon United States Donald Trump Saudi Arabia
As Lebanon finds itself at a crucial juncture, the implications of recent US diplomatic maneuvers cannot be overstated. As the US focuses more on its relationships with Sunni Gulf states, tensions with Iran are on the rise, changing the complex political dynamics in Lebanon. These changes come at a time when Iran's influence appears to be ...
Municipal Elections: Preliminary Lessons and Takeaways
Michel Touma 2025-05-19 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Baalbeck Hezbollah Municipal Elections Beirut Zahleh
The municipal vote held on Sunday, May 18—much like those earlier this month—was largely local in scope. In small villages, elections often took on a personal, familial or even clan-based dynamic. However, in larger cities such as Zahle, Baalbeck and Hermel, the contests were more clearly partisan, though not necessarily aligned with broader ...
Cannes Charity Gala to Award Kevin Spacey Lifetime Honor
This is Beirut 2025-05-19 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Cinema Kevin Spacey Culture Cannes Cannes Film Festival France
Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey is to be given a lifetime achievement award on the fringes of the Cannes Film Festival Tuesday. The Better World Fund told AFP on Sunday that the actor — who was acquitted of nine charges of alleged sex offenses in Britain last year — will be recognized "for his decades of artistic brilliance" at a charity gala in ...
With Assad Down and Sanctions Lifted, Are Syrian Refugees Finally Being Pressed to Leave?
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-05-19 20:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Donald Trump European Union Damascus Europe Saudi Arabia
The startling decision by United States President Donald Trump to lift economic sanctions on Syria, coupled with the collapse of the Assad regime, could fundamentally reshape how the Syrian displaced population in Lebanon is managed – unless their permanent return to Syria remains excluded from the agreement being brokered among the key parties ...
Explained: The WHO’s New Global Pandemic Treaty
This is Beirut 2025-05-20 11:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Covid-19 United Nations WHO Pandemic
After more than three years of fierce negotiations, an international agreement on the prevention and control of pandemics was adopted on Tuesday at the World Health Organization (WHO). Here are the main points of the agreement, which has 35 articles. Objective The objective of the WHO Pandemic Agreement is "strengthening pandemic prevention, ...
Electoral Law in Committees: Bou Saab Stresses Need for Political Consensus First
This is Beirut 2025-05-20 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Lebanese Red Cross Elias Bou Saab Nabih Berry Orthodox law
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called for a second joint session of several key parliamentary committees on Thursday to continue deliberations on a set of legislative proposals, including three electoral bills and major public health reforms. The joint meeting will bring together members of the Finance and Budget, Administration and Justice, ...
Property Owners Slam Institutional Chaos Over Commercial Lease Law
This is Beirut 2025-05-21 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon commercial lease rent law Property rights Landlords
In a statement issued following the Constitutional Council's decision on May 20, 2025, the Syndicate of Property Owners of Leased Buildings responded to the ruling concerning the new law on commercial leases. The syndicate clarified that the Constitutional Council did not rule on the content of the law, which aimed to liberalize long-standing ...
Venezuela's Maduro Wins Landslide in Election Boycotted by Opposition
This is Beirut 2025-05-26 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's party on Sunday swept the board in parliamentary and regional elections that were boycotted by the opposition in protest over his disputed re-election last year. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela won 23 out of 24 state governor positions and scored 82.68 percent of the votes cast for lists of National ...
Roland-Garros: Habib and Hassan on a Mission in Paris
Pierre Daccache 2025-05-21 15:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Tennis Roland-Garros Benjamin Hassan Hady Habib
The dream begins with sweat. Every year, players from all over the world battle it out in the qualifying matches to earn their place in the main draw at Roland-Garros. On the Paris clay court, two Lebanese players did the country proud: Benjamin Hassan and Hady Habib, determined to make history. First Winning Ball On Monday, on a side court but ...
Will Banking Reforms Spark a Crisis Between Souhaid and Salam?
Maurice Matta 2025-05-21 20:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Economy Banks Karim Souhaid Nawaf Salam
It seems that the relationship between Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Karim Souhaid and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is far from ideal. In fact, it can be described as tense – a situation that didn’t arise recently but dates back to Souhaid’s appointment as Governor of the Central Bank, which was secured through a majority vote in the ...
Syrians Hope for Economic Recovery After West Lifts Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 14:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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At a currency exchange in Damascus, Anas al-Shammaa is one of many Syrians hopeful that promised relief from Western sanctions will help revive their country's economy after years of war and isolation. "We were totally cut off from the world," said Shammaa, 45, who has been running the exchange shop since 2008. With the lifting of ...
BDL Issues Statement on Legal Measures and Financial Transparency
This Is Beirut 2025-05-22 15:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Banks Banque du Liban Central Bank of Lebanon Finances Parliament
Lebanon’s Central Bank (BDL) announced in an official statement that it remains committed to transparency and integrity within the financial sector. It is actively pursuing legal procedures in collaboration with specialized law firms across several European countries and other international jurisdictions. This effort aims to initiate judicial ...
Public Sector Crisis: The Finance Minister’s Last Straw
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-05-22 18:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon budget Public sector Ministry of Finances
Tensions are mounting in the deserted halls of Lebanon’s public administrations. A single decision by the Ministry of Finance on May 15 was enough to trigger an immediate call for a strike. But beyond the standoff over working hours, deeper issues are surfacing—highlighting the urgent need for comprehensive reform of the public sector amid a ...