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'Image Whisperers' bring Vision to the Blind at Red Cross Museum
This is Beirut 2025-04-02 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Red Cross Red Crescent Museum Blind
"They are our eyes," said Karin happily after releasing the arm of one of the specialised "image whisperers" guiding her and other blind people around Geneva's Red Cross museum. The museum has been offering its new image prompter service to the visually impaired since late last year. Karin, who did not want to give her ...
'Conclave' and 'The Brutalist' Triumph at the British Baftas
This is Beirut 2025-02-17 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cinema Awards Bafta Film Culture Art
The thriller papal Conclave and the monumental The Brutalist played a tight game on Sunday night at the Baftas, the British cinema awards, each winning four trophies, while Emilia Perez, embroiled in controversy, collected two, just fifteen days before the Oscars. Directed by German filmmaker Edward Berger, Conclave was crowned Best Film, while ...
Syrian Whistleblower "Caesar" Reveals Identity
This is Beirut 2025-02-06 23:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Syrian whistleblower, who smuggled tens of thousands of pictures depicting torture under Bashar al-Assad, on Thursday revealed his identity for the first time, two months after the longtime ruler was toppled. "I am First Lieutenant Farid al-Madhan, the (former) head of the forensic evidence department at the military police in Damascus, known ...
Liverpool Humbled as Plymouth Claim Shock FA Cup Win
This is Beirut 2025-02-09 19:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Liverpool suffered a humiliating FA Cup exit as Championship strugglers Plymouth ended their quadruple bid with a stunning 1-0 win in the fourth round on Sunday. Arne Slot's decision to field a weakened Liverpool team came back to haunt him, with Ryan Hardie's second-half penalty sealing Plymouth's epic upset at Home Park. Virgil van Dijk, ...
Two Lebanese Short Films Win Awards at Clermont-Ferrand Festival
Fabienne Touma 2025-02-11 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Festival Culture Art Cinema France
Lebanon was the guest of honor at this year’s 47th edition of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, with a rich program featuring films, discussions and cultural events highlighting Lebanese cinema and its talents. The event was co-organized with the Beirut Film Society, an organization supporting film production and distribution in ...
Saudi Islamic Arts Biennale Blends Tradition with Modern Vision
This is Beirut 2025-02-14 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia Biennale Art Culture Jeddah
Under a vast canopy of tents in the Saudi city of Jeddah, religious artifacts are on display alongside contemporary art pieces, part of the kingdom's bid to transform its ultraconservative image. The second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale, titled And All That Is In Between, features as its centerpiece segments of the kiswa, the black cloth ...
Hamas and Israel Exchange Hostages for Prisoners in Latest Gaza Swap
This is Beirut 2025-02-15 14:44 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza Hostages
Palestinian militants handed three Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross on Saturday, while buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners rolled out of two Israeli jails in the latest exchange under an ongoing Gaza truce deal. An AFP journalist saw masked Hamas militants parade the hostages onto a stage in Gaza's southern city of Khan Yunis, where ...
‘Beyrouth Forever,’ David Hury’s Relentless Crime Novel
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-02-15 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah David Hury Book Beirut Culture
Published in January 2025 by Liana Levi, Beyrouth Forever marks an evolution in David Hury’s literary journey. Before this, he had already explored other genres, with historical novels like Mustapha s’en va-t-en guerre (2021) and Sans nouvelles depuis Drancy (2024), as well as Pentes douces (2017), an illustrated novel. In an interview with ...
Israel: Ongoing Identification of the Remains of Hostages Handed Over by Hamas
This is Beirut 2025-02-20 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel's national forensic centre said Thursday that it was still working to identify the bodies of three hostages returned earlier in the day by Hamas, after verifying the identity of a fourth. "We have been working since this morning to provide definitive answers to the families. The staff of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine ...
From Father to Son, from Beirut to the Louvre, the Epic of the Abou Adal Icons
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-02-28 17:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Lebanon Louvre Museum Collection Icons Christianism
The extraordinary journey of the Abou Adal collection began in the early 1950s, in a Lebanon then regarded as the “Switzerland of the Middle East.” Georges Abou Adal, driven by a curiosity for Eastern sacred art, acquired his first icons in 1952. What started as a personal interest quickly turned into a passionate quest to preserve and ...
'The Brutalist': Fact, Fiction, and the Architect Debate Sparks
This is Beirut 2025-02-21 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
United States Cinema Oscars Film Art Culture
The Brutalist, an epic drama loosely inspired by the life and work of architect Marcel Breuer, is one of the favorites for Sunday’s Oscars. However, the film has drawn scorn from design experts, who accuse it of glaring errors and question whether its main character is even a Brutalist architect. Here are five things to know about the film, ...
'Pays amer': Georgia Makhlouf Revives the Memory of the Pioneers
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-02-21 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Lebanon Novel Georgia Makhlouf Interview Culture
Pays amer (Presses de la Cité, 2024) is Georgia Makhlouf’s third novel. It weaves together the stories of two Lebanese female photographers, separated by a century. One narrative unfolds in the 1920s, a time when Lebanon is shaping its future, while the other centers on Mona, a woman in 2020, navigating a country in crisis. Oscillating between ...
A film shot with an iPhone in 10 days could win at Berlinale
This is Beirut 2025-02-22 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Berlinale Festival Film Cinema
Romanian director Radu Jude is hoping for a second victory at the Berlin Film Festival with his latest production, which was shot on an iPhone in just 10 days. Containing Jude’s typical offbeat humor and taste for the absurd, Kontinental '25 recounts the life of a hard-working bailiff who is stricken by guilt caused by a suicide linked to her ...
The Old Testament Heritage of the Maronites
Amine Jules Iskandar 2025-02-23 09:00 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
A large number of old churches and chapels in the Lebanese mountains feature the Star of David, engraved on keystones, spandrels, cornices, and even doorframes. In some cases, this motif also appears in private homes whose ornamentation draws inspiration from religious architecture. The star appears in various forms – sometimes on its own, ...
Texas Child Dies in Measles Outbreak, First US Fatality in Years
This is Beirut 2025-02-27 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An unvaccinated child in Texas has died from measles, authorities said Wednesday, marking the first US fatality from the highly contagious disease in nearly a decade as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed a growing outbreak. The death comes as immunization rates decline nationwide, with the latest cases concentrated in a Mennonite ...
Lebanese Civil War: Fiftieth Anniversary
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-02-28 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah
Lebanon is preparing to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War, which opened wide the gates of hell on Lebanon and the Lebanese. The war did not end when the shells and rockets stopped with the entry of the Syrian army into Lebanon and the storming of the Baabda Palace to end Michel Aoun's illegitimate rule. The war ended ...
China Holds Large-Scale Military Drills around Taiwan
This is Beirut 2025-04-01 23:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
White House China Taiwan United States Military Drill
China on Tuesday sent its army, navy, air, and rocket forces to surround Taiwan for large-scale drills Beijing said were aimed at practicing for "precision strikes" and a blockade of the self-ruled island. Taiwan dispatched its own aircraft and ships and deployed land-based missile systems in response to the ongoing exercises and accused Beijing ...
Curry Drops 52 as Warriors Win, Jokic Bags Career-High 61 in Denver Loss
This is Beirut 2025-04-02 13:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Stephen Curry NBA Golden State Warriors Grizzlies
Stephen Curry delivered a majestic 52-point performance as the Golden State Warriors clinched a crucial victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday while Nikola Jokic bagged a career-high 61 points in vain as Denver lost a double overtime thriller to Minnesota. Curry, the NBA's all-time leader in three-point shooting, looked poised to set the ...
To What Extent Does Nawaf Salam Adopt a Common Criteria?
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-02-05 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Government
A quick assessment of the current situation shows that among the majority of MPs who nominated Nawaf Salam to form the new government, only a few remain satisfied with the prime minister-designate’s performance. So far, Salam has managed to infuriate most of those who were on his side, while satisfying his opponents, particularly Amal and ...
Frattesi Shoots Inter Into Champions League Final After Barcelona Epic
This is Beirut 2025-05-07 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Football Ligue des champions Barça
Davide Frattesi fired Inter Milan into the Champions League final on Tuesday with an extra-time winner which gave the Italians a stunning 4-3 triumph over Barcelona, 7-6 on aggregate. Italy midfielder Frattesi won a tie for the ages under a downpour in Milan when he lashed home in the 99th minute, sending a packed and rocking San Siro wild with ...
Trump’s 100 Days: A Rocky Ride, But His Supporters Remain Loyal
This is Beirut 2025-04-29 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
After 100 days of political chaos and economic shock that have sent his approval ratings tumbling, Donald Trump hopes to regain the unqualified adulation of his supporters Tuesday at one of his signature events: a public rally. To mark the symbolic milestone of his second term, the Republican US president is visiting the site of one of his final ...
Carnegie Endowment: “Trusting the Americans Is a Bad Idea”
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-04-29 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA America United States Donald Trump
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an American think tank, believes that “trusting the Americans is a bad idea.” Carnegie’s Michael Young did not qualify what he meant by “the Americans.” Did he mean the US government? Its policies? Or just all of the Americans, wholesale? Young even took a swipe at the May 17, 1983 ...
Dembele Sinks Arsenal as PSG Seize Edge in Champions League Semi-Final
This is Beirut 2025-04-30 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Football Champions League PSG Arsenal
Paris Saint-Germain seized the advantage in their Champions League semi-final against Arsenal as Ousmane Dembele sealed a 1-0 win in the first leg on Tuesday. Dembele struck in the opening minutes at the Emirates Stadium and Luis Enrique's side held on to the lead with a composed display that kept Arsenal at bay. PSG will head into the second ...
Heritage: The Mummies of Qadisha (2/2)
Amine Jules Iskandar 2025-05-04 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The medieval Maronite mummies buried in 1990 in the Assi cave, beneath Hadat, sparked the curiosity of the explorers from GERSL (Groupe d'Études et de Recherches Souterraines du Liban) regarding this troubled period in the second half of the 13th century. Ancient Maronite accounts, copied in the 17th century by Patriarch Estéphanos Douaihy, ...
Mount Lebanon Votes: High Voter Turnout and Political Rivalries
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-05-04 14:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Lebanese Forces Kataeb Mount Lebanon Municipal Elections
In the Mount Lebanon Mohafaza, municipal elections kicked off on Sunday morning with a relatively high voter turnout reported by early afternoon, according to data released by the Ministry of Interior. Out of 833,715 registered voters, 162,271 cast their ballots, with turnout rates recorded at 34.08% in Keserwan, 23.64% in Aley, 32.26% in Jbeil, ...
Syria: Ethno-National Imbroglios and State Formation
Charles Chartouni 2025-05-05 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Turkey Iran Iraq
The recent clashes between the Syrian Druze community and the newly formed government in Damascus betray the inconsistencies of the current transition in Syria and its pitfalls. However positive the ongoing political evolutions in Syria are, they are still thwarted by major ideological and strategic hurdles that have prevented the actual ...
Black Smoke: Cardinals Fail to Elect New Pope on First Try
This is Beirut 2025-05-07 22:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church in their first conclave vote. Tens of thousands of people gathered in St Peter's Square to await the smoke, which came around three hours and 15 minutes after the 133 cardinals were closed ...
In Search of Easter Eggs: A Timeless, Chocolate-Filled Tradition
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-04-21 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Every year on Easter Sunday or Monday, backyards and gardens come alive with excitement as children, baskets in hand, hunt for hidden chocolate eggs. Though it may seem like a simple festive activity today, the Easter egg hunt has a deep and rich history that stretches back centuries, blending mythology, Christian customs and local folklore. From ...
1945 Revisited: Memory Still at War, 80 Years On
Ryan Chaba 2025-05-08 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Europe World War II Remembrance
This Thursday, May 8, marks a day of remembrance. Across the globe, heads of state, veterans and institutions will honor the heroes and victims of the Second World War. But behind the wreaths, anthems and solemn speeches lies a deeper truth: memory is not just remembered, it is contested and increasingly weaponized. Eighty years later, the war is ...
Knicks Rally Again to Take 2-0 Lead Over Celtics, Thunder Roar Back
This is Beirut 2025-05-08 12:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The New York Knicks rallied again from 20 points down to snatch a 91-90 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday as the Oklahoma City Thunder bounced back in historic style in the NBA playoffs. After erasing a 20-point deficit in a gritty overtime triumph in game one, the Knicks authored another epic comeback to take a 2-0 lead over the ...