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Audi: Demons That Have Corrupted Souls Prevent Reform and Progress
This is Beirut 2025-03-30 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Referring to the situation of the country, the Metropolitan of Beirut, Elias Audi, asked, “How can you build a country if some of its citizens don't believe in it? How can a society be reformed if some of its members cling to their own interests? How do you root out corruption in an administration that is always surrounded by the corrupt and ...
Confronting Suicidal Radicals: Full Resolve, No Half-Measures
Michel Touma 2025-03-31 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam UN Security Council Hezbollah Joseph Aoun Tehran
When a country is gripped by a deep existential crisis and confronted with an armed conflict sparked by external aggression, polarized positions often become unavoidable. This is especially true – and bears repeating – when it comes to the actions of Iran’s proxies and their regional backer, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...
From Bardot to Birkin: The Timeless Allure of the Basket Bag
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-06 10:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Basket Bags Jane Birkin Brigitte Bardot Fashion Summer 2025 Trends
For several seasons, wicker and raffia baskets have shed their humble beachside and market origins, transformed by top designers into must-have summer staples. This trend is rooted in dual heritage: the laid-back practicality paired with the sun-drenched glamour of the Riviera. Once a simple everyday item, the basket bag has become a style icon ...
Swipe, Like, Ghost: The Exhausting Supermarket of Online Dating
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-08 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Dating Apps Online Dating Swipe Like Emotional Marketplace
Since the rise of Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble, dating has taken on the feel of digital shopping. You pick a profile, reject another, then repeat. One swipe, and the illusion of endless choice starts all over again. What was meant to make love easier ends up fraying nerves. Love becomes a product and the connection, a secondary goal. This phenomenon ...
Tintin-Inspired Tomb Among England’s Most Unique Heritage Listings
This is Beirut 2024-12-19 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A 17th-century English tomb linked to the beloved Tintin comics has been granted official protection as a "remarkable" historic place by heritage chiefs. In the quiet town of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, far from the snowy mountains of Tibet where the intrepid young reporter Tintin ventured, lies the tomb of Mary Haddock, mother of Admiral Richard ...
Pope Leo’s Speech at the Sanctuary of Saint Charbel
This is Beirut 2025-12-01 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
“Dear brothers and sisters, I thank the Superior General for his words and for the welcome in this beautiful monastery of Annaya. The nature surrounding this house of prayer draws us in with its austere beauty. I give thanks to God for allowing me to come on pilgrimage to the tomb of Saint Charbel. My predecessors—especially Saint ...
South Lebanon Ceasefire: One Year On, Life in Limbo
Katia Kahil 2025-11-25 13:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah Lebanon Israel South Lebanon
One year after the ceasefire, south Lebanon remains a land fraught with tension. Even when the strikes seem to ease, the shadow of war lingers. Israel’s sporadic bombardments never truly stop, and each moment of calm feels like a brief pause in an invisible countdown. Life here is fragile, shaping a population caught between the urgent need ...
Syrians Protest After Violence Against Alawite Minority
This is Beirut 2025-11-25 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Conflict Alawite Protest
Several hundred people protested on Tuesday in Syria's coastal city of Latakia in the country's Alawite heartland against recent attacks targeting the minority community, AFP correspondents said. Protesters in Latakia shouted slogans including "The Syrian people are one" and "To the whole world, listen to us, the Alawites ...
Lebanese Red Cross’s Final Sprint Ahead of the Pope’s Visit
Hala Abdallah 2025-11-25 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Red Cross safety emergency Pope's visit
Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Lebanon, scheduled from November 30 to December 2, the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) shared with This is Beirut details of the unprecedented medical and logistical setup designed to ensure the safety of anticipated crowds. Through its Emergency Medical Services Sector (EMS), the Red Cross says it is fully prepared to ...
Hanoi to Welcome a Renzo Piano “Opera Island” in 2027
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-11-25 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hanoi Isola Della Musica Opera Culture Renzo Piano Vietnam
By 2027, a striking new landmark will rise from the calm waters of Hanoi. Built on an artificial island between West Lake and Đầm Trị Lake, the Isola Della Musica, designed by Renzo Piano and his studio, the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW), will unfold like a bright, sculptural form with fluid, organic lines. Revealed in autumn 2025, the ...
Israeli Army Launches New Operation in West Bank
This is Beirut 2025-11-26 21:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel's military on Wednesday launched a new operation against Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank, where a local governor told AFP that Israeli forces had raided several towns. The Israeli military, police and internal security service said in a joint statement that they had begun "a broad counter-terrorism operation" in the ...
Pope Leo XIV Arrives in Turkey on First Foreign Mission of His Papacy
This is Beirut 2025-11-27 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey on Thursday for a four-day visit, where he will hold talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and meet Christian leaders on the first overseas trip of his papacy. The trip, which includes a second leg to Lebanon, begins in the Turkish capital, Ankara, where the first American pope landed shortly after ...
Pope Urges Turkey to Embrace Mediator Role on First Overseas Trip
This is Beirut 2025-11-27 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV began a four-day visit to Turkey on Thursday, urging Ankara to embrace its role as a mediator in a world gripped by conflict, he said after talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "Mr President, may Turkey be a source of stability and rapprochement between peoples, in service of a just and lasting peace," he said in the capital as ...
Pope Leo XIV and Bartholomew Mark 1,700 Years Since Nicaea in Turkey
This is Beirut 2025-11-28 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV will join the leader of the world's Orthodox Christians Friday to celebrate 1,700 years since one of the early Church's most important gatherings, on the second day of his visit to Turkey. The American pope began his four-day visit on Thursday in Ankara, where he urged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to embrace Turkey's role as a ...
Paris Arthouse Cinemas Reinvent Themselves to Survive the Attendance Slump
This is Beirut 2025-11-29 14:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Paris is one of the world's arthouse cinema hotspots, but falling attendance levels mean beloved independent operators must innovate and invest to survive. The centre of the City of Light has the highest density of silver screens in the world per capita and arguably one of the most cinephile local populations. That has long supported its dense ...
“Pontiff”: from Bridge Keeper to Head of the Church
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-11-30 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV Rome Supreme Pontiff Roman Empire Lebanon
Pope Leo XIV’s arrival to Beirut for a three-day apostolic visit offers the perfect opportunity to revisit a word that spans the religious and political history of the West: pontiff. Now reserved for the head of the Catholic Church, it is inherited from a far older – and originally non-Christian – function. Roman Origins: The Pontifex The ...
At the Airport, a Wave of Emotion After the Arrival of Pope Leo XIV
Yara Germany 2025-11-30 17:45 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut spoke with children Celine Rai and Tony Beainy, who welcomed Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival at the Beirut airport, offering him bread, salt, and flowers. Rita Abi Hanna, the representative of the Guides du Liban to APECL Jeune (the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon), also shared her thoughts with This is Beirut.
Faithful and Clergy Gather in Harissa Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s Arrival
This is Beirut 2025-12-01 10:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Bishops, priests, religious members, and representatives from pastoral ministries are assembling at the Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral in Harissa to welcome Pope Leo XIV, creating an atmosphere of devotion and anticipation as the pope prepares to address the community and share his message of peace and faith.
Public Administration Begins Major Downsizing
Liliane Mokbel 2025-11-22 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Civil Service Council has proposed an unprecedented plan: cutting 5,600 positions from the 28,000 currently in the public administration. This 20 percent reduction is described as essential to modernize a state apparatus that has become heavy, costly, and ill-suited to current needs. Most of the positions targeted are already vacant or ...
Pope Leo XIV Welcomed with Fervor at Harissa
This is Beirut 2025-12-01 12:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Basilica of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, warmly greeted by bishops, priests, religious men and women, and pastoral workers, as the faithful welcome him with great fervor.
Day Two: Pope Leo XIV Highlights Peace, Unity and Solidarity
This is Beirut 2025-12-01 13:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Pope Leo XIV Harissa St. Charbel The Vatican
On the second day of his visit to Lebanon on Monday, Pope Leo XIV met with bishops, clergy, religious communities, and pastoral workers at the Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine in Harissa, where he delivered an address focused on his trip’s theme: “Blessed are the peacemakers.” The Pope praised the Lebanese Church’s role in sustaining hope amid ...
Daraya Rises Again
This is Beirut 2025-12-04 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Daraya, just seven kilometers from Damascus, was once the city of roses and workshops, a symbol of creativity and spirit. In 2011, its residents greeted soldiers from the Assad regime with flowers during peaceful demonstrations. The response was a massacre, followed by a four-year siege that emptied the city of its 250,000 inhabitants. Destroyed ...
The Hermes Kelly: Elegance Inspired by Grace Kelly
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-12-07 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Bags Culture Grace Kelly Hermès Kelly Fashion
In the exacting world of luxury leather goods, few pieces have left as profound a mark on collective memory as the Hermes Kelly. No other bag so effortlessly unites French equestrian heritage with international glamour. Originally created in the late 19th century as a “Haut à Courroies” for carrying saddles, it evolved in 1935 into the ...
Syria's Sharaa Vows to Promote Coexistence, Reconciliation One Year after Assad's Ousting
This is Beirut 2025-12-08 20:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa vowed to usher in an era of justice and coexistence a year after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, with tens of thousands taking to the streets to mark the anniversary. Sharaa's Islamist-led alliance launched a lightning offensive in late November last year and took Damascus on December 8, bringing a sudden ...
Louvre Museum Closed as Workers Strike
This is Beirut 2025-12-15 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Louvre Museum closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a strike to protest working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a shocking robbery. Workers are demanding extra staff and measures to tackle overcrowding, adding to the woes of the world's most visited museum just as France is ...
Festive Lights, Security Tight for Christmas in Damascus
This is Beirut 2025-12-24 17:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Damascus Syria Christmas christians
Christmas lights illuminate Damascus's Old City while government forces patrol its shadows as security fears haunt Syria's Christian community. They recall the shooting and suicide attack in June at the Saint Elias church in the Syrian capital that killed 25 people and wounded dozens more. "People are going home early, and are afraid," said Tala ...
Syria State TV Reports Jordanian Strikes Targeting Drug Trafficking Networks
This is Beirut 2025-12-25 10:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Jordanian army launched air strikes targeting drug smuggling networks in southern Syria on Wednesday, Syrian state media said. State broadcaster Al-Ikhbariya reported on Telegram that the Jordanian army targeted "drug smuggling networks and storage farms in the southern and eastern countryside" of Sweida. In a statement, the Jordanian army ...
Syria to Start Replacing Currency from Jan 1: Central Bank Chief
This is Beirut 2025-12-25 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Banks Damascus United States Syria Currency
Syria's central bank chief said Thursday that the country's currency would start to be replaced with a revamped version from January 1, as Damascus tries to relaunch its economy after emerging from the rule of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad last year. Improving the standing of the Syrian pound is among the greatest challenges for Syria's new ...
Tehran Shopkeepers Shut Stores Over Economic Hardship, Currency Volatility
This is Beirut 2025-12-29 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tehran Economy Currency Sanctions protests
Some shopkeepers in Tehran closed their stores on Monday in protest against economic hardships and sharp swings in Iran's embattled currency, Iranian media reported, following similar demonstrations a day earlier. State news agency IRNA said some shopkeepers and traders at Tehran's bazaar "have closed or partially closed their stores," adding ...
Iran President Tells Government Listen to Protesters 'Legitimate Demands'
This is Beirut 2025-12-30 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Banks Israel Tehran United Nations USA
Iran's president urged his government to listen to the "legitimate demands" of protesters, state media reported Tuesday, after demonstrations by shopkeepers in Tehran over economic hardship. Shopkeepers in the capital shut their stores on Monday, after Iran's embattled currency hit new lows on the unofficial market. Photos from ...