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Quincy Jones, the Man Who Revolutionized Music, Passes Away at 91
Béatrice Moreau 2024-11-04 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Los Angeles Music Legend Jazz Pop
Quincy Jones, a music legend, passed away on November 3, 2024, in Los Angeles, at the age of 91. A visionary producer, accomplished musician, and a key figure in the music industry for more than seven decades. Born on March 14, 1933, in Chicago, Quincy Delight Jones Jr. discovered music at a young age in Seattle, where he became friends with Ray ...
Urdu Bazaar in Delhi Faces Decline Amid Cultural Shifts
This is Beirut 2024-11-05 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In the heart of Old Delhi, bookseller Mohammed Mahfooz Alam sits in his quiet shop, one of the last few stores selling Urdu literature, a language cherished by poets for centuries. Urdu, spoken by millions, carries a rich history reflecting India's complex cultural blend. However, it has steadily declined under the dominance of Hindi, facing ...
Daou to Qassem: Stop Selling Illusions
This is Beirut 2024-11-06 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Opposition MP Mark Daou deconstructed Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem's populist rhetoric, urging him to “stop selling illusions and sending young people to certain death.” “Sheikh Qassem, it seems that no one has informed you that the terrain has not induced any change in the balance of power (with Israel). Thirty-seven Lebanese ...
Druze Leadership on High Alert to Avert Reckless Ventures
Toni Issa 2024-11-08 10:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanese Army Middle East Benjamin Netanyahu druze
Lebanon's political and sectarian forces cannot approach the current Israeli war as they did previous conflicts, including the 1982 invasion that reached Beirut. This war risks dismantling the existing “rules of engagement” between Lebanese sectarian groups, potentially ushering in a new balance of power. As a result, all factions are bracing ...
Trade Under Fire: How Are Imports Faring in Times of War?
Christiane Tager 2024-11-14 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Middle East
The import of essential goods during wartime presents a major logistical and economic challenge for Lebanon. Importing companies, already weakened by multiple successive crises, are now facing exorbitant costs and increased risks in transport. It's been around two months since the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah intensified, bringing a ...
US Sanctions Syrian Firm for Selling Oil to Fund Iranian Proxies
This is Beirut 2024-11-15 09:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Sanctions Iran Syria Iran Proxy US State Department
The US unveiled sanctions Thursday against 26 people, firms and ships allegedly associated with a Syrian conglomerate making hundreds of millions of dollars selling oil on behalf of Iran and its proxies. The US Treasury Department said in a statement that its designations were related to the Al-Qatirji Company, which it accuses of generating vast ...
Vinyl Revival in India: A Slow but Steady Journey
This is Beirut 2024-11-18 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
"I feel like a child in a toy store," says Saji Pillai, who has never tired of the magic of making a vinyl record: engraving the mold, pressing the disc, and hearing the crackle of the first note under the needle. In recent years, this seasoned professional in the music industry imported records from Europe for his own label or for film ...
Glastonbury 2025 Tickets Sell Out in Record 35 Minutes
This is Beirut 2024-11-18 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tickets for next year’s Glastonbury Festival sold out in an astonishing 35 minutes on Sunday morning, marking yet another rapid sell-out for the globally celebrated event. More than 200,000 attendees are expected to descend upon Worthy Farm, the festival’s iconic site in rural southwest England, from June 25 to 29, 2025. Sales began at 9:00 ...
Life Amid Bombardment in Beirut's Southern Suburbs
Victoria C. Werling 2024-11-23 16:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Bombings southern suburbs israel war
It is 4 PM when we enter Chiyah, a neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Navigating through debris, we make our way to the site of the latest Israeli airstrike, which occurred just a few hours earlier. A five-story building lies gutted, its top two floors reduced to rubble. Despite the devastation, the main street running ...
Electing a President Is Necessary Before Achieving a Ceasefire
Rami Rayess 2024-10-09 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ceasefire Hassan Nasrallah Tehran United States
Some may argue that electing a new president before achieving a ceasefire and ending the Israeli war on Hezbollah is illogical, because it contradicts the natural course of events. How can MPs head to the Parliament and cast their votes under the pressure of Israeli airstrikes, even if those strikes are on the outskirts of the capital and not in ...
PlayStation: 30 Years of Innovation, Controversy, and Success
Béatrice Moreau 2024-12-01 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
On December 3, 1994, Sony made a dramatic entry into the world of gaming consoles with the launch of the PlayStation in Japan. This machine, which would be released a few months later in the United States and Europe, was born from a failed collaboration with Nintendo. Humiliated by its partner's sudden decision to side with Philips instead, Sony ...
New 'White Lotus' Season to Premiere Before 'Harry Potter'
This is Beirut 2024-12-07 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
HBO has revealed that the third season of its acclaimed TV series The White Lotus will premiere in February. This will be followed by the second season of The Last of Us later in the year, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed. Unveiling an ambitious global programming lineup, HBO and Max streaming service CEO Casey Bloys announced that the ...
Asian Markets Retreat as China Pledges Fail to Spark Excitement
This is Beirut 2024-12-13 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Asian markets fell Friday as China's latest vows to boost the beleaguered economy failed to stir much excitement, while traders looked ahead to a key Federal Reserve policy meeting next week. A tepid week was on course for a damp finish, with Wall Street offering a negative lead after fresh data pointing to a pick-up in inflation. Hong Kong and ...
Festive Agenda (2): December in the Spirit of Christmas
Béatrice Moreau 2024-12-13 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Christmas Exhibition Theater Culture Events
Khyal Sahra returns to Casino du Liban for the holidays After captivating over 26,000 spectators last August, the play Khyal Sahra, written, directed and performed by Georges Khabbaz, alongside Adel Karam, makes a grand return to Casino du Liban for a limited series of performances from December 18, 2024, to January 19, 2025. This theatrical ...
Damascus: HTS Leader Congratulates the People and Calls for Celebrations
This is Beirut 2024-12-13 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The leader of the Islamist-dominated armed coalition that seized power in Syria on Friday called on residents to take to the streets en masse to celebrate the "victory of the revolution." In a video, Abou Mohammad al-Jolani, now using his real name, Ahmad al-Chareh, "congratulated the Syrian people on the revolution’s victory" and urged the ...
'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy' Arrives on Valentine’s Day 2025
Madeleine Cadoux 2024-12-16 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
After eight years of speculation, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has finally arrived. Following Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), The Edge of Reason (2004) and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), the upcoming film adapts Helen Fielding’s bestselling novel of the same name. This chapter takes a dramatic turn: Bridget is a widowed single mother navigating ...
Flash Villas, Cars and Drugs: Assad's Legacy in Latakia
This is Beirut 2024-12-16 17:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The drive winds between manicured lavender-lined lawns to a crescent-shaped home with a gleaming swimming pool on the Syrian coast: Bashar al-Assad's holiday hideaway disgusts those who now come here. "To think that he spent all that money and we lived in misery," spat Mudar Ghanem, 26. He is grey-skinned and his eyes are sunken after spending ...
A US Farm Breeds Pigs for Human Kidney Transplants
This is Beirut 2024-12-17 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Genetic Modification Revivicor United Therapeutics
On a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients. Revivicor, the biotech company Ayares leads, is at the forefront of xenotransplantation research -- the implantation of animal organs into humans -- which aims to solve a ...
Syria's New Rulers Step Up Engagement With The World
This is Beirut 2024-12-17 19:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Syria Bashar al-Assad Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Syria's new rulers stepped up engagement on Tuesday with countries that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah, with the French flag raised at the embassy for the first time in over a decade. Assad fled Syria just over a week ago, as his forces abandoned tanks and other equipment in the face of a lightning offensive spearheaded by the ...
Counterfeit $50 Bills: An Issue Nearing Resolution
Liliane Mokbel 2024-12-18 20:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The issue of counterfeit $50 bills appears to be nearing a resolution. Over 80% of shops, supermarkets and gas stations now accept these bills for cash payments. The remaining 15% mainly consists of small neighborhood businesses, which have been particularly affected by the economic crisis and the fragility of a cash-reliant economy. “Most ...
Germany Mourns Five Killed, Hundreds Wounded in Christmas Market Attack
This is Beirut 2024-12-21 17:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday condemned the "terrible, insane" car-ramming attack on a crowded Christmas market that killed five people and injured more than 200. Police arrested a 50-year-old Saudi psychiatry doctor at the scene Friday, next to the battered SUV that had ploughed through the festive crowd leaving a trail of ...
BDL Reserves Rise to $10.176B: Will Payments Continue in January?
Maurice Matta 2024-12-27 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The relevant departments of the Banque du Liban (BDL) have finalized a comprehensive study on deposits and accounts held in Lebanese banks. This study distinguishes between “fresh accounts,” opened after October 17, 2019, and “dollar accounts,” which refer to legacy accounts established before that date. Commissioned by the acting ...
Old $100 Bill Still Valid
This is Beirut 2024-12-27 21:35 - Reading : less than a minute
The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) has issued a statement denying rumors circulating on certain social networks, claiming that the old printing of the hundred-dollar bill is still in circulation in the country. According to these rumors, the distribution of these bills has been suspended worldwide. However, the ISF said ...
This is Beirut's 'Walk of Fame:' They Left Us in 2024
Bélinda Ibrahim 2024-12-31 10:30 - Reading : 10 minute(s)
Culture Artists Homage Celebrities Restrospective2024
This is Beirut presents its Walk of Fame dedicated to iconic figures from the artistic and cultural world who passed away in 2024. From Hussein Madi to Olivia Hussey, including Donald Sutherland and Alain Delon, this selection, far from exhaustive, pays tribute to individuals whose talent and legacy marked this painful year. Hussein Madi (88) ...
US Expands Sanctions Against Iran’s Oil Industry Over Israel Strikes
This is Beirut 2024-10-11 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States hit Iran's oil and petrochemicals sectors with fresh sanctions on Friday in response to Tehran's October 1 attack against Israel, designating dozens of new companies and firms. In a statement on Friday, the Treasury Department said it was going after Iran's so-called "shadow fleet" of ships involved in selling Iranian oil in ...
‘Zombies’: From Haitian Voodoo to Hollywood Distortion
This is Beirut 2024-10-07 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Forget The Walking Dead, Thriller, and Night of the Living Dead. Zombies reveal their true nature at the Quai Branly in an exhibition that explores their Haitian roots and their links to slavery, far removed from Hollywood imagery. Recreating a place of worship and a cemetery, blending modern iconography, photos, and objects, “Zombies. Is Death ...
Mbappe the Next Prize for Real Madrid, Kings of Europe
This Is Beirut 2024-06-02 15:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Real Madrid's record-extending 15th Champions League triumph will leave incoming French superstar Kylian Mbappe licking his lips at what lies ahead for him. The 25-year-old forward has been unable to win the competition with Paris Saint-Germain in seven years at the French club. Set to join the Spanish giants in the coming days, Mbappe saw the ...
Ukrainian FM in China to Discuss End of War with Russia
This Is Beirut 2024-07-23 13:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine's foreign minister was in China Tuesday for talks on how officials there might help end the war with Russia, whose ties with Beijing have grown stronger since the conflict began. China presents itself as a neutral party in the war and says it is not sending lethal assistance to either side, unlike the United States and other Western ...
Netflix’s ‘Heeramandi’ Stirs Debate on Pakistan’s Courtesans
Béatrice Moreau 2024-06-03 18:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Netflix series Heeramandi reignited interest in Pakistan’s historical red-light district, but the show’s glamorous portrayal starkly contrasts with the harsh realities faced by modern-day sex workers. Netflix’s latest hit series, Heeramandi, captivated audiences with its dazzling depiction of courtesans in 1940s Lahore, Pakistan. The ...
‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld’: Unveiling the Fashion Kaiser’s Rise
Béatrice Moreau 2024-06-08 10:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Disney+ premiers Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, a captivating six-episode series exploring the iconic designer’s early years in 1970s Paris, starring Daniel Brühl as the enigmatic fashion legend. The world of haute couture continues to inspire the small screen, as Disney+ prepares to launch Becoming Karl Lagerfeld on Friday, a highly anticipated ...