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Rewriting 'Ben-Hur:' 'Aletheia' by Luigi A. Kohli on Faith, Empire and Fiction
Marie-Christine Tayah 13/07 12:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Writing UK Beirut Author Culture Art
Luigi A. Kohli, author of Aletheia, a Ben-Hur saga, followed a dream that never left him. After years in the corporate world, he found the courage to step away and embrace the calling he had carried since youth: to write. What began as a long-held fascination with epic films and ancient history transformed into a powerful, imaginative ...
'Peace:' A Word of War?
Sana Richa Choucair 13/07 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Middle East Peace
Since returning to power in January 2025, President Donald Trump has multiplied his promises of peace: an end to the war in Ukraine “within 24 hours,” a global deal in the Middle East, including Gaza. But when Trump speaks of peace, he taps into a long rhetorical tradition where peace often rhymes with order, or even submission. Behind this ...
Another Delay for Egypt’s Grand Museum Shakes Tourism Hopes
This is Beirut 15/07 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Museum Egypt Heritage Culture Art Exhibition
In the shadow of the Grand Egyptian Museum, souvenir shop owner Mona has been readying for the tourist boom she hoped the long-awaited opening would bring, now once again out of reach. "I had bet everything on this opening," she told AFP from her shop, just steps from the iconic pyramids of Giza, which the much-anticipated museum ...
Should We Be Concerned About ChatGPT’s Impact on the Human Brain?
Bélinda Ibrahim 10/07 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
AI ChatGPT MIT Study Brain Lazy Neurosciences
A team of researchers at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), led by neuroscientist Nataliya Kosmyna at the MIT Media Lab, conducted a preliminary study to explore the effects of ChatGPT on brain activity. Their approach was notably unconventional—combining writing and memory tasks with 32-channel EEG (electroencephalogram) ...
How Effective Is UNIFIL?
Mario Chartouni 15/07 16:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel UN Security Council UNIFIL Lebanon
With its mandate set to expire on August 31, 2025, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is once again facing scrutiny over its effectiveness in fulfilling its mission. Enlarged under UN Security Council Resolution 1701 in 2006 to prevent the presence of armed groups south of the Litani River, UNIFIL has struggled to enforce its ...
Luxury Bag Counterfeiting Takes on Major Fashion Houses
Bélinda Ibrahim 15/07 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Luxury Bags China TikTok Viral Counterfeits
At first glance, the video looks like just another promo for cut-price products. A young woman praises a handbag “identical to an Hermès model” for a fraction of the cost. The brand is blurred, but the resemblance is unmistakable. The caption reads: “Luxury brands are all made in China.” In other words: why pay €10,000 for a Hermès bag ...
Cosmetic Counterfeits: Lebanon Grapples with the Surge of Fake Beauty Products (2/3)
Bélinda Ibrahim 15/07 21:16 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Lebanon Cosmetic Counterfeits Beauty Products Skin Care Health
On Instagram, just a few clicks on reseller accounts or sponsored stories plunge you into a sleek, alluring world where top brands — Lancôme, Estée Lauder, Guerlain, Dior, La Roche-Posay — are sold at slashed prices. Descriptions sound convincing: “imported from the US,” “end-of-line stock before ...
Trump says Indonesia to Face 19% Tariff Under Trade Deal
This is Beirut 16/07 09:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Indonesia Tariffs
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had struck a trade pact with Indonesia resulting in significant purchase commitments from the Southeast Asian country, following negotiations to avoid steeper tariffs. Indonesian goods entering the United States would face a 19 percent tariff, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. This ...
Real Madrid Confirm Vazquez Departure
This is Beirut 16/07 16:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Real Madrid Football Lucas Vazquez
Real Madrid defender Lucas Vazquez will leave the club, the Spanish giants confirmed Wednesday. After his deal expired at the end of the season, Los Blancos had agreed to a short-term contract extension for the Spaniard to keep him for the Club World Cup, which they competed in this summer in the United States. "Vazquez exemplarily represents ...
When the Body Speaks: The Truth Behind Self-Harm
David Sahyoun 16/07 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Self-Harm Psychoanalysis Body Scars Sufferings
Once treated as a fringe concern in psychiatry, self-harm has become far more visible in recent decades. Clinical and epidemiological studies agree that it primarily affects adolescents and young adults, with a marked prevalence among girls and young women. It appears in hospitals, schools and prisons, but also across digital spaces. On platforms ...
Japan's Sega Eyes Return to 1990s Gaming Glory
This is Beirut 17/07 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The big-screen success of 1990s video game speedster "Sonic the Hedgehog" has brought new fans to Japan's Sega, which says it is poised for a comeback after two tough decades. This year all eyes have been on Nintendo, whose Switch 2 recently became the fastest-selling console in history. But unlike its former arch-rival, Sega has not sold gaming ...
Connie Francis, First Woman to Top Billboard Hot 100, Dies at 87
This is Beirut 17/07 14:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Connie Francis RIP Legend Music Icon Culture
Connie Francis, the beloved pop star of the 1950s and 1960s and the first woman to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist, has died at the age of 87. Her passing comes just two weeks after it was revealed that she had been hospitalized due to “extreme pain.” The news was confirmed early Thursday, July 17, by Ron Roberts, ...
US Congress Approves $9 Bn in Trump Cuts to Foreign Aid, Public Media
This is Beirut 18/07 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Congress Donald Trump USA Cuts Aid
US Republicans early Friday approved President Donald Trump's plan to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, vowing it was just the start of broader efforts by Congress to slash the federal budget. The cuts achieve only a tiny fraction of the $1 trillion in annual savings that tech billionaire and estranged Trump ...
Iraq Says Drones that Struck Military Radars Are Foreign-Made
This is Beirut 18/07 20:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq said Friday that drones, which hit several military radar systems last month, were launched from within the country but manufactured abroad, without identifying the perpetrators. On June 24, the Iraqi government said that several small suicide drones targeted multiple Iraqi military sites and bases, including the radar systems at Camp Taji, ...
Superman Flies High Again, Soars Past $400 Million Worldwide
This is Beirut 21/07 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Superman Cinema Box Office US Culture Art Superman
The Man of Steel has staying power: Superman topped the North American box office for a second week running and surpassed the $400 million mark worldwide, industry estimates showed Sunday. Riding largely positive reviews, the latest big-budget action film featuring the iconic superhero from Warner Bros. and DC Studios earned $57.3 million in the ...
Jane Birkin’s First Hermès Birkin Bag Breaks Auction Record
This is Beirut 10/07 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Fashion Hermès Jane Birkin Luxury Heritage Culture
The first-ever Hermès Birkin bag, custom-made for Jane Birkin in 1984, was sold at auction in Paris on Thursday for €8.582 million, including fees, according to Sotheby’s. This oversized black leather tote was the original prototype of what would become one of the most iconic and expensive handbags in the world. Until now, the most ...
Netflix’s Latest ‘Knives Out’ Film to Open London Film Festival
This is Beirut 10/07 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Movie London Film Festival Netflix Knives Out Britain Culture
Netflix's latest Knives Out movie starring Daniel Craig and a host of other Hollywood talent will launch this year's London Film Festival (LFF), organizers announced Wednesday. The third installment in the streaming giant's whodunnit series, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, will open the UK capital's 69th annual film and television ...
866 Kg of Captagon Seized in Joint Lebanon-Saudi Drug Operation
This is Beirut 30/06 22:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanese Customs Directorate announced the seizure of 866 kilograms of Captagon concealed in a shipment of glass and porcelain tableware, following a coordinated operation with Saudi authorities. In a statement released on Monday, the directorate said the bust was made possible through close collaboration between the Anti-Narcotics Division ...
At the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, an Immersive Work of Sound and Silence
Marie-Christine Tayah 06/07 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Paris France Art Architecture Culture Exhibition
Clinamen is a dreamlike, immersive and multisensory experience by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, presented in the Rotunda of the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection. Originally built in the 18th century as a grain exchange, the building – now a contemporary art museum – becomes a living vessel for this ever-evolving installation. This ...
Most World Heritage Sites at Risk of Drought or Flooding: UN
This is Beirut 01/07 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Middle East United States Water UNESCO Drought
Almost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN's cultural agency said on Tuesday. As a result of rising temperatures, extreme weather events including hurricanes, droughts, floods and heatwaves have become more frequent and intense, scientists warn. Seventy-three ...
Casino du Liban: Hitting the Jackpot of Scandal
This is Beirut 01/07 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil Casino du Liban Lebanon corruption gambling
For decades a beacon of entertainment in Maameltein, Casino du Liban now finds itself at the heart of a storm of scandal and investigation. At the center of a sprawling probe—where suspicions of money laundering, illegal online gambling, political collusion and opaque financial schemes converge—the iconic casino has been entangled in a series ...
Israel Captures Iran-Linked Militant Cell in Southern Syria
This is Beirut 02/07 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's military said on Wednesday it had apprehended members of an Iranian-backed "terrorist cell" in southern Syria, where state TV reported three were arrested by Israeli troops. Since the December overthrow of Syria's longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes, primarily on military sites, and sent troops ...
‘Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way:’ Myth or Reality?
David Sahyoun 02/07 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Will Way Myth Unconscious
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way” – most of us have grown up hearing it, whether at home, in school, or later in the workplace. It’s become so familiar that we rarely question it, repeating it like a modern mantra. But beneath its motivational appeal lies one of the more damaging myths of our time. It implies that sheer willpower ...
Third- Ever Confirmed Interstellar Object Blazing Through Solar System
This is Beirut 03/07 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Astronomers Solar System ATLAS NASA Interstellar
Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System -- only the third ever spotted, though scientists suspect many more may slip past unnoticed. The visitor from the stars, designated 3I/Atlas, is likely the largest yet detected, and has been classified as a comet, or cosmic snowball. "It ...
US House sets Make-or-Break Final Vote on Trump Tax Bill
This is Beirut 03/07 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Politics Donald Trump
US lawmakers teed up a final vote on Donald Trump's marquee tax and spending bill for early Thursday after a bruising day of Republican infighting that threatened to derail the centerpiece of the president's domestic agenda. Trump is seeking a green light in the House of Representatives for his Senate-passed "One Big Beautiful ...
IRCAD Lebanon: The Liver and Pancreas Go Robotic
Makram Haddad 03/07 22:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Middle East IRCAD Antoine Maalouf Robotic Pancreas
Under the luminous ceilings of the Clinique du Levant, IRCAD Lebanon officially launched yesterday its very first international course on robotic liver and pancreas surgery. A first in Lebanon, described by its president, Dr. Antoine Maalouf, as “a quantum leap in regional surgical practice.” “What we are launching here goes beyond the ...
Yasmina Sabbah Fuses the Unexpected in Symphonic Electro-Dance
Bélinda Ibrahim 04/07 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Yasmina Sabbah USJ Choir Concert Lebanon
Picture the scene: a full symphony orchestra, a fifty-voice choir, a live DJ, a vocalist with oriental inflections – and a set list that spans Lady Gaga, Daft Punk, Calvin Harris, Amr Diab and Najwa Karam. This isn’t a dreamscape – it’s Symphonic Electro-Dance, the latest installment of the Symphonic Fusion series launched by Saint-Joseph ...
Ozzy Osbourne Bows Out with Black Sabbath
This is Beirut 05/07 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Concert Culture Art Show Music
Birmingham braced Saturday for wildman rocker Ozzy Osbourne's final-ever gig as Black Sabbath's frontman, with thousands flocking to his UK hometown for a celebration of the heavy metal genre he helped create. Millions are also expected to follow online after fans snapped up tickets for the show — starring the original line-up — in just 16 ...
Lebanon’s Beaches: The Great Slimming Down
Marc Saikali 06/07 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
When we usually talk about beaches in Lebanon, it’s only to bemoan their polluted state. But this summer, something has changed. People aren’t scanning the waves for floating plastic bags anymore. It’s not the heat (still sweltering), the entrance fees (still outrageous), or the music volume (still unbearable). No, the real shift is in the ...
From Bardot to Birkin: The Timeless Allure of the Basket Bag
Bélinda Ibrahim 06/07 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 ...