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Iran’s GPS Jamming Hits Daily Life, Leaving Drivers Lost in Tehran
This is Beirut 17/08 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The streets of Tehran have become a confusing maze for driver Farshad Fooladi amid widespread GPS disruption, still ongoing nearly two months after the end of Iran and Israel's unprecedented 12-day war. "For weeks I have been unable to work," said Fooladi, who uses Iran's homegrown ride-hailing app Snapp to find customers. "Most of the time was ...
Terrorists' Brinkmanship
Charles Chartouni 18/08 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Gaza Syria Hamas Hezbollah Israel
The riddled negotiations taking place in Lebanon and Gaza and the equivocations of the Syrian transition are quite compelling since they convey the ambiguities undermining political stability in these different environments. Nonetheless, they illustrate the difficulties of political transitioning in countries partially or totally controlled by ...
Northern Lebanon Eyes Revival of Kleiate Airport
This is Beirut 19/08 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tripoli Rene Mouawad Airport Nawaf Salam North Lebanon Fayez Rasamny
Minister of Public Works and Transport Fayez Rasamny underscored the strategic importance of reopening Rene Mouawad Airport in Kleiate, describing it as “a cornerstone for boosting commercial and tourism activity in the North.” In his remarks during a visit to Abdel Wahab Island in Tripoli on Monday, Rasamny said that the economic feasibility ...
Vanished Masterpieces: The Art of the Perfect Crime
Bélinda Ibrahim 19/08 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Europe Masterpieces Art Heists Mona Lisa Munch
When a masterpiece disappears, a void opens in collective memory. Visitors pause before the empty frame, whispering stories and imagining the audacity of the theft. The moment art slips into shadow, legend takes over. Disappearance grants a fame no peaceful exhibition could ever match. An art theft is never just another crime. It strikes at the ...
Syria Seizes Weapons Cache Intended for Lebanon Border Smuggling
This is Beirut 19/08 21:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Syria Homs Rockets Ammunition Smuggling Lebanon
The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced Tuesday evening that “internal security forces seized in Homs Governorate a vehicle loaded with Grad rockets, in addition to various shells and ammunition, which had been hidden in eastern rural Homs and were prepared for smuggling toward the Lebanese border.” The Ministry explained via its Telegram ...
Trump Slams US Museums for Focus on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’
This is Beirut 20/08 05:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Museum Woke Culture
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized top museums for their "woke" focus on subjects including "how bad Slavery was," his latest attack on the cultural institutions in a country that fought a civil war over the issue. "The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, ...
Fading Faces: Why Young Hindu Women in Pakistan Are Abandoning Traditional Tattoos
This is Beirut 20/08 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Art Culture Índia Tattoo Pakistan
Grinding charcoal with a few drops of goat’s milk, 60-year-old Basran Jogi peers at the faces of two young Pakistani sisters preparing for their first tattoos. The practice of elder women needling delicate shapes onto the faces, hands, and arms of younger generations stretches back centuries in the Hindu villages that dot the southern border ...
Agnès Varda’s Paris: Intimacy, Poetry, and Eternal Street Life
Marie-Christine Tayah 21/08 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Exhibition Paris Agnès Varda Culture Art Cinema
Paris’s backdrop transformed into a mirror, a playground, and a living studio for Agnès Varda, where life and art were inseparable. The exhibition Le Paris d’Agnès Varda, de-ci, de-là reveals Varda as a photographer, far from the film set yet already shaped by the eye that made her one of cinema’s boldest pioneers. At the heart of this ...
Covid-19 Returns Amid Lebanon’s Health Inertia
Élie-Joe Kamel 21/08 19:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
While some countries are experiencing a new surge in Covid-19 cases, the virus continues to mutate and spread. In Israel, health authorities recently reported a nearly 30% rise in cases over just a few weeks. In France, pharmacies are also noticing an increase in positive tests, particularly among holidaymakers. In Lebanon, the situation remains ...
Adidas Apologizes for Cultural Misstep Over Mexican Sandals
This is Beirut 22/08 10:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Adidas Fashion Culture Art Mexico U.S.
Sportswear giant Adidas apologized to an Indigenous community in Mexico Thursday for using their traditional sandals as inspiration for a new design, after an outcry by officials and President Claudia Sheinbaum. Local authorities had complained that the Oaxaca Slip-On sandals were a reinterpretation of huarache sandals, particularly one found ...
US Health Secretary RFK Jr Bashes Health Agency After Its Chief Is Sacked
This is Beirut 29/08 03:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday lashed out at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a day after its director was ousted, saying the renowned agency needs to be overhauled. Appearing on Fox News, Kennedy was asked about a statement from lawyers for fired CDC chief Susan Monarez, which accused him of endangering ...
Underwater Archaeology in Lebanon: Exploring Origins and Unveiling Discoveries
Natasha Metni Torbey 22/08 14:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
At the crossroads of civilizations for thousands of years, Lebanon holds a largely unexplored underwater heritage. Behind the beauty of ancient wrecks lie pressing geopolitical stakes, alarming environmental concerns and a troubling lack of legal oversight. Safeguarding these submerged riches means charting a course through maritime law, disputed ...
AI Helps UK Woman Rediscover Lost Voice After 25 Years
This is Beirut 22/08 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
New York United Kingdom Smartbox AI
A British woman suffering from motor neurone disease who lost her ability to speak is once again talking in her own voice thanks to artificial intelligence and a barely audible eight-second clip from an old home video. Sarah Ezekiel, an artist, was left without the use of her voice after she was diagnosed at the age of 34 with MND while pregnant ...
With 'Mother', Mitevska Restores Mother Teresa’s Humanity
Bélinda Ibrahim 22/08 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Mother Teresa Film Cinema Venice Film Festival Culture
Who was the real Mother Teresa? In Mother, Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska reexamines the legend to reveal a woman far beyond the clichés. Premiering in the Orizzonti section at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, the movie focuses on seven pivotal days in 1948 that forever changed Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, the woman who would become Mother ...
'KPop Demon Hunters' breaks Netflix records and hits theaters
This is Beirut 23/08 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cinema Art Culture Animated musical Film KPop Demon Hunters
After shattering viewership records on Netflix and climbing to the top of global music charts, the animated musical KPop Demon Hunters is now making its big-screen debut. This summer hit follows a trio of young Korean pop stars who battle demons using high-energy songs and synchronized dance moves. Since its Netflix release on June 20, the film ...
Cracker Barrel Logo Change Sparks Cultural Backlash Across U.S.
This is Beirut 23/08 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Culture Heritage U.S. Food Art
Cracker Barrel has a special place in the hearts of many Americans, offering homestyle American cuisine in a folksy "Old Country Store" setting complete with rocking chairs and occasional country music performances. But an attempt to rebrand the storied US chain has sparked a firestorm of opposition online and opened a new front in the culture ...
Sanction: A Word with Two Faces
Sana Richa Choucair 24/08 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the word sanctions dominated headlines for months. Western governments imposed sweeping economic sanctions targeting banks, state companies, oligarchs and energy sectors – efforts meant to isolate Moscow diplomatically and financially. In parallel, targeted sanctions have also become common ...
France Returns Colonial-Era Human Remains to Madagascar
This is Beirut 26/08 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Museum History Diplomacy France Madagascar Culture
France on Tuesday returned three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to be a Malagasy king beheaded by French troops during a 19th-century massacre. The skull presumed to be that of King Toera and two others from the Sakalava ethnic group were handed over at a ceremony at the French culture ministry. French troops beheaded ...
Women’s Equality Day: How Culture Reflects and Drives the Fight for Women’s Rights
Bélinda Ibrahim 26/08 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Women's Equality Day USA Culture Fight August 26
August 26 is not an ordinary day in the United States. It is Women’s Equality Day, a moment to remember the victory of women’s suffrage and to reflect on the progress that remains to be made. Established in 1973, this date commemorates the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, a milestone that secured the right to vote for women. A ...
Salam Arrives in Cairo
This is Beirut 26/08 21:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam lebanon Egypt Cairo Joe Saddi Ghassan Salameh Beirut Iran Israel
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam arrived in Cairo on Tuesday at the head of a Lebanese delegation for an official visit to Egypt. According to information obtained by al-Markazia news agency, the visit will focus on launching the Lebanese-Egyptian Business Council and on holding talks with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on regional and bilateral ...
Unit 4400: Hezbollah’s Vulnerable Logistical Backbone
Soumia Benmerzoug 27/08 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Hezbollah Beirut Port Damascus Israel Joseph Aoun
In the Beqaa Valley, once bustling with heavily loaded night convoys, silence now reigns. The routes that Unit 4400 used to transport weapons, drones and spare parts from Iran via Iraq and Syria are currently heavily monitored, relentlessly targeted by Israeli airstrikes and patrolled by the Lebanese Army. Once hailed as the backbone of ...
Thumbs, Pacifiers and Other Lifelines for Struggling Adults
David Sahyoun 27/08 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Pacifier Psychoanalysis Sucking Thumb-Sucking Adults
Once confined to the private world of early childhood, this scene has now entered the public eye: on TikTok, adults share their “comfort moments,” thumb in mouth or a trendy pacifier between their lips, openly embracing a return to childhood or the soothing pull of regression. In one viral video, viewed more than three million times, a young ...
Lady Gaga, Missy Elliott Set Coachella on Fire
This is Beirut 12/04 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The California desert was buzzing Friday as the premier music festival Coachella got underway, with Lady Gaga and Missy Elliott set to helm day one's main stage. Thousands of music fans traversed the sprawling grounds whipping paper fans and wielding parasols, as temperatures cracked the 100-degree Fahrenheit mark (37.8 degrees Celsius). That ...
Caroline Torbey: ‘Ramdam au Gymnase’ Gives Voice to Victims of School Bullying
Bélinda Ibrahim 11/04 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Caroline Torbey Lebanon Bullying Schools Theatre
On Saturday, April 12, Théâtre Monnot in Ashrafieh will raise its curtain on Ramdam au Gymnase, an original and innovative creation that delicately addresses the issue of school bullying. This play, Caroline Torbey’s first venture into dramatic writing, could not have chosen a more relevant subject, in a world where social media often ...
Games Industry in Search of New Winning Combo at Gamescom 2025
This is Beirut 18/08 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The global games industry gathers for the vast Gamescom trade fair in Cologne this week, with hopes that upcoming heavy-hitters like "GTA VI" can help the industry escape its doldrums. Tuesday's opening night event will show off major releases slated for the months ahead, with the starring role going to "Black Ops 7" -- the new installment in the ...
Hajjar: Lebanon Seizes Millions of Captagon Pills
This is Beirut 15/09 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Army Beirut Port Internal Security Forces Syria Ahmad Hajjar captagon
Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar announced Monday that Lebanese authorities had thwarted a large-scale drug smuggling attempt involving 6.5 million Captagon pills and 700 kilograms of hashish, destined for Saudi Arabia via Beirut Port. Speaking during a visit to the Internal Security Forces’ (ISF) Information Branch headquarters in Sahet al-Abed, ...
UK Announces more Russia Sanctions Over Ukraine War
This is Beirut 12/09 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Kyiv Ukraine United Kingdom Russia Poland
Britain on Wednesday announced fresh sanctions against Russia, targeting military weapons, equipment suppliers and its shadow fleet as UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper visited Kyiv. Security analysts say Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" of ageing vessels is used by Moscow to circumvent international sanctions that ban it from selling ...
Al-Sharaa Says Syria in Talks with Israel on Security Deal
This is Beirut 12/09 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa CENTCOM Brad Cooper
President Ahmad al-Sharaa said Friday that Syria was negotiating with Israel to reach a security agreement that would see Israel leave areas it occupied after the December overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. As the Islamist-led forces toppled Assad on December 8, Israel deployed troops to the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights ...
Trump Will Host Qatar’s Leader as Rubio Heads to Israel
This is Beirut 12/09 22:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Marco Rubio Israel United States Qatar
US President Donald Trump will meet Qatar's prime minister on Friday after an Israeli strike on Hamas in the key US partner, the White House said. Trump and his special envoy Steve Witkoff "will be having dinner" with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, it said in a brief statement. The announcement came as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...
Lebanon’s Battle for Wheat: Between Aid, Loans and Food Security
Christiane Tager 13/09 08:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon, which is already weakened by an unprecedented economic collapse, has for years faced a vital challenge: ensuring steady access to wheat. The destruction of Beirut Port’s silos in the August 4, 2020, explosion laid bare Lebanon’s food insecurity, erasing a vital storage hub and turning every shipment and agreement into a matter of ...