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Legendary Hollywood Illustrator Drew Struzan Dies at 78
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Star Wars Cinema Drew Struzan Heritage Culture Art
Hollywood illustrator Drew Struzan, the man behind legendary film posters for hit films such as E.T., Star Wars and Indiana Jones, has died at the age of 78, prompting a flood of tributes. Struzan was a favorite of directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and his drawing style came to symbolize the posters of Hollywood's late 1970s and 1980s ...
Lebanon: Signs of Recovery Amid Economic and Humanitarian Challenges
Liliane Mokbel 2025-10-16 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As Lebanon gradually emerges from a period marked by deep political, economic, and humanitarian turmoil, the World Bank’s latest MENAAP (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan) Economic Report, published in October 2025, gives encouraging prospects for the country. Despite ongoing fragility, particularly in public finances and ...
‘Adolescence’ Creator Asks Dads to Share Letters With Sons
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Netflix series Adolescence Stephen Graham Literature Britain Culture
Stephen Graham, the creator and star of searing teen murder saga Adolescence, launched an appeal Wednesday for fathers around the world to pen and then share letters to their sons. The British actor is teaming up with psychology lecturer Orly Klein for the project, which will see a selection of the entries published by Bloomsbury in a book ...
Trump Indicates Approval of CIA Action Against Venezuela
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 08:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Venezuela Donald Trump CIA
US President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday he had authorized covert CIA action against Venezuela and said he was considering strikes against alleged drug cartels on land in the South American country. Trump's comments triggered outrage from leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who decried "coups d'etat orchestrated by the ...
Israel Threatens To Resume Fighting if Hamas Does Not Respect Gaza Truce Deal
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 05:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Palestine
Israel's defence minister threatened Wednesday to resume fighting if Hamas does not honour the terms of a US-backed ceasefire that halted the war in Gaza. The statement from Defence Minister Israel Katz's office came after Hamas handed over the remains of two more deceased hostages, and said it would be unable to retrieve any more bodies ...
Disarming Hamas: How Could Gaza Be Demilitarized?
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-10-15 20:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Donald Trump Turkey
The peace plan co-signed on Monday in Sharm el-Sheikh by US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Egypt, Qatar and Turkey raises a crucial question: How would Hamas be disarmed? The Trump plan lays out a stark reality: Gaza must be demilitarized. To achieve this, a stabilization force will need to be created. On paper, the plan seems ...
Doomscrolling: The Anxiety Metronome
David Sahyoun 2025-10-15 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Doomscrolling Anxiety Culture Unconscious
Doomscrolling is a neologism that combines the darkness of “doom,” meaning fate, calamity, or collapse, with the act of “scrolling,” the finger’s movement that steadily moves through a page’s content. It has now earned a place in English dictionaries. Merriam-Webster defines to doomscroll as “spending an excessive amount of time ...
Trump Honors Charlie Kirk at Posthumous Medal Ceremony
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 05:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Charlie Kirk
US President Donald Trump hailed assassinated ally Charlie Kirk as a "martyr for truth and freedom" Tuesday as he posthumously awarded the right-wing activist America's highest civilian honor. Handing the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Kirk's tearful widow, Trump compared the 31-year-old conservative to Socrates, Saint Peter, Abraham Lincoln ...
Trump and Putin Hold Phone Call Ahead of Zelensky's Visit to Washington
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 18:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump Vladimir Putin Russia
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin began a «long» phone conversation Thursday, according to the U.S. president. «I am currently in conversation with President Putin. The conversation is ongoing, it is long, and I will report on it, just like President Putin, at the end,» Trump wrote on his Truth Social network. The call ...
Trump Says 'We Will Disarm' Hamas, Urges Return of Gaza Bodies
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Donald Trump Hamas Gaza Israeli Hostages
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that "we will disarm" Hamas if the Palestinian militants refuse to do it themselves, as he called for the group to release the bodies of hostages in Gaza. Trump's comments came the day after he swung through the Middle East to celebrate the Gaza ceasefire deal, with questions swirling about the ...
Iran Hands Down Prison Sentences to Two French Nationals for Spying
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 16:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian authorities on Tuesday handed down lengthy prison sentences to two French nationals after convicting them on multiple charges, including spying for Israel, the judiciary said. The two unidentified French nationals were arrested in March 2023, according to the judiciary's Mizan Online website, which did not provide details on the ...
From Paris to Lagos: Exhibition Celebrates Fela Kuti’s Musical Legacy
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 15:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Exhibition Musician Fela Kuti Heritage Nigeria Culture
The "King of Afrobeat", "Black President", activist and legendary musician Fela Kuti has returned to his hometown and Nigeria's cultural capital Lagos through a landmark exhibition that celebrates his life and legacy and opens Monday. The Afrobeat Rebellion exhibition, organized by the French Embassy and the Kuti family, builds on one held in ...
Mobile Telecom Workers Union Appeals NSSF Decree Extension
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 12:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a strongly worded statement, the union representing employees in the mobile telecommunications sector (Alfa and Touch) announced that it had filed an appeal on October 13, 2025, before the Council of State against the government’s decision of October 6, 2025, which extended by one year the validity of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) ...
France Unveils New Government in Political Crisis
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
France's President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new government on Sunday, after marathon talks to cobble together a cabinet and prevent the country from slipping deeper into a political crisis. The lineup, a mix of old and new faces, is Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's second attempt at bringing together a team to overcome months of ...
#MeToo: Exposed Online, Condemned Without Appeal
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-10-12 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
#MeToo Social Media Justice Culture
Since the start of #MeToo, public exposure has reached unprecedented levels. Sometimes, a single post on social media — even an anonymous one — is enough to destroy a reputation or end a career. The exclusion is sudden, brutal. Accusations spread online at a speed that traditional justice cannot match. Many see this as real progress: scandals ...
French PM Survives Two Confidence Votes Days After Reappointment
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 16:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron European Union
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two confidence motions Thursday, just days after appointing his new government and making a key political concession to stay in power. The votes followed Lecornu's decision Tuesday to back suspending a divisive 2023 pension reform, in a bid to keep his cabinet afloat long enough to pass a ...
New York Mayoral Hopefuls Clash in High-Stakes Debate
This is Beirut 2025-10-17 05:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
New York United States Election
A socialist, an accused molester and a vigilante all hoping to be New York's next mayor clashed in a debate with "high levels of testosterone" Thursday as the unpredictable campaign enters the homestretch. Democratic candidate and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, independent former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis ...
#MeToo: Trials, Settlements, and Two-Tiered Justice
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-10-11 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
#MeToo Justice Hollywood Cinema Culture Trials
When #MeToo erupted, it broke years of silence. Suddenly, abuse, toxic behavior, and hidden crimes were exposed. But after the media frenzy died down, a new question emerged: does the justice system really treat everyone equally? Behind high-profile trials and secret settlements, #MeToo revealed a troubling reality. Equality before the law is not ...
US Envoy Witkoff Felt 'Betrayed' by Israeli Attack on Hamas in Qatar
This is Beirut 2025-10-18 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Qatar Steve Witkoff
US envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's chief negotiator on the Middle East, has said that he felt "betrayed" when Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas negotiators in Qatar last month. In a CBS interview alongside Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law who worked with Witkoff on the brokering of a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and ...
Morocco Pledges Social Reforms Amid Protests
This is Beirut 2025-10-20 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Morocco Gen Z Education Protest
The Moroccan government on Sunday announced a set of measures aimed at encouraging young people to engage in politics and pledging social reforms amid youth-led protests, state media reported. A draft finance bill for 2026 would improve social services, including public education and healthcare -- two key sectors which demonstrators have urged ...
Hezbollah and the “Reality Principle”
Michel Touma 2025-10-20 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Middle East United States
Major developments are unfolding rapidly in the Levant, placing the region before what increasingly seems like an urgent reality: Hezbollah’s leadership, and more broadly its Iranian backers, need to align their political conduct with the so-called “reality principle.” In psychoanalytic terms, the “reality principle” means facing facts ...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Delicate Position of Iran’s Jews
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-10-19 19:10 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Middle East Palestine Tehran
With around 10,000 members, Iran’s Jewish community is the second largest in the Middle East. Its presence is discreet but tangible in a nation marked by pronounced hostility toward Israel, most recently expressed during 12 days of open conflict last June. The Jewish presence in the lands of present-day Iran dates back to the eighth century ...
Trump Says US to End 'Payments and Subsidies' to Colombia over Drug Production
This is Beirut 2025-10-19 17:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Colombia United States Gustavo Petro
President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States is halting financial aid to Colombia, a longstanding US ally, as he accused its president of condoning the production of drugs. Trump said leftist President Gustavo Petro is doing nothing to stop cocaine production despite "large scale payments and subsidies from the USA." "AS ...
Looksmaxxing: The Male Side of the Beauty Obsession
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-10-19 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tik Tok look optimization beauty masculinity
On TikTok, forums and countless corners of the web, a growing trend grips young men: looksmaxxing, the drive to “maximize” one’s appearance. This isn’t just grooming or fitness, it’s conforming to rigid aesthetic ideals with extreme methods, turning bodies into commodities. What is the origin of this term? What vocabulary has it ...
US Says ‘Credible Reports’ Hamas Planning Attack Against Gaza Civilians
This is Beirut 2025-10-19 02:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Gaza Hamas Israël
The US State Department on Saturday said it had "credible reports" that Palestinian armed group Hamas was planning an imminent attack against civilians in Gaza, a move Washington said would be a "ceasefire violation." "This planned attack against Palestinian civilians would constitute a direct and grave violation of the ceasefire agreement and ...
Pakistan to Hold Talks with Afghanistan in Qatar after Latest Strikes
This is Beirut 2025-10-18 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar on Saturday, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 people in Afghanistan and broke a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border. The strikes targeted what Pakistani security sources said was a militant group linked to the Pakistani Taliban in the ...
The Illusion of October 17
Tylia El Helou 2025-10-17 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In October 2019, Lebanon was on its last breath. Decades of corruption, clientelism, and mismanagement had pushed the country to the brink of collapse. The announcement of a tax on WhatsApp calls was the spark: hundreds of thousands of Lebanese, from all sects, poured into the streets, shouting their anger at the political class. The slogans ...
Production and Distribution of “Tannourine” Water Resume Across Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-10-18 18:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon water Tannourine health
The suspension of production and distribution of “Tannourine” brand water was lifted on Saturday afternoon by the Ministry of Public Health, five days after it was put in place due to a risk of contamination by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine said at a press conference that after complaints were posted ...
The British Museum Goes Glam: London’s Answer to the Met Gala
This is Beirut 2025-10-18 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Museum London British Museum Art Culture
The British Museum, the prestigious London institution, is hosting its first-ever fundraising gala on Saturday — a lavish and glamorous event aiming to rival New York’s Met Gala, and above all, to raise money to offset declining public subsidies. The museum, which holds one of the largest permanent collections in the world, says it aims to ...
China and US Agree to Fresh Trade Talks
This is Beirut 2025-10-18 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
China United States Trade Tariffs
China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world's two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle. Beijing last week announced sweeping controls on the critical rare earths industry, prompting US President Donald Trump to threaten 100 ...