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What If We Could Archive Scents to Awaken Memories?
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-06-08 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Scent Archive Memories Perfume History
Today, researchers, perfumers and artists are trying to capture these invisible traces. Rather than merely describing smells, they are now trying to recreate them. Like restoring a painting or documenting a dying language, their goal is to preserve the world’s disappearing aromas — those of the past and those vanishing before our eyes. In an ...
From Syria to Ukraine: The Gulf as the New Hub of Global Diplomacy (2/2)
Malo Pinatel 2025-05-29 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Gulf Ukraine Donald Trump United Arab Emirates Hamas Saudi Arabia MBS
https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/articles/1315328/from-irans-nuclear-program-to-gaza-the-gulf-as-the-new-hub-of-global-diplomacy-12 On Tuesday, May 13, US President Donald Trump was received with great ceremony in Riyadh by Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), marking the first stop on a tour of immense geopolitical and ...
Oil Prices fall Even as Israel-Iran Strikes Extend into Fourth Day
This is Beirut 2025-06-16 12:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Middle East Oil Gold Price
Oil prices retreated on Monday as fears of a wider Middle East conflict eased even as Israel and Iran pounded each other with missiles for a fourth day and threatened further attacks. Gold prices rose back towards a record high thanks to a rush into safe havens but equities were mixed amid hopes that the conflict does not spread. Investors were ...
Khamenei Chooses Three Potential Successors, Fills Senior Military Posts from Bunker
This is Beirut 2025-06-21 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has nominated three clerics as potential successors while hiding in a bunker as he faces threats of assassination by Israel in the ongoing war, The New York Times reports. Khamenei has also begun filling the posts of senior commanders eliminated by Israel, according to the report, which cites three Iranian ...
Six Unforgettable—Yet Flawed—Fathers of Anglo-American Cinema
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-06-21 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Father's Day Cinema Roles
Cinema has long been fascinated by the figure of the father. Sometimes a mentor, sometimes a tyrant, he represents legacy, authority, and at times, profound vulnerability. Through drama, comedy, and even animation, filmmakers have explored the many layers of paternal responsibility—the duty to raise, protect, and love. To mark Father’s Day, ...
Cabinet Moves Ahead with Kleiate Airport Plans as Political Dispute Erupts
This is Beirut 2025-06-20 19:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Nawaf Salam Council of Ministers Qlayaat Airport
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam chaired a cabinet session on Friday at the Grand Serail, during which ministers discussed 15 agenda items. Chief among them was the rehabilitation and development of the René Mouawad Airport in Kleiate, Akkar. Despite media reports suggesting the matter had been delayed, Minister of Information Paul Morcos clarified ...
Auto – Hobeika Bounces Back and Lands on the Podium At Snetterton
Makram Haddad 2025-06-19 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Radical Club Challenge Stephanie Hobeika Snetterton
The Will to Win Gripped Tight on the Wheel At Snetterton, Stephanie Hobeika proved she's not only fast, but also mentally tough. After a cruel setback in the first race, forced to retire due to a technical issue on the final lap while battling for a podium finish, the Lebanese driver came back swinging in Race 2. The result: a third-place finish ...
Netanyahu: The Opportunist Who Rode America’s Wars to Redraw the Middle East
Salam El Zaatari 2025-06-19 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Middle East Iran Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahou
For over three decades, Benjamin Netanyahu has stood at the intersection of Israeli ambition and American power, a figure as enduring as the conflicts that define the Middle East. Since the early 1990s, Netanyahu has not merely responded to the region’s shifting sands—he has, in the eyes of critics and admirers alike, helped shape them. From ...
Breathe if You Can: The Toxic Underside of Our Generators
Makram Haddad 2025-06-18 12:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Lebanon Generators Carla Irani Carole Youakim Marwan Ghosn
They appeared in the 1990s, just after the end of the civil war. Four decades later, they are still here and are more powerful, more numerous, louder. These diesel giants have colonized the streets, balconies, rooftops and backyards. Lebanon lights up through explosions of decibels and toxic clouds. As if that Weren’t Enough... To this ...
Genealogy of a War of Choice
Charles Chartouni 2025-06-16 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon United States Iran Iraq
The launched Israeli war is the latest stage of the strategy that aimed at the progressive dismantling of the “integrated operational platforms” instrumentalized by the Iranian regime. The performance and the audacity of the undertaking raise several questions about the future geopolitical and geostrategic evolutions after the earthquake ...
Berlin’s Reichstag Glows in Tribute to Christo’s Iconic 1995 Installation
This is Beirut 2025-06-11 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Art Reichstag Christo Light Show Germany Culture
Thirty years after Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped Berlin's Reichstag building in silver foil, the German capital is paying tribute to the spectacular art event with a light installation. Every night for the next two weeks, 24 projectors will recreate the mega-event that enthralled the city and the world in 1995, about six years after the fall ...
The African Man vs. the European Man
Amine Jules Iskandar 2025-06-15 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Our planet has been home to various species of the Homo genus, with fossil evidence dating back around 2.8 million years. Among these, two species stand out as the closest relatives to modern humans: the European Homo neanderthalensis and the African Homo sapiens. About 660,000 years ago, two branches of the Homo genus diverged from a common ...
Clash Erupts Between Lebanese Army, Syrian Border Forces
This is Beirut 2025-06-13 22:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon Syria Border Army Clash
A gunfight broke out on Friday between the Lebanese Army and armed members of the newly formed Syrian General Security forces in the northern Bekaa border area of Hosh al-Sayyed Ali, resulting in the injury of a Lebanese soldier. According to An-Nahar, the incident occurred when a member of the Syrian General Security attempted to cross from ...
From the Sursock Palace to the J. Paul Getty Museum: The Resurrection of Artemisia Gentileschi’s Lost Masterpiece
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-06-13 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Artemisia Gentilesch J. Paul Getty Museum Sursock Museum Beirut Explosion Italy
On August 4, 2020, at 6:07 PM, a devastating blast tore through the skies of Beirut. The shockwave obliterated the port, destroyed entire neighborhoods, claimed over 230 lives and left a haunting scene of ruin and disbelief. Among the many cultural treasures affected was Sursock Palace, a 19th-century Ottoman villa and historic family residence in ...
Basketball – BCL Asia: Riyadi Crushes Zhejiang but Loses Arakji
Makram Haddad 2025-06-12 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As soon as they stepped onto the C-C Arena court, the Yellow team made a statement — scoring baskets and asserting dominance. A 25–7 opening run set the tone for a commanding win. Against an overwhelmed Zhejiang side, Al Riyadi played their game with almost arrogant ease: high-pressure defense, lightning-quick transitions, long-range shooting, ...
Netanyahu Dodges Snap Election Threat as Dissolution Bill Fails in Knesset
This is Beirut 2025-06-12 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Haredim Knesset Opposition
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government survived an opposition bid to dissolve parliament on Thursday, as lawmakers rejected a bill that could have paved the way for snap elections. Out of the Knesset's 120 members, 61 voted against the proposal, with 53 in favor. The opposition had introduced the bill hoping to force ...
Dying as a Subject: The True Stakes of Palliative Care and Assisted Dying
David Sahyoun 2025-06-11 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Palliative Care Death Assisted Dying France
In France, the debate over palliative care and assisted dying challenges the very foundations of how we relate to life and death, to pain and, more profoundly, to the dignity of the human subject. What does it truly mean to die? Is it simply the end of life, or the loss of one’s voice, one’s place within social bonds and the capacity for ...
Life Emits a Light That Death Extinguishes
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-06-11 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Light Body Death Life Living Beings
Until a few decades ago, this phenomenon remained virtually unknown. All living organisms, from plants to mammals, continuously emit a faint, invisible light, far too subtle for the human eye to detect. This emission, referred to as ultra-weak bioluminescence or oxidative chemiluminescence, ceases abruptly upon death. Long overlooked, this optical ...
Bérénice Between Two Languages: A Foreign Queen on the French Stage
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-05-29 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bérénice Racine France Paris Theater Culture
The play Bérénice at the Lavoir Moderne Parisien is co-directed by Marie Benati and Sanae Assif. Love exists in exile across ninety intense minutes, during which Racine’s unyielding verses intertwine with their poetic Arabic translation. The cast—Sanae Assif, Ghina Daou, Edouard Dossetto, Leslie Gruel, Adam Karoutchi, and Majd ...
Brigitte, Macron and the Republican Fantasy: Analyzing a Viral Moment
David Sahyoun 2025-05-28 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Emmanuel Macron Slap Brigitte Macron Vietnam
Certain gestures exceed their expected boundaries and unsettle the scene in which they occur. Brigitte Macron’s gesture, filmed as she stepped off a plane in Hanoi on May 25, is a striking example. This fleeting moment—interpreted alternately as a slap or a simple sign of complicity—ignited a torrent of interpretations. Beyond ...
US Officials Declare Success After Iran Strikes
This is Beirut 2025-06-22 18:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam White House USA Iran Peter Hegseth Marco Rubio JD Vance
Senior White House officials hailed the recent air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities as a turning point, claiming they have dealt a significant blow to Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and restored American deterrence on the global stage. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the military operation as a success that brought ...
Souhaid Attends Finance Committee Meeting on Bank Restructuring Law
This is Beirut 2025-05-14 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Banks Central Bank of Lebanon Karim Souhaid Ibrahim Kanaan
Central Bank Governor Karim Souhaid took part in a session of the subcommittee of the parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee on Wednesday, where deliberations centered on the government’s proposed bank restructuring law. The meeting was held in the presence of Committee Chairman MP Ibrahim Kanaan, Minister of Finance Yassine Jaber and other ...
Mahmoud Abbas Expected in Beirut: Will Palestinian Disarmament Be Addressed?
This is Beirut 2025-05-20 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Palestine Fatah Hamas Hezbollah
The Palestinian issue has long weighed on Lebanon, with consequences that have directly undermined its sovereignty. The Hamas-led assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, shook the region and left little room for any return to the old status quo. As the political landscape across the Middle East continues to shift, Lebanon faces its own urgent ...
With Assad Down and Sanctions Lifted, Are Syrian Refugees Finally Being Pressed to Leave?
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-05-19 20:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Donald Trump European Union Damascus Europe Saudi Arabia
The startling decision by United States President Donald Trump to lift economic sanctions on Syria, coupled with the collapse of the Assad regime, could fundamentally reshape how the Syrian displaced population in Lebanon is managed – unless their permanent return to Syria remains excluded from the agreement being brokered among the key parties ...
Villarreal Beat Barca to Secure Champions League Place
This is Beirut 2025-05-19 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
FC Barcelona Liga Real Madrid Villareal
Villarreal qualified for next season's Champions League with an entertaining 3-2 win at newly crowned La Liga champions Barcelona on Sunday. Elsewhere Kylian Mbappe struck as Real Madrid won 2-0 at nine-man Sevilla, while Leganes gave themselves a chance of survival with a win at Las Palmas. Barcelona stars celebrated their 28th league title on ...
Municipal Elections: Preliminary Lessons and Takeaways
Michel Touma 2025-05-19 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Baalbeck Hezbollah Municipal Elections Beirut Zahleh
The municipal vote held on Sunday, May 18—much like those earlier this month—was largely local in scope. In small villages, elections often took on a personal, familial or even clan-based dynamic. However, in larger cities such as Zahle, Baalbeck and Hermel, the contests were more clearly partisan, though not necessarily aligned with broader ...
JJ, the Pop-Opera Angel Who Won Eurovision for Austria
This is Beirut 2025-05-18 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Eurovision Contest Music JJ Culture Austria
With his falsetto voice and angelic smile, JJ has given Austria its first Eurovision victory since bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst won eleven years ago. With Wasted Love—a track that soars with soprano highs between soft ballad refrains and climaxes in a techno finale—Austria took a risky but ultimately rewarding gamble. The song earned 436 ...
Zahle's Municipal Elections: A Shifting Chessboard
Chelsea Al Arif 2025-05-14 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As of tonight, two dominant electoral lists have emerged. The first is “Qalb Zahle” (The Heart of Zahle), spearheaded by Salim Ghazale and supported by the Lebanese Forces (LF). The second, “Zahle Rou’ya wa Qarar” (Zahle: Vision and Decision), is led by current municipal head Assaad Zgheib and backed by MP Michel Daher, the Kataeb party, ...
Baalbeck: Tribes, Parties and Elections
Chelsea Al Arif 2025-05-14 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Baalbeck Municipal Elections Hezb Amal
Following the first two weeks of municipal elections in Mount and North Lebanon, attention now turns to Baalbeck, set to vote on May 18. The city is distinguished by its strong tribal affiliations and active political scene. Tribal Structures and Political Alliances In Baalbeck, tribal affiliations have historically played a significant role in ...
Electoral Law in Committees: Bou Saab Stresses Need for Political Consensus First
This is Beirut 2025-05-20 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Lebanese Red Cross Elias Bou Saab Nabih Berry Orthodox law
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called for a second joint session of several key parliamentary committees on Thursday to continue deliberations on a set of legislative proposals, including three electoral bills and major public health reforms. The joint meeting will bring together members of the Finance and Budget, Administration and Justice, ...