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'Panigiria': Folk Festivals Punctuate Greek Summer Life
This is Beirut 2025-07-29 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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It's midnight in the Aegean Sea, but on the Greek island of Ikaria, in the courtyard of the church of St. Elijah, the revelry is barely getting started. Dozens of dancers and scores of onlookers, including many tourists, are attending the local panigiri, a folk celebration that is an integral part of centuries-old summer traditions in villages ...
From K-beauty to C-beauty: The Asian Wave Sweeping the Beauty Market
Christiane Tager 2025-07-29 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Europe United States Cosmetics Korea
What if the future of your makeup bag came from Seoul or Shanghai? This is no longer a passing craze, but a powerful wave sweeping through the industry. In just five years, Chinese beauty (C-beauty) and Korean beauty (K-beauty) products have won over the world, from TikTok influencers to pharmacy shelves. With natural ingredients, competitive ...
Vatican Embraces Social Media 'Digital Missionaries'
This is Beirut 2025-07-31 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Vatican Pope Religion Social Media
Sister Albertine, a youthful French Catholic nun, stood outside the Vatican, phone in hand, ready to shoot more videos for her hundreds of thousands of followers online. The 29-year-old nun, whose secular name is Albertine Debacker, is one of hundreds of Catholic influencers in Rome for a Vatican-organised social media summit this week. The ...
Basketball – Asia Cup: Everyone Behind Lebanon!
Makram Haddad 2025-08-05 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
From August 5 to 17 in Jeddah, the Lebanese national team will try to move past recent tensions and misfortunes. Arakji is back, but might miss the first two games. Can El Darwich lead the team? And what is a promise worth if it’s forced, Jamaleddine? A Ruthless Format The stage is set. Sixteen nations, four groups, one coveted trophy: the ...
Needle Attacks: Between Collective Rumor and Stalled Investigations
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-08-07 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Needle Attacks Concerts World Investigations
Concerts, festivals, nightclubs and crowded subway carriages – these lively, bustling venues have, in recent years, become the alleged sites of a phenomenon as disturbing as it is elusive. Since autumn 2021, hundreds of people across France have reported sudden needle pricks in their legs, arms or backs, followed by nausea, dizziness, fainting ...
The Postpartum Body: Time to Face the Truth
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-24 22:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Motherhood Pregnancies Mothers Babies
“So, have you got your body back yet?” The question comes quickly, sometimes even before a mother leaves the maternity ward. It comes from relatives, coworkers and influencers in tight leggings, as if the female body, after the feat of giving birth, is expected to quietly return to its original state. The timeframe given? Six weeks – the ...
Barcelona Reinstate Ter Stegen as Captain
This is Beirut 2025-08-09 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Barcelona on Friday reinstated goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen as captain after resolving a dispute over the German's fitness. The club had started disciplinary action on Tuesday and stripped Ter Stegen of the club captaincy on Thursday over a row concerning his fitness after he underwent back surgery at the end of July. Local media reported ...
Asian Cup: Arakji Out, Lebanon Without Its Leader
Makram Haddad 2025-08-09 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
It’s now official: Wael Arakji, MVP of the last Asian Cup, will not take part in the 2025 edition in Jeddah. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) refused to issue him the medical certificate required to step on the court. After a thorough examination, no exceptions were made, despite the hopes held by the player and the Lebanese ...
Soap Nails: Fresh Manicure Sensation
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-08-10 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A wave of purity and shine is sweeping hand beauty. After the era of intricate nail art, here comes the return of refined simplicity: “soap nails” are making their mark, shaking up manicure norms. Neither too elaborate nor too plain, they strike the perfect balance between confident naturalness and meticulous care. The effect? Nails that look ...
China’s Gen Z Women Embrace Centuries-Old Script
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 14:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
At a studio in central China's Hunan province, a teacher grips an ink brush, gently writing characters of a secret script created by women centuries ago and now being embraced by a new generation. Nushu, meaning "women's script", emerged around 400 years ago. Barred from attending school, the women secretly learned Chinese ...
Taylor Swift Announces 12th Album for 'pre pre-order'
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US popstar Taylor Swift announced her 12th album, titled The Life of a Showgirl, for "pre pre-order" just after midnight Tuesday in posts on her website. Her online shop displayed blurred images of a record, CD and cassette tape overlaid with a glittery orange lock, explaining the album artwork would be "revealed at a later date." A disclaimer ...
Danielle Spencer, the 'What’s Happening!!' Star, Dies After Battle with Breast Cancer
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Actress Heritage Culture Art Death Danielle Spencer
Danielle Spencer, best known for her role as the sassy pre-teen Dee Thomas on the groundbreaking sitcom What’s Happening!!, has died at the age of 60. Spencer passed away on August 11, 2025, at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, her former co-star Haywood Nelson confirmed. Nelson shared the news on Instagram, remembering her as “brilliant” ...
Pregnancy Denial: Society’s Blind Spot on Invisible Motherhood
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-24 22:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Motherhood Women Pregnancies Babies
In the popular imagination, pregnancy is visible, joyful, and shared. A growing belly, ultrasound photos, the first baby clothes. It is something openly embraced, often proudly displayed. So how is it possible that a woman could carry a child to term without knowing it? And even more unsettling, that no one around her - not her family, friends, or ...
Omar Jamaleddine Responds After Suspension Threats
Hala Abdallah 2025-07-24 14:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Omar Jamaleddine Basket-ball
Basketball player Omar Jamaleddine announced his return to the national team a day after facing sharp criticism and disciplinary threats from Lebanese Basketball Federation President Akram Halabi. The controversy began earlier this week when Halabi, speaking in an exclusive interview on This is Sports, accused Jamaleddine of deliberately avoiding ...
Lucie Retail, Quadruple Amputee: ‘I Feel More Woman Than Ever’
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-06-28 19:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Lucie Retail Dance Mount Fuji Handicap Quadruple Amputee
“Can’t dance standing up? Dance on your knees.” When Lucie Retail utters these words on the Paralympic stage, a hush falls over the audience – followed by a thunder of emotional and admiring applause. There is nothing pitiful or theatrical in her statement. It is raw, direct. It tells the truth of an amputated body that still stands. It ...
Ed Sheeran Swaps Stage for Canvas in Colorful Debut
This is Beirut 2025-07-10 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Culture Art Music Painting Culture Art
British pop star Ed Sheeran has swapped a microphone for paint brushes, with the fruits of his endeavors to go on display later this week, the London gallery exhibiting his works confirmed Wednesday. The abstract pieces — colorful Jackson Pollock-esque paintings and prints — will be available to buy, with part of the proceeds going to the Ed ...
Oasis Ride the ‘Britpop’ Wave as 90s Nostalgia Sweeps the UK
This is Beirut 2025-06-30 12:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Music Oasis Trends Britain Culture
With "Britpop" bands Oasis and Pulp topping the charts and filling concert halls, a 90s vibe is floating over the UK this summer amid nostalgia for a "cooler" time when people seemed "happier". A trip to high street retailer Marks and Spencer, popular with older shoppers, feels like stepping back 30 years, with Oasis T-shirts flying off the ...
Beirut Art Days 2025: A Citywide Celebration of Art and Resilience
This is Beirut 2025-07-01 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Agenda Culturel Beirut Art Days Culture
Amid ongoing emotional and security challenges in Lebanon, Beirut Art Days is back, proving that creativity endures even in uncertain times. From July 9 to 12, the city of Beirut will pulse with artistic energy as more than 250 artists animate 130 events across 50 venues. Organized by Agenda Culturel, the second edition of Beirut Art Days is more ...
Liverpool Football Star Diogo Jota Dies In Car Crash In Spain: Police
This is Beirut 2025-07-03 12:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother died in a car crash in northwestern Spain on Thursday, police said, weeks after the star got married. The Civil Guard said a vehicle veered off a motorway and burst into flames shortly after midnight in the municipality of Cernadilla in the province of Zamora, confirming the deaths of ...
The “Quiet Proposal”: No Ring. No Kneeling. Just Heart
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-05 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Quiet Proposal Wedding Engagement Love Couples
There was a time when proposing meant staging the perfect scene — sunset views, fine dining, hidden cameras, getting down on one knee, a sparkling ring, and background music to cue the tears. But that era is fading fast, making place for a new generation that’s rewriting the rules of rom-com romance. Enter the quiet proposal: discreet, ...
Lebanon’s Beaches: The Great Slimming Down
Marc Saikali 2025-07-06 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 ...
How Adolescents Today Access and React to the News
Marilyne Jallad 2025-07-07 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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At a time when global headlines are shaped by uncertainty, conflict, climate disruption, and political unrest, how are younger generations getting their news? And how do they make sense of the events shaking both their countries and the wider world? The voices of Generation Alpha and Gen Z—aged 11 to 16, living in Lebanon and abroad—offer a ...
Justin Bieber Unveils Surprise Album 'Swag' After Three-Year Break
This is Beirut 2025-07-11 12:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Canadian superstar Justin Bieber released his seventh album, Swag, on Friday, just hours after sharing a sneak peek of it on social media. Comprising 21 tracks totaling 54 minutes, the project marks the return of the 31-year-old singer more than three years after his last single, Honest, a duet with Don Toliver. His previous album, Justice, was ...
Tributes Flood in for Black Sabbath Frontman Ozzy Osbourne
This is Beirut 2025-07-23 16:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Music Osbourne Tributes Britain Worldwide Culture
Tributes poured in Wednesday for hell-raiser singer Ozzy Osbourne as Black Sabbath bandmates mourned the death of their legendary frontman and tearful fans laid flowers in his hometown Birmingham, just weeks after he played an epic reunion concert there. Osbourne, nicknamed the "Prince of Darkness" who famously once bit off the head of a bat ...
Fake Beauty, Real Risks: Investigating Cosmetic Counterfeits (1/3)
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-11 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Beauty Care Black Market Health Sunscreens Cosmetic Counterfeits
Same logo, same packaging, same “high protection” claim… but sometimes, the contents are just water and thickeners. In a recent investigation led by journalist Hugo Clément and pharmacist Laurence Coiffard (for “Sur le Front,” France 5, June 2025), several counterfeit sunscreens were lab tested. Findings were alarming: some products ...
Anti-Counterfeit Guide: How to Spot Fake Skincare and Shop Safely (3/3)
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-13 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Counterfeit Cosmetics Skin care Beauty Health Awereness
Today’s counterfeit cosmetics are almost indistinguishable to the naked eye: they have the same bottle, same typography and nearly the same texture as genuine ones. Moisturizers, serums, sunscreens, micellar waters, foundations, luxury sets — no category is spared. And no country, either. From the US to Lebanon, France to South Korea, ...
Barca Star Yamal Faces Probe Into Dwarf Entertainers At 18th birthday
This is Beirut 2025-07-15 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Barcelona star Lamine Yamal is facing an investigation regarding the presence of a group of people with dwarfism as entertainers at his 18th birthday party last weekend, Spain's Ministry of Social Rights told AFP Tuesday. The winger celebrated with a private event in Olivella, around 50 kilometres west of Barcelona, which the ministry asked the ...
Wael Arakji Quits Riyadi: End of an Era, Beginning of a Myth
Makram Haddad 2025-07-15 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
There are transfers, and then there are earthquakes. Sunday, July 13, 2025, will go down in Lebanese basketball history. Wael Arakji officially announced his departure from Riyadi Beirut, the legendary club with which he won everything. In a message as poignant as it was powerful, posted on Instagram, the 30-year-old said goodbye to the team... ...
Cosmetic Counterfeits: Lebanon Grapples with the Surge of Fake Beauty Products (2/3)
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-07-15 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 ...
UK Battles Anti-Vax Misinformation After Child's Death
This is Beirut 2025-07-21 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Kingdom Donald Trump Vaccination
A child's death from measles has sparked urgent calls from British public health officials to get children vaccinated, as the UK faces an onslaught of misinformation on social media, much of it from the United States. Measles is a highly infectious disease that can cause serious complications. It is preventable through double MMR (measles, mumps ...