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Ircad 2025: Beirut Leading the Charge in Medico-Surgical Innovation in the Middle East

Makram Haddad, 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

From March 26 to 29, 2025, Beirut will host the Ircad conference, a leading scientific event focused on the latest advances in minimally invasive and robotic surgery. This edition will place particular emphasis on robot-assisted urological surgery, an expanding field where artificial intelligence and robotics are revolutionizing surgical ...

Twenty Thousand Leagues on the Sea: Beirut and Cannes, United by a Passion for Yachting

Makram Haddad, 22/03 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Beirut Cannes

On the occasion of International Francophonie Day, which coincided this year with the 70th anniversary of the Beirut Yachting Club, a fresh breeze of renewal has swept over maritime relations between Lebanon and France. After seven decades of sailing together since 1955, the Beirut club has officially renewed its twinning agreement with the ...

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi Introduces New Direct Flight to Beirut

This is Beirut, 18/03 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

United Arab Emirates Wizz Air Airlines Direct flight Beirut

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the low-cost airline of the United Arab Emirates, announced on Tuesday the launch of a new direct route connecting Beirut and Abu Dhabi. Starting in June, the service will operate three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, offering budget-friendly fares starting at $61.99. Positioning itself as the only low-cost ...

Sagesse Defeats Homenetmen in Final Seconds

Hala Abdallah, 15/03 12:10 - Reading : less than a minute

basketball sports lebanon beirut homenetmen sagesse

Sagesse secures a dramatic 100-99 victory over Homenetmen in the final seconds, remaining unbeaten in the Lebanese league!

Beirut Women Film Festival's 8th Edition: Empowering Female Filmmakers

Marie-Christine Tayah, 14/03 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Cinema Festival Culture Art Beirut Film

The 8th edition of the Beirut International Women Film Festival 2025 unveils its official poster featuring Zainab Fawwaz, a pioneering Lebanese writer and feminist of the late 19th century, who challenged societal norms and paved the way for women's voices. Standing at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, she embraced leadership as a path ...

March 14, 2005... The Memory of a Dream, 20 Years Later

Pierre Daccache, 14/03 09:30 - Reading : less than a minute

lebanon March 14 Beirut Martyr's Square

On March 14, 2005, over a million Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut to demand freedom, sovereignty and an end to the Syrian occupation.

'Shams' Exhibition at Sursock Museum: A Ray of Hope from Lebanon

This is Beirut, 12/03 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Exhibition Photography Italy Beirut Culture Sursock Museum

The Sursock Museum in Beirut is currently hosting the photographic exhibition Shams (Sun), a journey through images created by the Italian photojournalist Marco Palombi. Through his shots, the viewer will be taken into the classrooms and schoolyards of Lebanese institutions that benefit from Italian Cooperation interventions. The exhibition is ...

Beirut Art Film Festival: A Tribute to Yemen’s Cultural Heritage

This is Beirut, 11/03 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Beirut Yemen Film Art Cinema Culture

The 2025 edition of the Beirut Art Film Festival (BAFF), in collaboration with the American University of Beirut (AUB) Archaeological Museum, highlights Yemen’s rich cultural heritage through an evening of film screenings and discussions titled “Saving Yemen’s Cultural Heritage.” Scheduled for Tuesday, March 18, at 7:00 PM at AUB’s ...

Judge Bitar Given Clearance by Hajjar to Continue Investigation Into Port Explosion

This is Beirut, 10/03 18:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Tarek Bitar Port explosion Beirut Justice

Judge Tarek Bitar, who is in charge of investigating the Beirut port explosion case, will be able to continue his investigation, despite 34 appeals lodged against him by personalities against whom he had taken legal action. The acting public prosecutor of the Court of Cassation, Judge Jamal Hajjar, overturned a decision on Monday by his ...

Beirut Municipality and the Struggle for Survival

Johnny Kortbawi, 07/03 11:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Lebanon Beirut Elections

Next May, Beirut is set to face its fifth municipal election since the war—assuming the elections take place. All signs indicate that they will, given the firm insistence of the President and the government. After the Beirut Municipal elections in 1998 and 2004, which were made possible with the support of late Prime Minister Rafic Hariri ...

Beirut Marathon 2025: New Date, Same Passion!

Makram Haddad, 06/03 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Marathon Beirut

Beirut Marathon 2025: a schedule shift for one of Lebanon’s biggest sporting events. Originally set for Sunday, May 4, 2025, the Beirut Marathon will now take place on Thursday, May 1, due to municipal elections scheduled for the same date by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. A Race Against the Clock Faced with this scheduling ...

If You Loved the Canals of Venice, You’ll Adore the Canals of Beirut!

Marc Saikali, 05/03 21:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Beirut Traffic Rain

Every year, winter brings rain. A statement so ordinary it could hardly be more clichéd. Yet in Lebanon, every downpour turns the roads into rivers. Cars become makeshift gondolas, and honking horns replace gondoliers’ songs. It’s safe to say that romance is hardly in the air. Water covers the gaping holes, which elsewhere are called ...

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