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Basketball: Riyadi Gets Off to a Flying Start and Stifles Tadamon Hrajel

Makram Haddad, 21/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

The opening of the 2025-2026 championship offered a classic matchup: the predicted giant, Riyadi, the overwhelming favorite in the competition, faced an ambitious but realistic newcomer, Tadamon Hrajel, led by Ghassan Sarkis. For ten minutes, the game resembled a tug-of-war—27-24 in the first quarter—before the Beirut machine shifted into high ...

Youssef Karam Akiki: The Last Lebbedeh Maker

Yara Germany, 01/06 09:30 - Reading : less than a minute

Hrajel tradition heritage craftsman Lebbedeh

In Hrajel, high in the Keserwan mountains, Youssef Karam Akiki is the last craftsman in Lebanon still making the Lebbedeh – a traditional woolen headpiece rooted in Phoenician heritage. With patience and precision, he now passes this ancestral craft to his young daughter and nephews. In an era where social media revives forgotten traditions, ...

A Craftsman, a Tradition: Can He Keep It Alive?

Yara Germany, 29/05 19:25 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebbedeh workshop Hrajel ancient craft

In his workshop tucked away in the hills of Hrajel, he is the last to craft the lebbedeh by hand. Youssef Karam Akiki is keeping an ancient tradition alive. Full report this Sunday, June 1st, on This is Beirut.

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Basketball: Riyadi Gets Off to a Flying Start and Stifles Tadamon Hrajel

Youssef Karam Akiki: The Last Lebbedeh Maker

A Craftsman, a Tradition: Can He Keep It Alive?

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