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Hady Zaccak Wins Best Director in Cairo for ‘Cilama’

Marie-Christine Tayah, 10/01 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

It comes as no surprise that Hady Zaccak won the Best Director prize at the first edition of the Arab Innovation Festival, held during the feature film competition in Cairo, Egypt. The director is renowned for earning numerous international accolades for his meticulously crafted and deeply focused documentaries. This award reflects the filmmaker's ...

Former Syrian Army Deserters Arrested in Tripoli

This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Syrian Army Tripoli Lebanese Army

A Lebanese Army unit arrested several officers and soldiers on Sunday who had fled the former Syrian Army in the Mallouleh area of Tripoli. The suspicious group, traveling on a bus, was stopped to verify the passengers' identities. According to local sources, the detainees are currently being investigated to determine the details of their escape ...

Two Firefighters Die Trying to Control a Blaze in Tripoli

This is Beirut, 2024-12-25 11:20 - Reading : less than a minute

Firefighters Civil Defense Fire Blaze Tripoli Mina

Two Civil Defense firefighters died on Wednesday morning while trying to control a fire in a warehouse inside a building in the port of Mina in Tripoli, northern Lebanon. The building collapsed on the two firefighters, Abdallah Mouhtadi and Khalil Achkar, who fell victim to the tragedy.

Bab al-Tebbaneh Massacre: Wounds That Never Healed

Nisrine Merheb, 2024-12-18 20:40 - Reading : less than a minute

Bab El Tabbeneh Tripoli Massacre Assad Regime

From mass killings to the harrowing question to mothers: “Who do we kill first, your son or your husband?” The 1986 Bab al-Tebbaneh massacre, committed by the Assad regime in north Lebanon’s city of Tripoli, left heartbreaking stories of murder and oppression endured by the residents of this impoverished neighborhood. For Huna Lubnan, ...

'Cilama' by Hady Zaccak: A Journey Through the Forgotten Cinemas of Tripoli

Marie-Christine Tayah, 2024-11-24 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Cinema Paris Tripoli Film

The screening of Cilama, directed by Hady Zaccak in 2024, at the IMA in Paris, as part of Focus Tripoli: Tripoli, Arab Cultural Capital 2024, offered an evocative glimpse into Tripoli’s cinematic past. The documentary, both poetic and deeply reflective, serves as an album that chronicles the collective memory of cinema at the heart of this ...

Tripoli Behind the Shadow of War

Lyne Sammouri, 2024-11-14 15:15 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebanon WAR Tripoli

What does daily life look like in Tripoli, and how is the war affecting the economic and social situation?

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