This is Beirut, 24/11 16:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia Food Drink Alcohol
Diplomats and premium visa-holders in Saudi Arabia told AFP that the conservative kingdom has quietly eased restrictions on purchasing alcohol for select foreign residents. While the government has not made any statements regarding the sale of alcohol in recent days, the sources said non-Muslim individuals with so-called premium resident status ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 14/11 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Kingdom United States Alcohol School Culture
Some contrasts say everything about a nation. While France long poured wine into schoolchildren’s glasses, Anglo-Saxon societies have always firmly and unequivocally banned any form of alcohol at school. This difference is not merely legal: it reflects distinct national histories, collective beliefs, and radically different views of childhood ...
David Sahyoun, 24/09 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Addiction Psychoanalysis Drugs Alcohol Culture Emptiness
Understanding addiction means looking beyond the mere fact of dependency. If the first part traced the origins of emptiness and the formation of lack, the challenge now is to grasp why—when suffering cannot be symbolized—the body steps in and makes the symptom speak. Since Freud, psychoanalysis has tried to probe what escapes language: ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-22 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iraq christians alcohol Yazidis prohibition
The smell of dampness rises through the dust at a private club in central Baghdad, one of many shut in a crackdown on alcohol sales in Iraq. "We appealed to all authorities in the country, but no one listened to us," said the owner, a Christian who asked not to be named. Although a law banning the sale and import of alcohol was passed in 2016 ...