The Christian’s final stand in Lebanon; September 28 and October 13 Rallies Planned
In an area that has seen the ethnic cleansing of its indigenous Christians escalate the last few years, and with Western countries in particular singling…
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In a Lebanese village, civil war scars fade slowly
By Tom Perry, Filed Sept. 1, 2016, 9:30 a.m. GMT | Reuters The story of Brih contains a stark lesson for Syria and Iraq: even when…
Vogue Magazine’s: 4 Perfect Days in Beirut
By: Alison Beckner Beirut. It’s one of the oldest cities in the world and was, for a period, considered to be the Paris of the…
Lebanese Entrepreneurs are coming home, and Bringing Billions
For 34 days in the summer of 2006, the world’s attention turned to Lebanon, where a bloody war erupted between the country’s militant group Hezbollah…
The role of white privilege in the 60 Minutes kidnapping saga
Opinion piece by Ruby Hamad. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect in any way those…
Why is David Cameron so silent on the recapture of Palmyra from the clutches of Isis?
In the end, it was the Syrian army – and its Hizballah chums from Lebanon, and the Iranians, and the Russians – who drove the…
5 ways how the “YouStink” and “Civil Society” movements bungled their chance to make history.
12/03/2016 Lebanon’s garbage crises continues to drag out adding to the Lebanese woes of institutionalised corruption, lack of utilities (electricity, water, sanitation) and Israeli/ISIS aggression…
Lebanon’s garbage crisis explained
The last 6 months you would have seen pictures of trash piling up on the streets of Lebanon with disease and wildlife starting to spread…
Oil prices and the Syrian civil war
Most watch in disbelief as hordes of Middle Eastern migrants enter Europe with little to no resistance from border control. Whereas refugees are normally women…
Here’s why ‘Here come the Habibs’ isn’t funny
By Candy Royalle For those who haven’t seen the promos for Channel Nine’s new comedy, Here Come the Habibs, the general premise is that an…