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What began as a niche outlet for Lebanese wealth is becoming a wider trend, as more investors turn to Cyprus for security and financial stability.

The quiet confrontation: Is Britain an ally, or a rival in the shadows?

A quiet global power shift is unfolding as the U.S., China, and Britain compete to control trade routes, financial systems, and the future structure of the world order.

By Philip Honein

Lebanese investment reshaping Cyprus real estate

A wave of attacks across Europe raises fears of Iranian-linked sleeper networks using proxy actors and covert tactics to expand conflict beyond the Middle East.

The rise of Iran’s sleeper cells in Europe

By Tony McMahon

Maamoul, the taste of Easter in the Levant

Maamoul has a deep history across the Levant and has evolved into a shared Easter tradition, involving gifting, hospitality and community, and containing symbolic meanings behind its shapes and fillings.

China is positioning itself to gain from any outcome while refusing to shape the outcome itself.

All China can do is wait

By Peter Chouayfati

Aging in motion: Preserve mobility after 60

Maintaining mobility after 60 is essential to stay independent and active. Expert-backed ways can help preserve it.

By Nada Merhi

The spirit of Easter in Lebanon

Easter in Lebanon is a deeply spiritual and cultural celebration, marked by a blend of religious rituals, family traditions, and a renewed sense of hope that resonates in the country’s resilience.

In Lebanon, Good Friday carries the weight of daily pain, yet remains a living testament to a faith that endures, holding on to the promise of resurrection.

Good Friday in Lebanon: A covenant renewed

By Michella Rizk

The urgency for international action in Lebanon

International law expert Patricia Elias advocates urgent international action for Lebanon, proposing R2P, Chapter VII measures, and a specialized UN mission.

Beyond the Spectrum: Understanding Autism

In today’s conflicts, perception is weaponized where stories, images, and narratives can turn civilian spaces into targets before the first missile is fired.

Pallywood, IRGC, and the weaponization of human rights

By Dr. Elie Elias

Mount Hermon and the emerging Israel-Lebanon front

An Israeli incursion via Mount Hermon into Lebanon introduces a new confrontation axis, enhancing surveillance and pressure on Hezbollah while raising risks of escalation.

Lebanese farmers: Guardians of the land

International Farm Workers Day honors the resilience and dedication of Lebanon's farm workers, whose hands have cultivated the land for generations, despite growing challenges.

A comedian’s ingenuity in saving stand-up’s reputation and his devotion to helping his community.

Shawn Chidiac: Vouching for comedy in the Middle East

On World Bipolar day, we pause to sit with a condition that is far more than its clinical name suggests, far more common, and far more misunderstood, than most people know.

The truth behind bipolar disorder

From studying Radio/TV in Notre Dame University Lebanon, to building a massive digital following in Los Angeles with his comedy and music.

Iran’s dual grip: Military and political power in Lebanon

A closer look at Nabih Berri’s role as Lebanon navigates rising Iranian influence and internal political contradictions.

By Marwan El Amine

Rudy Ayoub: Bringing the Habibi Spice to Los Angeles

Palm Sunday in Lebanon blends faith and tradition, where children, candles, and olive branches bring a sacred story to life across generations.

Palm Sunday: Lebanon's most tender procession

The abandoned properties of Lebanon and Syria’s vanished Jewish communities worth billions of dollars are quietly entering the calculus of regional diplomacy. Featuring an exclusive interview with Peter Geffen, a Jewish educator and community leader.

The forgotten Jews of Lebanon and Syria

By Josiane Hajj Moussa

Who keeps Lebanon’s collective memory?

In the absence of a centralized archival system, a fragmented network of institutions has taken on the work of preserving Lebanon’s vast and contested historical record.

The man who taught the piano to sing

From Beirut to the world’s greatest stages, Abdel Rahman El Bacha turned the piano into a voice that sings, breathes, and transcends borders.

How words like “Eid” and “Allah” reveal the complexity of Lebanese identity, often lost in Western misunderstandings.

Misleading Arabic words

By Michael Karam

Beirut's theater stage refuses to go dark

On World Theatre Day, Le Monnot's Josyane Boulos on passion, resilience, and a city that keeps writing its own tragedy.

Despite ongoing fighting, Iran may have already lost the war where it matters most credibility, deterrence, and regional influence.

The story of “Aryan”, from ancient identity to Nazi ideology

An ancient term, a modern distortion: How a linguistic concept became an ideological tool.

By Christiane Gemayel

Why Iran has already lost the war

By Hicham Bou Nassif

Modern warfare's limits in the air campaign against Iran

After an initial surge of strikes, the U.S.–Israel air campaign against Iran is revealing how cost, inventory, and operational limits shape the ability to sustain modern warfare.

Lebanese woodcraft transforms centuries of cedar and fruitwood tradition into objects that carry history, skill, and enduring beauty into contemporary life.

The wood that built temples, ships, and a nation's identity

Since the outbreak of the conflict, Turkey has remained unable to shape the course of events, yet is increasingly apprehensive about their consequences.

What about Türkiye?

By Peter Chouayfati

How Omar Abou Ezzeddine defied the corporate autopilot

From the high-stakes pressure of a takeover at 28 to scaling regional disruptors across the Middle East, the Lebanese entrepreneur has made a career of stepping off the "hamster wheel" to build something entirely his own.

Lebanese social media feeds mix tragedy, humor and solidarity as the war unfolds online.

Scrolling through the crisis

Lebanon declared Iran’s ambassador persona non grata and recalled its envoy, signaling escalating tensions over sovereignty, diplomatic violations, and Iranian influence, while invoking international law to assert state authority and non-interference.

Persona non grata: Lebanon draws the line with Iran

Spring allergies affect up to 30% of people in Lebanon, with pollen, pollution, and genetics driving symptoms that can escalate into asthma if left untreated.

Spring: Hello, allergies

By Nada Merhi

Lebanon's water crisis through conflict and drought

In an exclusive interview with the Ministry of Energy and Water, Lebanon is facing a deepening water crisis where conflict, drought, and failing infrastructure are leaving millions without safe access to water.

A moving tribute to Lebanese mothers and grandmothers, whose quiet strength, sacrifice, and unspoken love hold families and a country together.

“Birds of War”: Where love survives the frontlines

“Birds of War” traces a love story born in conflict, following two journalists whose lives and relationship were shaped by war, exile, and storytelling.

By Sunil Sadarangani

She who holds us all: The Lebanese mother

By Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Nokkari

The story behind Islam’s two great Eids

More than holidays, Eid reflects faith, memory, and the traditions that bind Muslim communities together.

Lebanese churches, where humanity lives

Amid conflict, Lebanese monasteries are sheltering displaced families, revealing a powerful example of unity and coexistence beyond sectarian lines.

Trump’s war: From quick strikes to endless conflict

Trump’s strategy risks turning a limited strike on Iran into a prolonged conflict, with a potential pivot toward Hezbollah as a way to claim victory without deeper escalation.

By Nami El Khazen

Loving in different time zones

Long-distance relationships reveal a deeper form of love, where distance sharpens connection, tests resilience, and turns absence into intentional presence.

Escalating tensions at Lebanon’s Masnaa crossing have driven the examining Israel’s threat of strikes, border paralysis, economic risks, emergency measures, and implications affecting Lebanon’s only vital land trade route.

Politics

Lebanon’s lifeline at risk: The Masnaa factor

As Trump’s deadline nears its end, and both Washington and Tehran intensify warnings, what is Pakistan’s perceived role in this war and how will it be able to navigate the rising tensions in the region?

Pakistan at the center of the US-Iran war

Iran’s responsibility for compensation

Europe shifts toward Syrian refugee repatriation through engagement with Damascus, while Lebanon remains stalled amid political paralysis.

Europe moves ahead on returns, Lebanon left behind

Israel’s new law imposing death penalty on Palestinians convicted of killings triggers domestic division and global condemnation, raising concerns over discrimination, legality, and potential escalation of violence.

The Kharg Island play

The deployment of a U.S. amphibious strike group near Iran signals escalating tensions, with multiple strategic targets under consideration amid uncertainty over Washington’s true objective.

By Nami El Khazen

Israel’s death penalty law sparks global condemnation

Mounting deployments, strategic signaling, and debate over a potential US ground operation against Iran raise questions about escalation, its consequences, and limits of hard power in shaping long-term political outcomes.

Washington’s looming ground offense in Tehran

GPS interference across the Gulf is exposing a critical vulnerability in the Israel–Iran war.

GPS warfare in the Israel–Iran conflict

The Meerab III National Convention presents a decisive sovereignty-focused agenda, calling for accountability, state restoration, legal measures, and institutional authority.

Reclaiming the State and its compromised sovereignty

Nabil Fahmy’s appointment as Arab League Secretary-General highlights his diplomatic background, the League’s structural limits, internal divisions, and the prospects for strengthening Arab cooperation.

Nabil Fahmy: The Arab League’s new chief

Pakistan’s role in US-Iran crisis diplomacy has become central, highlighting its mediation efforts with KSA, Turkey, and Egypt, and cautious prospects for de-escalation amid the ongoing regional war.

Islamabad at the center of US-Iran crisis diplomacy

As tensions rise in the Iran war, Europe and NATO face a strategic dilemma between distancing themselves or aligning with the US to secure global stability.

Wavering Powers and Hormuz rising risks

By Mohamed Chebaro

How does the Iran War fuel the defense industry?

The Iran war drives defense industry growth through surging demand, expanded production, rising stocks, and foreign arms sales, highlighting how modern conflicts fuel profits, corporate influence, and long-term military spending.

While external military pressure deals significant damage to Iran’s entrenched regime, lasting political transformation entails other equally important factors and conditions.

The question of toppling the Iranian regime

As tensions around the Strait of Hormuz disrupt global oil flows, the crisis is accelerating a strategic shift that could reshape energy markets and weaken dollar dominance.

Hormuz and the new global power game

By Nami El Khazen

Between diplomacy and escalation, is the war really nearing an end?

The US-Iran conflict faces a fragile diplomatic moment as Trump’s 15-point plan seeks to end hostilities, but Washington’s hardline demands, Iran’s rejection, Israel’s concerns, and strategic mistrust challenge prospects for a lasting resolution.

Lebanon could follow its 1958 precedent to file a complaint against Iran, arguing that Tehran’s support for Hezbollah (including weapons, training, and IRGC presence) constitutes indirect aggression and sovereignty violation.

Should Lebanon file a complaint against Iran?

Lebanon and Iraq face parallel struggles to assert state monopoly over arms, as entrenched militias, political integration, and regional influences complicate disarmament efforts, exposing the fragility of state sovereignty and the potential risks of escalation.

Lebanon and Iraq: Parallel struggles over disarmament

A record surge in journalist killings reveals a pattern of targeted violence, restricted access, and global impunity that is systematically erasing the witnesses of war.

The silenced press

Russia quietly bolsters Iran’s war effort through intelligence-sharing, satellite imagery, and drone technology, enhancing Tehran’s operational effectiveness while maintaining plausible deniability and avoiding direct confrontation with the US.

Russia’s quiet hand in Iran’s war effort

Lebanon’s stalled decision-making and internal divisions undermine its ability to confront Hezbollah’s military role or advance meaningful negotiations amid escalating regional conflict.

Negotiations' narrow margins

By Marwan El Amine

When displacement shelters risk demographic shift

An exclusive interview with former Minister of Social Affairs and prominent political figure in Beirut, Dr. Richard Kouyoumjian, explores the proposed Karantina displacement shelter controversy, highlighting security fears, demographic concerns, and governance challenges amid Lebanon’s fragile balance between humanitarian response and political realities.

Lebanon’s war through a systems thinking lens

Lebanon’s ongoing war reveals a fragile system of interdependent forces, where political paralysis, external influence, and feedback loops drive continuous instability.

Laser shield: The next frontier in drone defense

The US tests high-energy laser systems to counter increasingly common drones, offering precise, cost-efficient air defense, while nations like Israel and Ukraine advance directed-energy weapons amid technical and environmental challenges.

Damascus prepares its first official Nowruz celebration, marking a historic shift toward Kurdish cultural recognition, national inclusivity, and post-Assad transformation.

Hezbollah’s human shield strategy

As conflict intensifies, Lebanese civilians are increasingly exposed to danger as military activity becomes embedded within populated areas.

By Dr. Elie Elias

Nowruz in Damascus: From ban to celebration

The South Pars strike and Iran’s retaliatory attacks on Gulf energy hubs escalate the Middle East conflict, threatening global oil and gas supplies, spiking prices, and signaling a dangerous new phase in regional warfare.

South Pars strike sparks global energy shock

Lebanon’s telecommunications sector, repeatedly damaged by war and crises, survives through rapid adaptation and emergency planning, yet remains trapped in survival mode, struggling to modernize amid recurring conflict and economic challenges.

Muslim Brotherhood influence declining among Arabs

A new index reveals the Muslim Brotherhood’s declining influence in the Arab world but highlights its shift toward decentralised, global networks that may sustain its relevance.

By Tony McMahon

Telecommunications sector under threat again

Brigadier General Khalil Helou, in an exclusive interview with The Beiruter, analyzes Israel’s targeting of southern bridges, its strategic objectives, as well as the military, political, and humanitarian implications for Lebanon.

Lebanon’s southern bridges at the center of conflict

Amid escalating war fears, Bkerké and the Vatican intensify diplomatic and humanitarian efforts to protect Lebanon’s Christian border villages and support displaced residents.

Vatican- Bkerké movement to protect the villages of the South

By Gabriel Mrad

Egypt between escalation and containment

Caught between geography and economic fragility, Egypt navigates the regional war through cautious containment, balancing diplomacy, security, and survival.

Dr. Mohannad Hage Ali, deputy director for research at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, speaks in an exclusive interview with The Beiruter on the prospects of Syrian involvement in Lebanon, examining potential motivations, regional calculations, and the implications such a move could have on Lebanon’s stability and sovereignty.

The prospect of Syrian involvement in Lebanon

Professor Antonios Abou Kasm, speaking in an exclusive interview with The Beiruter, discusses the 2022 Lebanon-Israel maritime deal, its legal permanence, potential Israeli withdrawal and its consequences, as well as the steps Lebanon can take to safeguard its interests.

The fate of the 2022 Lebanon-Israel maritime deal

Hezbollah’s newly declared enemy

Hezbollah’s shifting rhetoric signals a potential internal confrontation in Lebanon, raising urgent questions about state authority and disarmament.

The cyber front of the middle east war

Cyber warfare is becoming a central front in the Middle East conflict, shaping strategy, disrupting systems, and influencing perception beyond the battlefield.

Growing anger within Hezbollah’s Shiite support base is exposing contradictions in the party’s narrative as the consequences of opening a front in support of Iran are felt immediately across southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Hezbollah and the crisis of its narrative

By Marwan El Amine

Lebanon and Israel: From enmity to direct negotiation

After decades of hostility, Lebanon has signaled readiness for direct negotiations with Israel to end the war. Israel, however, remains cautious, prioritizing military objectives before engaging in talks.

US airstrikes on Iran’s Kharg Island targeted military facilities while sparing oil infrastructure, signaling strategic pressure rather than full escalation around a hub that handles about 90% of Iran’s oil exports.

The strategic rationale behind the Kharg Island strike

Iraq: The battlefield between rival powers

In an interview with The Beiruter, Iraqi military and strategic expert General Jamal Al-Halbousi analyzes how Iraq has become increasingly exposed amid the growing regional confrontation and its implications for the country’s internal stability, security institutions, and energy resources.

Cryptocurrency is reshaping modern warfare by enabling states and networks to bypass sanctions, move funds globally, and turn finance itself into a strategic battlefield.

Economy

How crypto became a tool of geopolitical power

By Anna Kachouh

War economies run on price gaps

In the 2026 Iran war, fragmented markets are creating price gaps that sustain trade by incentivizing the movement of goods across unevenly priced regions.

The 2026 Iran war is intensifying pressure on Lebanon’s maritime sector, with rising costs and declining demand hitting shipyards and ports.

The war disrupting Lebanon’s maritime lifelines

Lebanon’s hotel sector faces its hardest test

Lebanon’s hotel sector is collapsing under the weight of war and economic crisis, with plummeting occupancy rates driving irreversible losses and threatening livelihoods.

Lebanon’s remittance lifeline is exposed to the Middle East war

Lebanon’s reliance on remittances, especially from the Gulf, is under threat due to the ongoing regional war, risking further economic instability.

War is reshaping how waste is produced and managed in Lebanon, exposing the limits of a system built on disposal, rather than reuse.

Waste management in times of war

Lebanon is losing $60 to $80 million per day, while economic activity has dropped by up to 50 percent as the war disrupts imports, production, and household spending.

How the Iran war is hitting Lebanon’s economy

As oil prices rise, a strengthening dollar is transmitting the war’s economic impact across currencies, inflation, and global financial systems.

The currency shock of the Israel–Iran war

Lebanon missed its golden moment, worth $11 billion

A sharp drop in global gold prices has erased billions from Lebanon’s reserves, raising questions about missed opportunities and future recovery.

In the current war, rising inflation and tighter monetary policy are reshaping the financial conditions that have historically supported gold.

Gold and war, misaligned

Lebanon’s lack of strategic oil reserves is leaving the country dangerously exposed to energy shocks, despite having the infrastructure to build long-term security.

The cost of no reserve

By Christina Abi Haidar

South Lebanon’s harvest is dying on the trees

War in southern Lebanon is devastating agriculture, leaving harvests to rot, land damaged, and the country’s food security increasingly at risk.

How the Israel–Iran war is straining Southeast Asia’s economies.

From Jakarta to Manila, a region braces for an oil shock

The invisible gas behind the world’s chips

The Middle East war is exposing a hidden vulnerability in global tech, as disruptions to Qatar’s helium supply threaten semiconductor production worldwide.

War-driven flight suspensions at Beirut airport are triggering millions in economic losses, disrupting tourism, trade, and vital revenue streams.

Beirut Airport counts the cost of war

The Middle East conflict strains the global food system

As war in the Middle East disrupts energy and shipping routes, fertilizer supply chains, essential to modern agriculture, are emerging as a hidden front in the global economy, with potential ripple effects on food production and prices worldwide.

How geopolitical tensions and global conflicts are increasingly influencing cryptocurrency markets, and why digital assets may offer financial resilience in countries facing economic instability like Lebanon.

When war shakes the world, crypto keeps moving

By Anna Kachouh

From war zones to store shelves: Lebanon’s inflation shock

How the ongoing regional war is driving inflation in Lebanon by raising diesel prices, maritime insurance, transport costs, and ultimately the price of food in an import-dependent economy.

Lebanon’s tourism and travel sector has plunged by around 80 percent as ongoing war and regional airspace disruptions cripple flights, bookings, and travel demand.

Airspace chaos pushes Lebanon’s travel sector to the brink

Rising tensions in the Gulf threaten global energy supplies while potentially creating an opportunity for Lebanon to revive its energy infrastructure and strengthen its role in the Eastern Mediterranean energy sector.

Could Lebanon turn today’s energy crisis into opportunity?

By Christina Abi Haidar

The fate of oil prices

As war expands across the Middle East, rising tensions involving Iran and Gulf states have sent oil and gas markets surging, with fears mounting that disruption to the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a global energy shock and fuel inflation worldwide.

By Omar Ayoub

How prediction markets turn conflict into a global commodity

As prediction markets expand globally, Lebanon and the Middle East have become tradable indicators of conflict risk, raising ethical, regulatory, and security questions about turning war and political instability into financial instruments.

With remittances falling and the Lebanese pound long decimated, millions of citizens have turned to digital assets as a financial lifeline. Now the government wants to catch up.

Lebanon meets with Binance on Crypto regulation

As new taxes take effect, Lebanon’s industrial sector faces mounting pressure, highlighting its role in employment, exports, and the country’s fragile economic recovery.

The weight of new taxes on Lebanese industry

Beirut Port to connect to Syrian border by rail

Lebanon is exploring the revival of rail freight, with studies underway for a cargo line linking Beirut Port to Masnaa to ease congestion and improve regional trade connectivity.

Lebanon has launched strict tax enforcement on concerts, festivals, nightlife, and foreign performers, raising concerns over higher costs and reduced activity in the entertainment sector.

Lebanese nightlife under tax scrutiny

Vatican Bank launches Catholic stock indices

The Vatican Bank has launched two equity indices with Morningstar, formalizing Catholic ethical principles within global market benchmarks as faith-based investing gains prominence amid ESG skepticism.

Ministry launches “help desk” to back Lebanese businesses

Lebanon has launched the National Trade Help Desk to support MSMEs by centralizing trade information, simplifying procedures, and advancing digital economic reform.

Lebanon’s religious tourism: A billion-dollar opportunity in waiting

Lebanon’s religious tourism draws over 2 million visits a year but remains underdeveloped. With proper strategy, it could generate up to $1 billion annually and boost foreign currency inflows.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Finance launches a new E-Payment Gateway to digitize taxes and public transactions, aligning the country with global shifts toward digital, secure, and transparent payment systems.

The global rise of e-payments

Valentine’s Day has become a global economic season, where spending defines romance from record outlays in the US and Europe to modest, calculated celebrations in crisis-hit Lebanon.

The price of love: Between hearts and dollars

By Jessica Habchy

The IMF inquires but does not decide

An IMF delegation in Lebanon is reviewing financial and banking reform laws, seeking clarifications on state obligations and sector viability without issuing a final stance.

As state institutions falter, diaspora remittances have become a pillar of survival in Lebanon, funding healthcare, education and daily needs while deepening reliance on a dollarized, cash-based economy vulnerable to shocks.

An economy outside its borders

The United States Department of the Treasury and Office of Foreign Assets Control announced new sanctions targeting alleged Hezbollah-linked networks, including Jood SARL and the Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association.

Hezbollah gold exchange under US sanctions

Lebanon’s unexpected export niches natural casings, snails, and copper scrap driving foreign-currency earnings through demand from the European Union.

When Lebanon exports the unexpected

Gulf set to invest in Lebanon’s digital future

Lebanon plans to launch a Gulf-backed digital investment drive, says Kamal Shehadi, while courting Qatar, the Digital Cooperation Organization, and expanding partnerships with Microsoft and Oracle.

Lebanon’s Financial Gap Law clash involving Yassine Jaber, Amer Bisat, banks, French mediators, and pressure from the International Monetary Fund.

BDL mapping of Lebanon’s debts: 40 to 50 billion dollars?

Lebanon’s 2026 state budget, showing how years of crisis have shrunk government spending and GDP, according to data from the Lebanon Ministry of Finance.

Lebanon’s 2026 budget: Managing crisis

Lebanon advances new grain silo plan to boost food security

Lebanon has approved a $250 million plan to build new grain silos at Beirut, Tripoli, and the Bekaa to restore food reserves, with Economy Minister Amer Bisat outlining concessional financing and international support.

Lebanon’s latest rains bring cautious relief after years of drought, but stark regional disparities, climate volatility and economic strain continue to leave farmers and policymakers grappling with an increasingly fragile agricultural sector.

Welcome rains, but Lebanon’s agriculture remains on alert

As war displaces over a million, shelters and rescuers scramble to care for a surge of abandoned animals.

Special report

The forgotten Jews of Lebanon and Syria

The abandoned properties of Lebanon and Syria’s vanished Jewish communities worth billions of dollars are quietly entering the calculus of regional diplomacy. Featuring an exclusive interview with Peter Geffen, a Jewish educator and community leader.

By Josiane Hajj Moussa

The B

Lebanon’s pets left behind

On the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, Lebanon shows how sport can unite, empower, and transform society even amid challenges.

Sports as a force for peace, development, and dignity

Lebanon wins Harvard World MUN Diplomacy Award

Lebanese student Roy Abi Raad secured Harvard World MUN’s Diplomacy Award, showcasing Lebanon’s strong presence and resilience on the global academic diplomacy stage.

A new documentary traces how Saint Charbel’s faith journey spread from a hermitage in Annaya to millions across the globe.

Lebanese-Australian woman creating jobs in Lebanon

Michleen Daoud Geagea, an Australian-Lebanese woman, has created a job program in Lebanon that connects local workers to businesses, providing long-term employment during the country's economic crisis.

By Adella Beaini

The Saint who crossed every border

Led by Lebanese coach Ezzat Ismail and star Wael Arakji, AlUla secured a historic double after winning the Saudi Federation Cup, capping off a dominant 2025–2026 season.

The Lebanese duo behind AlUla’s golden season

39 new sites added under the Hague Convention bring Lebanon's total to 73, a milestone with profound implications for a country navigating war and displacement.

Lebanon expands protection for its cultural heritage

The enduring craft of Anfeh’s sea salt

In Anfeh, Lebanon, traditional hand-harvested sea salt has been produced for over 300 years, preserving both a local heritage and a way of life on the Mediterranean coast.

Your daily cup of tea may be hiding a toxin

A new AUB-led study finds that all tested loose teas in Lebanon contain invisible plant toxins, with many exceeding safety limits, especially concerning for children.

The story behind Enrico Macias’s rise in Beirut and how politics turned admiration into distance and exclusion.

Beirut, through the memory of Enrico Macias

By Chady Maalouf

One hour of darkness, one message to the world

Earth Hour unites millions worldwide in a symbolic act of darkness to spotlight the urgent reality of climate change.

The Blue Shield: When heritage becomes a casualty of war

A powerful look at Lebanon’s race to protect its cultural heritage during war, as the Blue Shield becomes both a legal safeguard and a fragile symbol of hope amid ongoing destruction.

Why weight gain is more than what you eat

Obesity is a complex condition shaped by lifestyle, biology, and habits, far beyond just calories in and out.

As global action grows against harmful social media design, Lebanon remains without protections for children exposed to addictive digital platforms.

The Arab World & digital safety: A legal landscape

Byblos in Paris: A city's memory on display

A Paris exhibition on Byblos becomes more than history, it’s a political statement on Lebanon’s identity, heritage, and survival amid war.

Global study reveals that Gen Z’s views on gender and marriage are not uniformly progressive, exposing a growing divide between young men and women and challenging the assumption that social progress is inevitable.

Gen Z men are more traditional than their fathers

The neuroscience of a wounded brain

Trauma is not just psychological, it is a biological imprint that reshapes the brain’s structure, memory, and emotional regulation.

Lebanese poetry speaks

On World Poetry Day, Lebanon’s greatest poets remind us how words became a form of survival, identity, and resistance through decades of upheaval.

From a mum of three baking at home to a global cupcake sensation: The Lebanese roots behind The Baked Bouquet.

Lebanese-Australian mum builds a global brand

By Adella Beaini

The pursuit of happiness

International Happiness Day invites a deeper reflection on how joy is shaped by culture, struggle, and the quiet moments found within everyday life.

The unprecedented closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre raises urgent questions about control, faith, and access to Christianity’s holiest site amid war.

Beyond the Clichés

Amid war and uncertainty, Lebanon’s layered history and shared traditions of Lent and Ramadan evoke a timeless story of resilience, memory, and renewal.

By Michael Karam

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre shuts its doors

At USEK’s Agri-Food Hackathon, Lebanese students turn real industry challenges into innovative solutions, bridging education and entrepreneurship.

Lebanon’s next generation of entrepreneurs

The 2026 Oscars celebrated bold storytelling, historic wins, and standout performances in a night full of surprises.

The 2026 Oscars: Historic firsts and a tie that surprised everyone

By Sunil Sadarangani

War puts Lebanon’s cultural heritage at risk

As the war intensifies, Lebanon’s cultural heritage, from ancient archaeological sites to public libraries is facing growing damage while authorities race to protect historic landmarks and support displaced communities.

The ongoing war in Lebanon leads musicians and cultural centers to confront two challenges: whether to maintain silence or their vital need to keep making music.

Lebanon’s music scene in wartime

How displaced children in Beirut shelters continue learning and playing through improvised classes and activities organized by volunteers and NGOs amid Lebanon’s ongoing war.

The war’s interrupted classrooms

The art of war

From Ayman Baalbaki’s scarred cityscapes to Walid Raad’s invented archives and Mona Hatoum’s installations of exile, Lebanese artists have transformed decades of war into powerful works that document trauma, memory, and the resilience of a country shaped by conflict.

One in four Lebanese has experienced a mental disorder, and exposure to war can increase the risk up to twelvefold, yet many wait decades before seeking help.

The mental health burden of war

The dish that tells Lebanon’s story

More than a dish, kibbeh is a living symbol of Lebanese identity, reflecting generations of tradition, regional diversity, family rituals, and the resilience of a culture that continues to preserve its heritage through food.

In Lebanon’s shelters, women hold daily life together

Inside Beirut’s displacement shelters, women have become the quiet organizers of daily life, caring for families and sustaining fragile communities amid war and uncertainty.

Lebanon’s Generation Z is confronting another escalation of war while balancing work, studies, and daily life under constant anxiety, revealing the deep psychological toll of growing up amid recurring conflict and instability.

A generation in limbo

The war’s youngest casualties

Displacement in Lebanon has reconfigured daily life for children, affecting their schooling and safety and eroding any sense of stability.

Wajib is the structure that holds us together.

I am grateful for being Lebanese

By Michael Karam

Lebanon forms committee to protect and promote traditional foods

Lebanon has formed a committee to protect and promote traditional food products while boosting their value in local and global markets.

As emotional learning is increasingly outsourced to screens, Dr. Layla Itani’s The Journey Box reclaims play as a serious educational tool.

The Journey Box: Screens off, game on

Fast food’s hidden impact on children’s health in Lebanon

Fast food is contributing to childhood obesity, hormonal imbalances, and mental health issues. Nutritionist Crystal Debs stresses the importance of parents guiding healthier eating habits to combat these risks.

Lebanon marks a medical first with the implantation of a self-expanding pulmonary valve, highlighting the resilience of its advanced cardiology sector despite ongoing economic and workforce pressures.

Lebanon performs first pulmonary valve without open-heart surgery

Inside Lebanon’s Francophonie Month 2026

Francophonie Month 2026 in Lebanon celebrates language, poetry, youth, and cultural diversity, offering a platform for dialogue, creativity, and connection between Lebanon and its global diaspora.

Strengthening Lebanon’s response to child sexual violence

Lebanon is strengthening its response to child sexual violence by training 100 specialized caseworkers to provide survivor-centered support, part of a broader effort to create a coordinated, effective national child protection system.