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The crisis surrounding the Strait of Hormuz is exposing a widening gap between the rules governing global maritime trade and the technology now being used to undermine them.

The Strait of Hormuz and modern maritime coercion

By Katharine Sorensen

Table 3: A show putting humanity at the forefront

Table 3 is raising awareness and giving a voice to marginalized Lebanese people.

By Grace Massoud

The E-shaped economy and the rise of three-tiered inequality

As wealth concentration accelerates, the divide between rich and poor has evolved into a three-tiered system where economic scarcity literally narrows how the poorest can think about the future.

Lebanon’s Constitution marks 100 years of endurance amid deliberate implementation, recurring crises, institutional fragility, and ongoing struggles over statehood and reform.

The Lebanese Constitution: A century of endurance and crisis

By Anthony Chamoun

Feminist icons on the wall, male directors on the screen

Cannes 2026 honors Thelma & Louise while women behind the camera remain underrepresented in competition.

The ship that wouldn't stop

How Russia's ghost fleet delivered 27,400 tons of stolen Ukrainian grain to Syria and why the world's diplomatic architecture failed to stop it.

By Josiane Hajj Moussa

Lebanon’s youth step into politics

An exploration of how Lebanese youth are re-engaging with politics through democratic participation, debate, and a new generation’s attempt to rebuild trust in public life.

Built on Lebanon’s rich biodiversity and centuries-old beekeeping traditions, the country’s honey sector is evolving into a broader economy tied to tourism, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and rural livelihoods despite mounting environmental and economic pressures.

The new economy emerging from Lebanon’s beehives

The division and fracturements within the EU are visible in its relationship with Israel.

Europe's divorce from Israel

By Peter Chouayfati

How Lebanon leads the Arab World in PhD holders

Lebanon holds the highest percentage of PhD holders per capita in the Arab world, reflecting a deep-rooted national culture of education and intellectual achievement.

Lebanon’s greatest writers stripped of their identity

The labeling of Pen League pioneers including Gibran Khalil Gibran as “Syrian poets” on a New York monument has sparked outrage and renewed debates over Lebanese cultural identity and historical memory.

Pope Leo XIV positions the Vatican as a leading moral voice advocating human dignity, ethical safeguards, and accountability in artificial intelligence.

The Vatican’s AI awakening: Defending human dignity

Why women are winning the protein wars

Women are now driving global protein demand as wellness culture shifts away from performance-driven fitness and toward longevity, preventive health, and everyday well-being.

With a social media call that quickly rallied designers, students and collectors, Aya Safieddine, founder of Archif.Co is aiming to raise $100,000 through fashion to support Lebanese families displaced by war.

UFOs in Lebanon

From glowing orbs over Beirut to decades-old eyewitness accounts, Lebanon has become the setting for some of the region’s most unusual UFO sightings and extraterrestrial claims.

By Tony McMahon

What if Lebanese fashion became a lifeline?

By Rayanne Tawil

The true scale of Lebanon's labor collapse

Lebanon’s labor market collapse since 2019 has deepened unemployment, informality, youth exclusion, and brain drain across an economy struggling to recover from overlapping crises.

From the Bekaa to Marrakesh: Arab films shine at Cannes

Arab filmmakers are making a powerful impact at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival with stories shaped by war, displacement, identity, and social transformation across the region.

Washington’s Lebanese-Israeli third round of direct talks test whether fragile diplomacy can contain escalating border tensions, Hezbollah disputes, and risks of wider regional conflict.

French consular elections 2026: A vote shaped by history

France’s 2026 consular elections in Lebanon and Syria are unfolding amid major regional changes, with candidates focusing on crisis management, education, healthcare, and French-Lebanese community representation.

By Josiane Hajj Moussa

Diplomacy and tension collide in Washington

How Lebanon’s heritage has survived centuries of war, empire, collapse, and destruction, becoming a story of national survival itself.

The fight to preserve Lebanon’s identity

Italian Ambassador Fabrizio Marcelli exclusively discusses with The Beiruter Italy’s support for Lebanon, UNIFIL security, reconstruction efforts, Israeli operations, and regional diplomacy amid conflict.

Italy and Lebanon: A persistent partnership amidst war

By Josiane Hajj Moussa

Lebanon brings its cinema back home

Lebanon is reviving its cinematic heritage through the relaunch of the Cinémathèque Libanaise, dedicated to preserving and restoring the country’s film history.

Traditional vessel tracking systems are becoming less reliable in a maritime environment increasingly shaped by electronic interference, dark fleet activity, and contested trade corridors.

The sea is no longer transparent

By Katharine Sorensen

Lebanon’s young women are redefining chess

A new generation of young Lebanese chess players is making history on the international stage through record-breaking performances and rising global rankings.

Europe’s colonial legacy and the new Middle East

As the Middle East rises economically and strategically, Europe is increasingly confronting the unresolved political and moral consequences of its own colonial and historical legacy.

By Christiane Gemayel

Darb Mar Charbel: A Lebanese Camino rooted in faith

Stretching across 130 kilometers of monasteries, valleys, and mountain villages, Darb Mar Charbel is redefining pilgrimage tourism in Lebanon through a spiritual journey inspired by the life of Saint Charbel.

How the legacy of February 6, 1984 continues to shape Lebanon’s political system, deep state structures, and relationship with Hezbollah and Israel.

The long shadow of February 6, 1984 over Lebanon

Lebanon’s war-hit hotel sector faces collapsing bookings, soaring unemployment, and a bleak summer tourism season amid persistent insecurity and displacement.

War empties hotels and disrupts the summer season

The fields that fed Lebanon are falling silent

War and displacement are devastating southern Lebanon’s agricultural sector, threatening farmers’ livelihoods and the country’s food security.

Iran’s frozen assets remain trapped between sanctions, nuclear diplomacy, and geopolitical rivalry, shaping Tehran’s economy and global negotiations for decades.

Iran’s frozen fortune

A journey of defying the odds and establishing a successful construction and development company in Lebanon.

Mohamed Karim El-Khatib: A Lebanese entrepreneur’s daring dream come true

By Grace Massoud

Girls walk: Rewriting the rules of showing up

From a spontaneous idea to a waterfront gathering of nearly 100 women, LYORA World’s first “Girls Walk” in Lebanon turned movement into connection and strangers into something closer.

By Rayanne Tawil

Lebanon at Venice: A nation's voice to the world's greatest art stage

Lebanon returns to the 61st Venice Biennale with Don’t Get Me Wrong, a monumental immersive installation by Nabil Nahas exploring art, spirituality, and identity through cosmic abstraction.

In an exclusive interview with The Beiruter, priests in South Lebanon recount Pope Leo XIV surprise call while living under siege and requiring Israeli approval to leave their villages.

Inside the closed-door Vatican call with South Lebanon’s priests

When Lebanon bleeds, they answer

For 80 years, the Lebanese Red Cross has remained one of Lebanon’s few enduring institutions, serving the country through wars, crises, and disasters without discrimination.

The Manoucheh Meter never lies

A satirical reflection on Lebanon’s political paralysis through the imagined rise of a “Manoucheh Meter” around the Ministry of Defense.

How global trade is shifting from open systems to controlled access, where power lies in who can insure, finance, and authorize movement.

Globalization is no longer free

By Philip Honein

Christopher El Feghali: Lebanon’s rising force in motorsport

Lebanese driver Christopher Feghali’s rise in international motorsport reveals a journey of talent, sacrifice, and resilience amid limited institutional support.

President Joseph Aoun’s push for direct talks with Israel, examining whether negotiations alone can secure peace without resolving internal sovereignty challenges.

The Lebanese presidency dual imperatives

New U.S. sanctions signal a major shift in Washington’s strategy toward Hezbollah’s influence inside Lebanese state institutions.

Politics

The sanctions reshaping Washington’s Lebanon policy

How Hezbollah’s “resistance and liberation” narrative unraveled, leaving Lebanon caught between renewed occupation, instability, recurring wars, and weakened sovereignty.

The collapse of the “resistance and liberation” narrative

Washington and Tehran cautiously pursue a temporary understanding to prevent escalation, address nuclear tensions, ease sanctions, and stabilize regional conflicts.

A new U.S.-Iran understanding?

Lebanon stood at the heart of the Crusades, shaping the region’s military, religious, and political balance.

Aerial sovereignty and the control of Lebanon’s skies

Israeli overflights over Lebanon are among the most extensively documented sovereignty violations in the modern Middle East, yet decades of normalization have stripped them of political urgency.

By Katharine Sorensen

Lebanon, powerhouse of the medieval crusades

By Tony McMahon

Lebanon-Syria Business Council takes shape

Lebanon and Syria move toward establishing a joint business council to revive trade, investment, and economic cooperation during Syria’s reconstruction phase.

Europe and Russia, despite sharing Christian roots, evolved into fundamentally different political and cultural civilizations shaped by history, geography, and power.

What Belgium and Switzerland teach us about power sharing

By Dr. Elie Elias

The long divide between Europe and Russia

By Roukoz Salemeh

The legacy of Nahr al-Bared: The border within

Nearly 2 decades after the Battle of Nahr al-Bared, Lebanon remains trapped between fragile sovereignty, non-state armed factions, and unresolved refugee camp tensions.

By Anthony Chamoun

Hezbollah’s shadow economy in West Africa

Hezbollah’s financial networks in West Africa rely on diaspora fundraising, hawala transfers, money laundering, illicit trade, and weak oversight.

Gulf states pushed to delay a U.S. strike on Iran amid fears of regional war, economic disruption, and nuclear escalation.

The Gulf push to prevent renewed war with Iran

Lebanon’s direct negotiations with Israel are emerging as a pivotal test of state sovereignty, diplomacy, and the country’s ability to escape another cycle of war and collapse.

Lebanon’s direct talks with Israel are a national necessity

A reported Hamas letter to Hassan Nasrallah reveals efforts to ignite regional war, exposing strategic coordination, secrecy, and escalation dynamics.

The Hamas letter that sought regional war

What to know about the Trump-Xi summit.

Putin reopens the case of Iran’s presence in Lebanon

Putin’s remarks revive scrutiny over Iran’s expanding presence in Lebanon and its role in rebuilding Hezbollah’s military infrastructure.

By Ziad Bitar

Trump and Xi face off in Beijing

Lebanon and Syria launch new business council to strengthen trade, investment, and private-sector cooperation while reshaping historically contentious bilateral relations.

New Lebanese-Syrian Business Council to revive trade ties

Escalating accusations, military deployments, and proxy warfare fears are pushing Sudan and Ethiopia toward a dangerous regional confrontation in the Horn.

Rising Sudan-Ethiopia tensions alarm the Horn of Africa

Kuwaiti researcher Abdullah Khaled al-Ghanem analyzes the recent IRGC infiltration incident near Bubiyan Island while assessing broader Kuwaiti and Gulf security implications.

Kuwait cracks down on IRGC infiltrations

Lebanon submits unprecedented UN complaint against Iran, accusing sovereignty violations, IRGC interference, and escalation amid regional conflict and institutional paralysis.

In a first, Lebanon takes Iran to the Security Council

Haredi pressure threatens Netanyahu’s government

Ultra-Orthodox pressure over military exemptions deepens Israel’s coalition crisis, threatening Netanyahu’s government and increasing prospects of early elections.

Armenia’s defining Eurasian moment

As Europe searches for alternative routes connecting Asia to the West, Armenia is rapidly emerging as a strategic transit hub at the heart of the evolving Middle Corridor and Eurasian trade landscape.

By Peter Chouayfati

Lebanon debates ending capital punishment

Lebanon’s parliament debates abolishing capital punishment, balancing human rights, judicial reform, deterrence concerns, victims’ rights, and constitutional obligations today amid.

Fiber-optic drones reshape modern warfare, emerging from Ukraine conflict, bypassing jamming systems and increasingly used by Hezbollah against Israel battlefields.

The emergence of fiber-optic drones on the battlefield

Israel’s Knesset approves special military tribunal for October 7 attacks, sparking debate over justice, capital punishment, due process, and human rights.

Israel’s October 7 tribunal sparks justice and rights debate

Report alleges Israel secretly built desert base in Iraq supporting operations against Iran, sparking sovereignty concerns and regional controversy debate.

Inside the alleged Israeli base in Iraq

Lebanese FM Raggi visits Rome and Vatican seeking support for southern Lebanon security, international aid, diaspora ties, and diplomacy efforts.

Raggi’s diplomatic mission to Rome and the Vatican

Across Europe, Asia and the Americas, declining states are reaching for the gun. The pattern is older than it looks, and the demographers have seen it before.

Why global population collapse will keep the wars coming

The geopolitical and infrastructure obstacles slowing the development of the Middle Corridor, the China-Europe trade route designed to bypass Russia and Iran.

The silent battle over the Middle Corridor

An analysis of Lebanon’s parallel state crisis, clarifying distorted political concepts surrounding sovereignty, institutions, legitimacy, governance, and national unity today.

What do state, regime, and institutions mean?

By Antoine Mesarra

The final stage of state capture

From Syrian tutelage to Hezbollah’s push for tripartite power-sharing.

By Dr. Elie Elias

Syria’s foreign fighters conundrum

Syria struggles to balance foreign fighter integration, security stability, extremist risks, and international pressure amid its evolving post-war political order.

The Dahiyeh hit and the risk of wider war

The Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs signals a renewed phase of escalation, highlighting tensions around Hezbollah’s Radwan Force and broader regional instability.

Rising tensions, hostile rhetoric, and regional pressures have revived fears of a renewed 7 May scenario and possible internal escalation in Lebanon.

The shadow of 7 May: Could history repeat itself?

By Anthony Chamoun

The Red Sea on the brink

The militarization of the Red Sea is raising the risk of a broader global economic shock.

By Peter Chouayfati

The Biennale’s political storm

An inside look at how the 2026 Venice Biennale became a reflection of today’s global political and cultural fractures.

Can Lebanon preserve the freedoms and sovereignty its martyrs died defending amid continuing political crises, repression, and unresolved national divisions?

Martyrs’ Day: A legacy of sacrifice

A cautious Syrian-Egyptian rapprochement

A cautious Syrian-Egyptian rapprochement emerges through symbolic visit, blending economic cooperation and regional security concerns amid lingering ideological distrust today.

Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon revive Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP) talks to boost energy cooperation, reduce costs, and support regional electricity recovery.

Reviving the Arab Gas Pipeline

Lebanon’s exiles in Israel highlight disputed war legacies, contested “collaboration” labels, and unresolved questions of justice, amnesty, and reconciliation under peace.

Will peace deliver justice to Lebanese exiled in Israel?

The organized campaign against Patriarch Rahi exposed Lebanon’s sectarian polarization, online incitement, instability risks, and vulnerability to external manipulation.

Lebanon’s dangerous polarization

Lebanon’s economy faces severe contraction as war disrupts growth, deepens recession, weakens key sectors, intensifies unemployment and instability in 2026.

Economy

War deepens contraction to 10 percent

The more energy a product needs, the higher its price

Lebanon’s inflation rate has surged to 17.3% as rising oil prices, import costs, and regional instability push food, transport, and housing expenses sharply higher.

Captagon has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar shadow industry linking Syria, Lebanon, and the Gulf through war, smuggling networks, and organized crime, turning the drug trade into one of the Middle East’s most powerful parallel economies.

Captagon: The drug empire fueling the Middle East

AI is emerging as a powerful tool for accelerating the clean energy transition, but its own growing electricity demand puts its climate credentials under scrutiny.

Can AI power the clean energy revolution?

Lebanese people are increasingly sacrificing social life, healthcare, and everyday comforts as the economic crisis forces survival to take priority over everything else.

When the economy falls ill… health does not survive

By Rimah Hashem

Surveillance pricing: The invisible tax on your data

From grocery apps to airline tickets, surveillance pricing is transforming digital commerce by tailoring prices to individual consumers based on their data, browsing behavior, and predicted purchasing patterns.

Lebanon regains regional financial prominence after BDL Governor Karim Saeed’s election to lead the Arab Monetary Fund’s Board of Governors.

Lebanon returns to Arab financial leadership

The growing trade in “virtual water” is exposing how international supply chains increasingly rely on the depletion of already water-stressed regions.

The hidden water debt in every import

Where childhood fails in the Arab world’s poorest countries

Millions of children across the Arab world’s poorest countries remain excluded not only from education, but from the very systems meant to measure and protect their futures.

The Iran war is accelerating a new global divide between countries insulated from fossil fuel volatility and those still deeply reliant on vulnerable energy imports and shipping routes.

Who wins and loses in the global energy shock

Consumers are cutting back across much of the economy, but leisure spending has remained resilient as people grow more selective about how, and how much, they spend on enjoyment.

The new economics of leisure

Lebanon’s used car sector faces near-total paralysis amid economic collapse, security instability, declining demand, mounting losses, and collapsing liquidity nationwide.

Paralysis strikes the used car sector

By Rimah Hashem

The new geography of exit

Rising living costs, remote work, and growing political fatigue are contributing to a new wave of outward migration from Western countries once defined primarily by immigration.

Lebanon's women farmers are still fighting for equality

Despite making up nearly half of the agricultural workforce in Lebanon and the MENA region, women farmers continue to face deep inequalities in land ownership, wages, and decision-making power.

$1 million market 26 years in the making

After standing unused for 26 years, Beirut’s Central Market may finally reopen or be reinvented as part of a broader commercial and agri-food hub project.

Lebanon’s economy grew modestly in 2025 amid fragile reforms, recovering tourism, and persistent structural, financial, and regional challenges nationwide overall.

How regional conflict pushed Lebanon back into recession

Lebanon’s olive oil sector pays the price of war

How war and destruction are pushing southern Lebanon’s olive oil sector into crisis, threatening both livelihoods and heritage.

As Lebanon’s summer festivals are called off, an entire seasonal economy tied to tourism, nightlife, and local livelihoods is being shaken. The Beiruter spoke with festival organizers and tourism officials about the country’s fragile economic cycle.

Lebanon’s summer has been cancelled

How war and economic pressure are reshaping Lebanon’s real estate market, shifting demand from investment to basic security and shelter.

Lebanon’s Real Estate: When safety replaces profit

By Rimah Hashem

1.4 million Lebanese under economic siege

War, inflation, unemployment, and institutional collapse are driving 1.4 million Lebanese workers toward deeper poverty and social despair nationwide hardship.

By Zizi Stephan

Lebanon faces zero GDP growth despite ceasefire

Lebanon’s economy stalls in 2026 as conflict, inflation, and collapsing investment push the country toward stagflation and deep uncertainty.

Rising debt in major advanced economies is increasing pressure for fiscal reform as markets grow less tolerant of deficits.

Can advanced economies avoid debt distress?

Lebanon’s electricity sector faces mounting financial losses exceeding $42.8 million monthly amid war damage, disrupted collections, and infrastructure destruction.

Electricity collection losses reach $42.8 Million per month

United Nations Development Program warns that Middle East conflict fallout could push 32 million more people into poverty worldwide.

32 million face risk of poverty as middle east tensions escalate

How blockchain-powered digitization could help rebuild Lebanon through transparency, accountability, and modern governance systems.

Why blockchain is a treasure Lebanon has overlooked

By Anna Kachouh

Lebanon left off the new Middle East map

Lebanon risks missing a historic regional energy and trade shift as new Middle East corridors are built around it, not through it.

Stablecoins have grown rapidly, but their role within digital finance remains narrow, raising questions about whether stability now signals limits rather than progress.

Stablecoins are becoming too stable

New data shows renewables are shifting from a climate solution to a strategic asset in an increasingly uncertain energy landscape.

Renewables just became strategic

How war-driven airspace closures, rerouted flights, fuel spikes, and insurance costs are pushing the global airline industry into a new crisis.

Middle East aviation: A war-torn sky costing billions

Data from Lebanon Opportunities shows most firms continued operating through the war, but with sharply reduced activity and mounting pressure.

Lebanon’s firms kept operating as war crushed demand

War in Lebanon has strained FATF compliance efforts amid ongoing reforms, weakened oversight, cash economy expansion, and continued regulatory enforcement challenges.

Has the war hampered FATF compliance procedures?

Energy still blocks Lebanon’s growth

Lebanon’s private sector is being held back by crippling energy costs, deepening the “missing middle” and limiting firms’ ability to grow and compete.

A system built to power Lebanon and support agriculture now operates below capacity, constrained by pollution, fragmented governance, and economic pressures.

The Litani River project, then and now

Lebanon’s 2026 GDP outlook is reshaped by war, inflation, and fragile recovery, with scenarios ranging from moderate contraction under ceasefire to severe collapse if conflict persists, highlighting structural economic vulnerabilities.

How did the war reshape the GDP in 2026?

From the illusion of recovery to contraction

Lebanon’s economy is shifting from fragile recovery to survival mode as war accelerates financial collapse, weakens state capacity, and deepens a nationwide livelihood crisis.

Lebanon's food crisis will not end with the war

Lebanon’s food security emergency is rapidly evolving into a long-term poverty trap, with rising prices, collapsing markets, and growing malnutrition threatening an entire generation.

A new $200 million World Bank loan will expand cash assistance as displacement passes one million and economic losses mount.

World Bank loan expands cash support in Lebanon

The private sector in a race against collapse

As war drags on, Lebanon’s economy bleeds over $100 million daily, pushing an already fragile system toward deeper collapse.

Lebanon forfeits €494 million in international loans after donor withdrawal, canceling 6 infrastructure projects amid default, crisis, and war.

Lebanon “loses” €494 million in loans

Lebanon’s public sector employs a third of the workforce and consumes billions in wages, revealing a bloated, inefficient state structure that is draining public finances.

Lebanon’s Public Sector: The anatomy of a broken system

Lebanon leads the Arab world with nearly a fifth of its economy dependent on tourism, a distinction that reflects both the sector's enduring power and the country's deep structural vulnerabilities.

Special report

The Lebanese Constitution: A century of endurance and crisis

Lebanon’s Constitution marks 100 years of endurance amid deliberate implementation, recurring crises, institutional fragility, and ongoing struggles over statehood and reform.

By Anthony Chamoun

The B

Lebanon tops Arab countries in tourism dependence

MasterChef Australia’s latest Lebanese-themed challenge highlighted how migrant family food became mainstream Australian culture.

How MasterChef Australia put Lebanese food back in the spotlight

By Adella Beaini

The return of Super El Niño?

El Niño and La Niña reshape global weather patterns, while fears grow over a potential Super El Niño intensified by climate change.

At the London Education Forum, Lebanon highlighted its school crisis as Beirut’s Alsama Project won a major global education prize.

Lebanon pushes education reform on global stage

As anxiety and burnout rise worldwide, consumers are spending billions on sleep technologies and wellness products that often treat symptoms rather than the underlying causes of exhaustion.

The sleep recession and the business of exhaustion

Athlete superstitions are less about magic and more about psychology, repetitive rituals create an illusion of control that reduces anxiety and sharpens focus in high-pressure environments.

The psychology behind sports superstitions

Intermittent fasting: The diet trend science keeps backing

New research suggests intermittent fasting may be as effective as traditional diets for weight loss while also improving heart and metabolic health indicators.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Culture is digitizing BAAL, the country’s leading archaeological journal, to preserve and globally expand access to decades of Lebanese heritage research.

Ministry of Culture secures grant for BAAL digital archive

UN General Assembly endorses landmark ICJ climate ruling, strengthening global legal accountability, human rights protections, and international climate governance efforts.

UNGA backs historic ICJ climate crisis ruling

UNESCO's groundbreaking virtual museum is making the world's stolen cultural objects visible again, one absence at a time.

UNESCO's virtual museum of stolen cultural objects

In the 1960s, a group of students and a young Armenian-Lebanese professor built rockets in Beirut that became the Arab world’s first to reach the edge of space.

Lebanon reached the edge of space in the 1960s

The Hermit of the Holy Valley: Father Dario Escobar

The death of Father Dario Escobar, the Colombian-born Maronite hermit of Qadisha Valley, marks the end of one of Lebanon’s last great monastic lives.

The rise of meditation and preventive mental health practices among younger adults reflects changing attitudes toward emotional well-being in an increasingly digital world.

Why Gen Z meditates while boomers don't

What is the Language of Lebanon? Inside the world of Arabinglizi

From “kansalet” to “ballakne,” Lebanon’s everyday speech reveals how English words are being reshaped through Arabic grammar, pronunciation, and identity.

At the Rachid Karami International Fair, thousands gathered for Haru Matsuri. During this two-day anime festival, cosplay, Japanese pop culture and community transformed one of Lebanon’s most iconic spaces into something entirely unexpected.

Attack on Tripoli: Anime fans take over the fairgrounds

By Rayanne Tawil

The rising age of marriage among Lebanese men

Lebanon’s soaring age of first marriage reflects how economic collapse, instability, and emigration have turned ordinary adulthood into an increasingly unattainable goal for an entire generation.

Music is increasingly being incorporated into conventional medical care, alongside standard therapies, to address patients’ physical, psychological, and cognitive needs.

The healing power of music

By Nada Merhi

Wael Jaber: Unrelenting fighter and multi-disciplinary leader

The Lebanese entrepreneur who came to Dubai with a borrowed 200$, and clawed his way to owning numerous companies.

By Grace Massoud

The global trust collapse

From collapsing confidence in governments and media to growing distrust between citizens themselves, public trust is becoming one of the defining political and cultural crises of the modern era.

Lebanon’s suicide numbers are rising again

Suicide deaths in Lebanon rose again in 2025, reflecting the deepening mental health crisis driven by prolonged economic collapse, conflict, and social instability.

Sports documentaries, the human side of stars

Sports documentaries are reshaping how audiences view athletes by revealing the emotional, psychological, and personal struggles behind global fame and competition.

Two historic villages, one shared Mediterranean identity

A new friendship pact between Saint-Paul de Vence and Deir El Qamar celebrates a shared Mediterranean heritage shaped by history, art, and cultural coexistence.

Restoring mobility and dignity after war

As war and economic collapse deepen Lebanon’s humanitarian crisis, disability-focused organizations like Al-Amal are working to restore mobility, dignity, and survival for some of the country’s most vulnerable communities.

Lebanon could face South Korea, the UAE, and Vietnam in the 2027 AFC Asian Cup if it defeats Yemen in the final qualification playoff.

Lebanon nears return to Asia’s biggest football stage

Lebanon pioneers revolutionary atrial fibrillation treatment

Lebanon and the Levant have achieved a major medical milestone with the region’s first atrial fibrillation ablation using Abbott’s groundbreaking VOLT technology.

The Lebanese diaspora in New York through the Niyū Yūrk exhibition, exploring migration, nostalgia, cultural memory, and the enduring ache of departure.

Reflections on the Niyū Yūrk exhibition during conflict

By Tala Semaan

UNICEF launches chatbot for Lebanese students

UNICEF has launched a WhatsApp-based learning chatbot in Lebanon to help children continue their education amid school closures, displacement, and ongoing crisis.

Lebanese Franco-Brazilian sculptor Randa Nehmé, whose four-decade devotion to stone explores discipline, silence, craftsmanship, and the philosophy of sculpture.

Sculpture, stone, and the life of Randa Nehmé

The hidden risks of leftover food

A practical guide to safely storing, reheating, and handling food leftovers to prevent food poisoning and reduce waste.

Why Hantavirus is suddenly back in global headlines

Hantavirus, a rare but potentially deadly rodent-borne disease, has returned to global attention following a suspected outbreak linked to a cruise ship voyage.

Urban Blooms: Where art meets community in Lebanon

A new participatory initiative by BeyArt and BeMA is transforming Lebanon’s public spaces through student-led murals, beginning in the historic coastal city of Batroun.

Italian embassy launches Saint Francis film series in Beirut

A new Beirut film series revisits the life and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi through cinema, faith, and cultural dialogue.

Fadi Balhawan: The artist who merges form and language

Lebanese artist Fadi Balhawan transforms pain, literature, and sacred texts into layered visual works that merge Arabic calligraphy with contemporary art.