BEIRUT: Mojitos and margaritas may be among Lebanon’s favorite alcoholic cocktails, but chilled and refreshing, this duo of iced beverages are much more...
MABAN, South Sudan: Refugees driven from their homes by “indiscriminate bombing” in both Blue Nile and South Kordofan by the Sudan Armed Forces...
BEIRUT: With rain frequent and darkness falling early, the lure of a warm living room and a good book intensifies. If it’s been an age since you last...
BEIRUT: With days to go before the United Nations conference on climate change opens for the first time in an Arab country, young Lebanese activists,...
BEIRUT: Soup so hot it fogs your glasses, fondue so gooey it drips on your napkin, and raclette so moreishly fattening you convince yourself you need the...
BEIRUT: Word of mouth often proves the best source of information for those exploring Lebanon’s more remote villages. But for the second year running...
BEIRUT: A barefoot girl cleans an alleyway. Two youths diligently study in a stairwell. Boys sit at desks in a cramped, poorly lit and low-ceilinged...
BEIRUT: For parents the attraction may be the prospect of discipline; for kids, the realization of every ninja fantasy they’ve ever entertained, but...
BEIRUT: Efforts to assist the Syrian refugee community in Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon have been hampered since late last week when a Lebanese Army checkpoint,...
BEIRUT: The definition of literacy is not as straightforward as it once was, explains computer engineering Professor Mohamed Watfa. Back in our parents’...
BEIRUT: Culturally and geographically speaking, Ramallah and occupied East Jerusalem are closer to Lebanon than most any other city in the world. Yet these...
BEIRUT: Some 32,000 participants will hit the streets of Lebanon’s capital on Nov. 11 for the annual Beirut Marathon. Of these 1,200 will run all or...
BEIRUT: At an efficient salon severed coils of hair never remain on the floor for long. The strands are promptly swept up and binned, the matter given...
BEIRUT: Up to 1,000 Lebanese, most clad in white shirts, joined a peaceful demonstration Thursday in memory of the men, women and children who have been...
BEIRUT: In a small central Beirut store, amid a range of mobile phones and other paraphernalia displayed beneath a glass-topped counter, lie a number of...
BEIRUT: Somehow, across Lebanon’s capital people are finally feeding coins into parking meters, and – some might say miraculously – the...
BEIRUT: Even before Syria became synonymous with war zone, it was unlikely that the typical wine connoisseur gave much consideration to production inside the...
BEIRUT: The artists weren’t above roughhousing in the middle of Dar al-Mussawir’s exhibition space during Wednesday’s opening night, but...
BEIRUT: Thirty-eight untitled photographs – of cities as nameless as the images – comprise the opening exhibition at Minus 5, a warehouse five...
BEIRUT: The summer’s over, school is back and the academic routine has been reinstated. However, parents keen to avoid weekends and post-homework...
BEIRUT: Julie Davidson wants a pair of running shorts with “aib” (“shame”) printed across the rear. The 29-year-old, who is currently...
BEIRUT: The municipalities of Beirut and Paris co-launched Tuesday evening the commencement of restoration work on Beit Beirut, the iconic Civil War ruin...
BEIRUT: Its opening coincided with the visit of Pope Benedict, but the inaugural Beirut Photo Fair still had a great first day, says curator Nino Azzi, with...
BEIRUT: Elegant and modern with minimalist Kufi script calligraphic designs, Nivine Maktabi’s latest range of handmade rugs is the antithesis to the...
BEIRUT: “There is a lack of quality art events embracing the people and not alienating them,” says Nino Azzi. “The gallery system does that,...