Three years ago, Beirut was rocked by a catastrophic explosion. Much of it has been cleaned up, but investigations into it have been silenced and a public outcry ignored.
The "smoke of pain" that has been rising for days as a result of the continuous fire in the wheat barns pulsates in Beirut's port, amid warnings of the collapse of the "silent witness" as flames rage…
Nadine Njeim was elected Miss Lebanon 2004 and represented her home country in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant in Lebanon. This brought her fame in Lebanon and the Arab world, which facilitated her…
The massive explosion that tore through the port ofBeiruton the evening ofAugust 4left more than 200 people dead, 6,000 injured, and a quarter of a million homeless. In the frenzied hours afterward,…
In a matter of two weeks, Hezbollah and its Lebanese allies have lost more than they could fathom. In two weeks, Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah had to watch life-size cardboards cutout of him…
The chemicals that went up in flames in Beirut’s deadliest peace-time explosion arrived in the Lebanese capital seven years ago on a leaky Russian-leased cargo ship that, according to its captain,…
The deadly blast that sent a red mushroom cloud thousands of feet into the air rocked Beirut on Tuesday evening killing over 160 people, wounding thousands and displacing many more has hit a country…
The political landscape of post-civil war Lebanon has been precarious. The events of 1990 resulted in 15 years of Syrian occupation, which would only end following the assassination of Prime Minister…
In one of the first major economic forecasts since the US president waged his tariff war, the IMF has downgraded growth forecasts, much to the chagrin of countries still reeling from past crises
After the euphoria of liberation has worn off, Syrians are now confronted with the daunting task of rebuilding a country ripped apart by a decade-long war. It will be a long road, but there is hope.
Uncle Zezo, Uncle Mickey, and Dr Alloush perform in displacement shelters and hospitals, striving to restore fragments of a joy last felt in 2023. Al Majalla meets them.