'The Dam' took three years to make and Ali Cherri shot it in Sudan. Having been showcased at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and in Cairo, the Lebanese…

A sickness has spread over Lebanon. People now live in isolated enclaves - by region, group, city, neighbourhood, or village. Society had gradually…

The 75-year anniversary of the Nakba presents a timely opportunity to review events leading up to the Palestinians’ historic displacement as well as…

On 4 May 1923, Assi al-Rahbani was born in the Lebanese coastal village of Antelias. He became the father and pioneer of modern Lebanese popular…

The statue of Syrian Arab mediaeval philosopher-poet Abu al-‘Ala’ al-Ma’arri stands at the entrance of the French city of Montreuil as an additional…

The radiant “star” that once illuminated Lebanon’s sky at night may have dimmed, but the Beirut-based Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) could not but…

Patches of fog hover over the city’s iconic waterways alongside paths lightly dusted with frost. It is a cold Saturday morning in January. Amsterdam…

Yes, Lebanon is dead. Its people have accepted its demise, and its politicians have turned its funeral into a wedding where they fight each other…

After the Beirut port bombing on 4 August 2020, young Lebanese political activist Imad Bezzi was exasperated over the collapse, disintegration, and…

Ruins are all that is left of what Rafik Hariri (1941-2005) accomplished during the "rebuilding and reconstruction" phase (1992-2004) that followed…