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Yusif Bedas was part of that generation of Palestinians who were supposed to lead a renaissance in the Arab world. The son of a prominent Palestinian Christian writer, Khalil Bedad, whom himself preached an Arab cultural revival; Yusif was forced to live.
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Lebanese President Michel Sulaiman appointed Saa’d Al Hariri as the new prime minister of Lebanon. Saa’d Al Hariri is the son of the late Prime Minister...
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For years the Israeli government, which refuses to officially acknowledge the practice, has been sending text messages to Lebanese asking them if they have any...
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The Leonardo DiCaprio film “Blood Diamonds” informed a whole generation of moviegoers how illicit trading in diamonds fuels oppression of native people in...
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There has been a lot hoopla in the West and Saudi Arabia after their backed March 14 coalition of Sunni, Druze and right-wing Christian parties won the Lebanese...
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Lebanese can be forgiven for not knowing whom is Walid Maalouf for the man has spent the last few decades living in the United States.
He made his name in right-wing...
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I know this article comes like a bit less than a week late, but I wasn’t able to post anything during the last week... So, there you go my views of the Lebanese...
made popular Jun 12 2009
Listening to Ramzi’s ‘Love is Blind’, having just listened to Ramez’s ‘Is it too much for Asking’, clicking away at the different festival sites for this...
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Official results weren’t expected until Monday. But unofficial results from some key battleground contests suggested the Hezbollah-led opposition did not capture...
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All flights to Beirut are full and most hotels in the city are booked, as tens of thousands of Lebanese abroad come home to vote in Sunday’s parliamentary...
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Ahead of key elections in Lebanon, BBC News has gained rare access to a fighter of the powerful military wing of Hezbollah, which stands a strong chance of making...
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Spying is as familiar in Beirut as it was in post-war Vienna – there’s even a giant “Third Man”-type ferris wheel here – but the events of the...
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Israel’s ability to wage another war against the militant Shia movement Hezbollah may have been compromised by an unprecedented wave of arrests of people in...
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Cool factor: Potato portraits
Artist: Ginou Choueiri, a Lebanese artist living in Beirut
She says: “I chose the potato to portray human faces because of the...
made popular May 19 2009
Lebanese authorities have arrested and charged 6 Lebanese citizens of spying for Israel, to increase the number of Lebanese held and charged with this crime to up to 12...
made popular May 15 2009
The Beirut Peace Proposal to Israel was a landmark event in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. For the first time, the Arab states came together to offer Israel...
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The hypocrisy and double-speak of U.S. officials is daunting. American officials are apparently oblivious to their own words as they do exactly as they advise or...
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Lebanese native Maxime Chaya become the first Arab to reach the North Pole after an arduous 55-day journey completed last year. Maxime’s North Pole achievement is...
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There are a lot of vile duos in the Middle East: Begin-Shamir, Saddam Hussein-Lebanese Forces, Mubarack-Abduallah, and the Saudi-Israeli duo.
Although all of these...
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On Wednesday, The special tribunal for Lebanon ordered the release of the four generals who have been arrested for four years, for suspicions of involvement in Rafiq...
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AP, Beirut
A general freed after nearly four years in jail in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said Thursday his release by a U.N.-backed...
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Maybe these are the Palestinians who should be negotiating with the Israeli government, not Hamas or Fatah.
Palestinians want to build settlements
By Khaled Abu...
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One of the biggest joke in the Middle East is the Lebanese Army. This is an army known for serving tea and hospitality to occupying Israeli. Throughout Israel’s...
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The Swedish organization Save the Children has ranked Lebanon as the worst place for Palestinian refugees. Zara Sejberg of the Child Protection division at STC says...
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What is going on today in Lebanon is just an extension of the situation in the entire region. The US and its western allies are trying to show everyone that religion is...
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Overcome by continuous instability along its coastal strip bordering Gaza that is threatening a population explosion with exodus of Palestinian refugees breaching the...
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With the Palestinian National Government in tatters and the break out of hostilities between the Hamas and Fatah factions, Lior Weintraub, Israel embassy spokesperson...
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