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Fighting between tribes and government troops. Tens of thousands more made refugee since last month. Thousands of civilians stuck in between. Over 200,000 refugees since 2004 when the first of now five cycles of conflict started.
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The origin of Hummus is not precisely known. It is Levantine and an centuries-old Arab delicacy probably originating in modern-day Lebanon.
A simple dish it is...
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The Lebanese navy said it has recovered 38 people and four bodies off the coast of northern Lebanon after a ship with 83 aboard sank Thursday.
The rescue mission was...
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What Israel did to Lebanon in 2006.
Although Israel launched the war on Lebanon in 2006 - Israel in this case was acting as an American proxy. This is not to excuse...
made popular Dec 17 2009
The use of the term “Arab Street” is one of the most racist Western cliches directed toward Arabs. First, there is still a stubborn reluctance in the...
made popular Dec 16 2009
The Arab states are responsible for less than 5 percent of the world’s total carbon emissions, but according to the Arab Forum for Environment and Development...
made popular Dec 12 2009
Meet Mini-Hariri (or Sa’ad Hariri), the prime minister of Lebanon who inherited his position after his late father was killed (probably by the Syrians) in 2005....
made popular Dec 11 2009
It’s absolutely shameful how Lebanese and Palestinian television glorify and promote suicide bombings to children.
This video aired on al-Quds TV in Lebanon on...
made popular Dec 10 2009
Dr.Samir Al Taqi from SyriaTribune discusses a possible milestone in the development of militant political Islam, mostly in the light of Nasrallah’s last...
made popular Dec 9 2009
Hezbollah has an image in the West as a thuggish, terrorist Iranian-proxy that shares the same fundamentalist views of Iran. While it is appropriate to state that...
made popular Dec 7 2009
“Beirut Diaries” is a documentary (directed by a Palestinian-American) set in the days following the spring 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime...
made popular Dec 4 2009
Four years ago, at 16, Rana’s husband forced her into prostitution. Despite the risks of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), Rana, like many local sex workers -...
made popular Dec 1 2009
Meet the Joe Isuzu of Lebanon: Zayn al-Athat (for those unfamiliar with American culture Isuzu was a lying spokesperson who appeared in Japanese cars ads).
Zayn...
made popular Nov 30 2009
There is something terribly wrong in Beirut, Lebanon. Female migrant domestic workers are apparently killing themselves in droves, at least one per week, according to...
made popular Nov 21 2009
It’s been an almost endless summer in Lebanon, with beach weather and relative political harmony continuing well into November. The only thing marring what could...
made popular Nov 11 2009
In the last few months, several videos or documentaries shown in North America about the Lebanese have misrepresented them and their culture.
For instance, Oprah’s...
made popular Oct 31 2009
Lebanese troops found and dismantled four rockets near the border with Israel on Wednesday, a day after a brief flare-up across the tense boundary, a Lebanese military...
made popular Oct 29 2009
Israel often likes to brag that it is ostensible “the only democracy in the Middle East.” Considering that this “democracy” is a...
made popular Oct 22 2009
Second only to Israel, no nation has mistreated the Palestinians worst than Lebanon. Although Palestinians refugees live in squalor in all Arab nations (and the...
made popular Oct 19 2009
When I heard the news that Lebanon had won a seat on the rotating part of the Security Council (made up of five permanent members and 10 rotating 2-year non-renewable...
made popular Oct 19 2009
As they say: Talking, or typing in this case, is much easier than experiencing or seeing. What the writer, who seems to have so much love for Lebanon due to his ...
made popular Oct 13 2009
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A new thorough survey conducted by Lebanese firm Ad-Duwaliyyah li-l-Ma`lumat found that despite their own sectarian feuds and divisions, Lebanese do share common views...
made popular Sep 1 2009
Beirut has been experiencing some of the worst street fighting and sectarian clashes since Lebanon’s 15-year civil war.
Richard Engel, NBC News’ Chief Foreign...
made popular May 13 2008
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