TO many, the desert may seem to be a vast and barren land where nothing more than cacti and sand dunes dot the landscape. However, to Dutch diplomat and Orientalist Paul Marcel Kurpershoek, the desert is a land filled with poetry and literature, one (...)
FOR Mountaineer Suzane Al-Houby, there ain't no mountain high enough.
After completing her ascent to the peak of Alaska's mount Denali earlier this month, Palestinian born Houby was officially deemed the first Arab woman to scale all seven summits, (...)
LEBANESE grassroots campaign "Beirut Madinati" has launched in the capital in recent months, aiming to improve living conditions for citizens by entering the race to win municipality elections in May 2016.
Beirut, a city that bears the scars of war, (...)
NEWSPAPERS in Lebanon are taking a tumble one after another as a result of the political, economic and financial turmoil plaguing the country. Editors of locally popular newspapers such as An-Nahar, As-Safir and Al Liwaa have sent out memos to their (...)
WASHINGTON — A new US startup aims to help get struggling Syrian refugees back on their feet by trading their Arabic language skills for cash has been gaining ground, its creators say.
Called ‘NaTakallam', meaning ‘we speak' in Arabic, the website (...)
FOR years, Lebanon's citizens have been leaving the country in search of job opportunities. Those who have succeeded have made their mark in various fields.
Dr Jacques Morcos studied chemistry at the American University of Beirut (AUB), and is now (...)
