BEIRUT: At dawn, 16-year-old Michel sweeps Beirut’s pavements of discarded bottles and cigarette butts from a protest the night before. The secondary...
BEIRUT: The recent use of nationalist and anti-refugee rhetoric by Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil drew a furious backlash from politicians, academics...
BEIRUT: The Burj Hammoud landfill will reach capacity by the end of next month, Human Rights Watch warned Tuesday, calling on the government to focus on...
BEIRUT: A planned boycott by players of the Lebanese national rugby league team of an upcoming fixture was narrowly avoided Wednesday, after the sport’s...
BEIRUT: When Lebanon’s largest-ever beach cleanup campaign took place last week under the title “Save Our Face,” it was touted as a sign...
BEIRUT: Multiple coastal sites around Beirut have 50 times or more the level of the bacteria streptococci that is considered safe by the World Health...
BEIRUT: The concept of slow food took on a new meaning Friday at the inaugural Beirut Snail Festival. Four chefs prepared eight internationally inspired...
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: The sandy shores of Cox’s Bazar dissolve into the Bay of Bengal, and on either end into the horizon. This is, after all,...
BOGRA/BAGERHAT, Bangladesh: Many will have heard of Bangladesh as a populous country with a large majority-Muslim population, sitting on the Bay of Bengal...
BEIRUT: Officials are scrambling to enact changes at Beirut’s airport in an attempt to head off a repeat of last summer, when high traffic led to...
BEIRUT: Most of the women Boushra Bakeer is responsible for are older than her, but she feels her responsibility toward them keenly. Sitting on benches around...
BEIRUT: Two major international NGOs are due to appear in court next week following a complaint by the Litani River Authority, in a dramatic development in a...
BEIRUT: While at home one day, 30-year-old Yara received a message from her manager. She opened the message, which revealed a photo, taken from outside, of...
BEIRUT: The pace of social change in Lebanon can seem interminable. Bills to grant more rights to a particular group can sit in Parliament for decades while...
BEIRUT: When at the end of last month Lebanon’s top military prosecutor ruled that homosexuality could not be prosecuted as a crime, the decision made...
BEIRUT: Mayors and officials from Lebanon and further afield emphasized Thursday the importance of working at the local level to address the root causes of...
BEIRUT: Dozens of Sudanese asylum-seekers and refugees gathered at the office of the United Nations refugee agency Thursday to protest poor living conditions,...
BEIRUT: On Christmas Eve last year, Sara crossed the threshold of the prison that had been her home for nearly 12 years. She stopped, found that she...
BEIRUT: Only 1.4 percent of eligible Syrian refugees are enrolled in secondary school, where there are the most serious barriers to education access for...
BEIRUT: Activists voiced optimism Friday that 2019 could finally be the year that Lebanon’s antiquated media laws get a much-needed update, with a...
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Tripoli’s mayor Thursday hailed the inauguration of a new youth office as an “indispensable” part of the...
BEIRUT: For over two decades Abu Ali was a familiar sight in Beirut’s Hamra neighborhood, where every morning he would sell kaak, the traditional...
KASLIK, Lebanon: As a female athlete making her name in a newly established sport in Lebanon, Caroline Raphael is used to challenges. This spring, she is...
BEIRUT: Optimism prevailed among the delegates of a major women’s rights conference Thursday, though campaigners warned that despite recent progress,...
KFAR DHEBIAN, Lebanon: Nearly 3,000 meters above the Mediterranean, around the corner from one of Lebanon’s most popular ski resorts, a group of skiers...