A month after the damning McKinsey report was made public, Lebanese designers are keen to increase their role in the burgeoning knowledge economy, one of the five sectors the report hopes can save Lebanon’s economy.
For the first time, Johnnie Walker’s “Keep Walking Lebanon” campaign lent its voice to Lebanese millennials
On the western edge of Burj Hammoud lies the Marash neighborhood - named after the former Ottoman city where Turkish forces massacred Armenian refugees in 1920, amid Turkey’s war of independence near the end of the Armenian genocide.
Over a hundred people gathered on a sunny Saturday for a walking tour of Ashrafieh, led by a community organization seeking to preserve Beirut’s heritage and promote sustainable transportation.
How can a child fighting cancer expect to look in 10 years? On the occasion of World Cancer Day, the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon offered a potential...
Thinkers, activists, artists and concerned citizens of Lebanon converged Thursday evening at the French Institute in Beirut for the fourth edition of the...
Whether you find yourself standing in a volcanic crater, walking under the sea or playing a traditional instrument, a trip to Indonesia will leave you wanting...
As of noon Wednesday, chefs Bob Deeb and Tina Wazirian did not yet know what they would be cooking for the 100 people registered for a dinner event the...
Fendi paid understated tribute Thursday to Karl Lagerfeld, who died this week and was the Rome-based fashion house’s creative director for 54 years.
Dozens of orcas and beluga whales captured for sale to oceanariums have brought Russia’s murky trade into the spotlight, but efforts to free them have been...
In Japan, the slightly bitter leaves of the Ashitaba plant have long been considered healthy, and a new study has found the traditional belief may have good...
A generation of music-lovers is damaging their hearing with audio players that do not limit dangerously high noise levels, the U.N. health agency said Tuesday.
Scientists are providing new evidence to answer the long-standing question about why zebras have stripes.
Samsung has unveiled a highly anticipated smartphone with a foldable screen in an attempt to break the innovation funk that has beset the market.
When California legalized recreational marijuana use in 2016, Gene Grozovskiy decided he would show tourists the big change behind the scenes. Now he’s seeing...
Swimming with the famous golden jellyfish in Palau can be put back on the bucket list following a two-year ban, but bathers may be stung with a hefty price...
SUVs and a big pickup truck will get top billing at Detroit’s auto show this year, but there are some surprise sports cars and electric vehicles on the agenda.
Acknowledged as a pioneer of race driven technology, McLaren finally decided to build a sports car to be driven every day of the week.
A new bakery at a center for people with special needs in the southern coastal city of Tyre is attracting customers from across the country
Twenty children aged 5 to 8 from poor backgrounds sat down Wednesday with a group of high-profile social media influencers to receive gifts and enjoy a...
Revelers made their way up a pathway lined by sparkling lights toward a towering Christmas tree in the middle of Waterfront City Dbayeh.
Christmas is fast approaching, and many in Lebanon are preparing to travel for the holidays.
Those with a sweet tooth have something to celebrate this Christmas.
Elves prancing, Christmas songs blasting and hundreds of shiny stars dangling from the ceiling - the ambiance at Mar Mikhael’s Trainstation is everything you...
Amid a parade of floating elves and the musk of mulled wine, local businesses peddled their wares to shoppers at the Noel avec Elle Oriental Christmas market,...
Amid the ongoing holiday flurry, 20 Lebanese-Brazilian women exhibited their handmade goods at the “Jingle and Mingle” market Tuesday as part of a seasonal...
Christmas has come early for lovers of Italian cuisine, with the opening of Rossini Osteria e Caffe at Hotel Phoenicia.
The World Week of Italian Cuisine inaugurated its third edition over the weekend, beginning an international weeklong run of foodie events to celebrate and...
As a group of tourists, foreign NGO workers and a smattering of Lebanese gather next to the St. George Hotel on Beirut’s waterfront,
From abstract paintings and velvet sofas to Orthodox icons and Persian carpets, the 11th annual Art of Living exhibition strikes visitors with a staggering...
The second edition of the annual Education and Orientation Expo was buzzing Thursday with the energy of a few hundred Lebanese high school students thinking...
An extravagant chocolate fashion show kicked off the fifth annual Salon du Chocolat Thursday afternoon. Alongside the sweet couture, the fair showcased many...
Culinary innovation is the main course at the eighth edition of the Beirut Cooking Festival this week
Lebanon is a country with countless hidden gems beyond the Roman ruins of Baalbeck and the mineral formations of the Jeita Grotto but the only way to discover...
The organizers of a numismatic exhibition in Downtown Beirut suggest Lebanon use coins to lure tourists.
For those looking for a touch of cold as Lebanon’s warm weather extends into autumn, a new bar in town might do the trick.
Decked out with candles, paper mache flowers, fresh marigolds, intricately decorated skull art pieces and photographs of beloved people who have died, the...
The Seaside Arena in Downtown Beirut was filled with flowers, Champagne, decorative tables, flowing white dresses and towering wedding cakes Thursday evening,...
The first-ever sport fishing championship in Lebanon began Friday morning, promoting watersports culture, marine wildlife and coastline protection.