If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an infographic may be worth a thousand more. Despite the efforts of organisations and individuals in and out of occupied Palestine, many say the coverage of mainstream media fails to reflect the lives of (...)
About six months ago, Youssef Al-Kabra came to Beirut to find work in a theatre. Pretty much all the creative arts had been put on hold in his native Syria, and fortunately for Youssef, a 28-year-old Palestinian-Syrian, he managed to find a position (...)
After Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Miqati announced his resignation to the country this week, his hometown of Tripoli became embroiled in yet another series of violent street clashes between the Alawite residents of Jabal Mohsen and the Sunni (...)
The chances of Lebanon's parliamentary elections happening on time are looking less and less likely, but that hasn't stopped politicians from engaging in a favourite political pastime: gerrymandering.
Less than four months before parliamentary (...)
Since the start of the Syrian uprising, Arsal has practically been a Syrian town. Loudspeakers fixed to trucks announce revolutionary slogans and songs and the Syrian accent can be heard just as much as the Lebanese.
Arsal, in the Bekaa Valley, has (...)
Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah made surprising comments in a speech marking the end of the Shia holiday of Ashoura — that Lebanon should provide assistance for Syrian refugees. If the call is honoured, it could help diffuse sectarian tension in (...)
In February 2011, I attended the annual Arab Youth Summit at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina where young people from around the region gathered, and for the first time were excited about the prospects of their countries.
All but the Lebanese.
The young (...)
The Syrian refugee crisis that has grown considerably in the last year is testing Lebanon's ability to absorb thousands of displaced persons.
One year ago about 3,600 Syrian refugees resided in Lebanon and some were even returning back to their (...)
The tragic death of Ali Al-Sherbini was the result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. For many in Lebanon, it is not his death but the events around it and what will follow that are of the most concern. The shooting that killed three (...)
Lebanon could be closing a dark chapter of assassinations, or the latest victim could be the start of a protracted conflict, writes Andrew Bossone
Since a car bomb in East Beirut killed a top state investigator, Wissam Al-Hassan, and at least five (...)
Parliamentary elections are approaching in 2013, but Lebanese politicians are fighting over electoral laws, putting in question whether elections will be held at all, writes Andrew Bossone
With a few exceptions, most politicians agree that Lebanon's (...)
Syrians in Lebanon take one of two sides: those who reject Al-Assad's Baathist regime, and those who remain willing to negotiate with it, writes Andrew Bossone
In a country torn apart by war, every man fears he will lose his home, or already (...)
Censorship played a crucial role in Lebanon following the civil war, but now it is being challenged by rights groups who see free expression as the baseline of all rights, writes Andrew Bossone
Lebanon is a place where everyone has the freedom to (...)
A series of kidnappings, killings and the threat of bombings have pushed Lebanon to the brink of total instability, writes Andrew Bossone in Beirut
After the kidnapping of a group of Shia pilgrims in Syria in early August, the members of a Lebanese (...)
As the battle in Syria rages on, the media has become a weapon to fight for, writes Andrew Bossone
The media war for Syria mimics the battles raging across it. Recent attacks on state media highlight how controlling the flow of information is a (...)
A subsidiary of local internet provider LINKdotNET recently launched a website designed to facilitate the legal downloading of Egyptian movies. This, however, may do little to change the culture of file sharing.
"We make over a thousand transactions (...)
The Egyptian government released this week its latest figures on poverty in Egypt and the signs are not good. The poverty rate reached 23.4 percent in 2008/09, up from 20 percent the previous year, says the government. Members of parliament, (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Investment, in partnership with the European Commission, has hired the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to study its current investment policies and issue recommendations on how to improve the (...)
Thousands of artifacts are now returning to Egypt from abroad, but one piece continues to elude decades of government calls for its return: the famous bust of Nefertiti.
The bust has become such a contentious symbol that a copy of it is now part of (...)
After a year of slow sales, the Egyptian automotive market bounced back in the beginning of 2010.
The total number of automobiles sold in January increased by 63 percent compared with the same period the previous year--from 10,765 to 17,551 (...)
The Arab African International Bank (AAIB) is the first Egyptian financial institution to adopt the Equator Principles, a set of voluntary guidelines to ensure that banks lend money in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. AAIB signed (...)
The 4,200-year-old burial chamber of Queen Behenu has been discovered in Saqqara in Giza.
French archaeologists digging in the necropolis of Pepi I discovered the tomb with an intact sarcophagus and a set of Pyramid Texts belonging to the queen, who (...)
Dark, black kohl surrounded the eyes of ancient Egyptians for beauty and protection, but were they using toxic lead in their make-up?
A recent study in France says it's likely ancient Egyptians used lead-based make-up for the kohl that decorated (...)
Abu Simbel--Outside the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, a long line of people are waiting for a first chance to glimpse the sun's rays as they fall on the faces of the statues of Pharaoh Ramses II, and the gods of creation and light, Ptah, Amen and (...)
Alexandria--In a few weeks, Monaco, the largest manufacturer of processed pork products in Egypt, will run out of its stock of frozen meat, effectively eliminating the final remnants of the local pork industry.
Rolando Monaco, who inherited the (...)