No, I don’t mean to sound like a fearmonger, but the blight affecting Lebanon’s pine trees should be taken seriously. Much more seriously. The story […]
Year: 2017
Forget drugs, wild Lebanon is filled with natural highs
This week, the world celebrated Sir David Attenborough’s 91st birthday. The veteran English broadcaster and naturalist, best known for writing and presenting the BBC’s Planet Earth documentary […]
Silky shark killed off Naameh coast, authorities must act
A day after four stingrays were freed subsequent to getting entangled in old fishing nets off the coast of Ramlet al-Baida, further south from Beirut, and […]
Dolphins, whales, sharks off Lebanese coast aren’t dangerous – we are
I can’t believe that I have to actually tell people not to panic because we still have some semblance of marine life off our coasts. The […]
Welcome to Egypt, where your waiter could be a genius
His name is Mohammed Reda, he is 26 years old. He works as a waiter in a Sharm el Sheikh hotel despite having a Masters […]
Fatal disease threatens Lebanon’s historic parasol pines
This story has been updated with a follow-up post titled, “If Lebanon’s pine trees die, so will we“. Whether it’s deep in the open woodlands […]
On musical transmigration and the origins of ‘Wa Habibi’
We’ve all heard Wa Habibi, a hymn widely recognized as a Christian canticle of the Syriac/Maronite rite. Also known as the Mother’s Lament, the hymn […]
42 years on: We commemorate the start of the war, but not its end
42 years ago, the Lebanese civil war started. 27 years ago, we were told it ended. For 27 years we’ve been commemorating the start of the civil […]
Traditional Lebanese parties must adapt or face extinction
The Lebanese political topography is changing. Independents, long marginalized, are being provided with a meaningful organization to support. The first instance of this phenomenon, Beirut […]
No women, No vote: Lebanese women, your body is a battleground
It is no secret that in the Lebanese legal system, the interests of women are not being represented. Whenever an issue involving women is approached, […]