Mohammad Youssef, Hussein Amar, Ali al-Hajj Hassan, Seif Thebian, Ibrahim Mgheit, Ali al-Masri, Mustapha Wehbe, Abdel Rahim Diab, Khaled Hassan. These are the names of […]
Lebanon
Outrage over “racist” TV prank reveals industry weakness, media illiteracy
A prank television series that airs on OTV titled “Haddi Albak” has become the subject of social media outrage after an article criticizing the program […]
Lebanese sailors spot endangered whale off Halat coast
A lone whale was spotted swimming off the coast of Halat, north of Beirut, according to a video posted by MTV on Thursday. In the […]
Alone in the dark: Activists fight for Beirut’s last public beach
The Ramlet al-Baida beach, widely seen as one of Beirut’s last public coastlines, is once again at the center of renewed controversy after recent photos showing […]
Lebanon’s relentless activist Ghazi Aad dies, but his legacy lives on
Ghazi Aad used a wheelchair, but this never stopped him, nor did it slow him down. In fact, up until recently, he had remained as […]
Misinformation in the age of virality, the supermoon, and the US presidential election
Misinformation is the new information; so blatant that the media is currently now being blamed for changing the course of the entire American presidential election […]
Lebanon’s youths, the current Parliament, and the Presidential elections
Thousands of men, women, and children of all ages made their way to the Baabda Presidential Palace on Sunday where newly appointed President Michel Aoun […]
Will Lebanon’s controversial psychic Leila Abdel Latif retire from television?
Leila Abdel Latif, Lebanon’s most famed and controversial psychic, renowned for her political predictions and most recently her missed forecast on the Lebanese Presidential election […]
On Aoun’s election, ageism, sexism, and an unruly parliament
On Tuesday Michel Aoun begins his six-year term as Lebanon’s 13th President of the Republic after securing a majority vote in Parliament on Monday, ending […]
Melhem Barakat: The man who only sang in Lebanese
Melhem Barakat, one of Lebanon’s last remaining “golden age” singers, died Friday aged 71 after a long battle with illness. He was a legend, an artist […]