Michel Touma 2024-04-13 14:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
April 13, 1975, will be forever ingrained in the collective memory of the Lebanese people (at least those of a ‘certain age,’) as the outbreak of the never-ending Lebanese war. However, this perception is somewhat biased, as April 13 was more accurately a tipping point (rather than the onset) of a profound and chronic existential crisis. ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-13 14:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Take a journey through Lebanon's history with these compelling images captured by photojournalists between 1975 and 1990. Agop Abousefian and Angela Avetisian pose on their wedding day in front of their house in East Beirut – September 17, 1989. A militiaman plays "Trick-Track" with a child among ruins and debris in the Dora ...
2024-04-13 13:22 - Reading : less than a minute
To celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Beirut Chants El-Sistema held a lively concert on Friday in Downtown Beirut, lead by a chorus of passionate young singers and musicians.
Fady Noun 2024-04-13 11:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Machiavelli said it, yet any sailboat owner will confirm it: “One can initiate a war (or set sail) at will, but concluding it whenever desired is not always within reach,” nor is returning to port. The Lebanese Civil War, ignited on April 13, 1975, evidently lingers unresolved. Following the incidents in Tayouneh (October 14, 2021) and ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 2024-04-13 11:26 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
48 years later, the deadly attack launched against the town of Damour in January 1976 is still a gaping wound in the Lebanese collective subconscious. Zeina Zerbé, clinical psychologist and psychotherapeutic psychoanalyst, courageously dives into this profound trauma in her book Damour L’assaut, le massacre et la chute de la ville. A compendium ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-13 10:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
After a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai at Bkerke, Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati emphasized the need to announce that international contacts are underway regarding the Syrian refugee issue in Lebanon, stressing that “the main solution is to consider most areas in Syria safe to deport the Syrians who came to Lebanon under ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 23:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Interior, Bassam Mawlawi, stated on Friday evening that “the investigation into the murder of Pascal Sleiman is still in a preliminary stage in the hands of the army.” In an interview with the pan-Arab Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Mawlawi declared that “the Lebanese people’s speculations about the operation’s details ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 19:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army opened fire from its positions in Maskaf Aam, targeting a team from Al-Mayadeen news channel as their car was crossing the Odaisseh road. Their vehicle was hit by bullets, with no reported injuries. This is not the first time Israel has targeted media personnel in southern Lebanon. On November 21, two journalists, Farah Omar and ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-04-12 19:28 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday April 12th and the 189th day of the war in Gaza. In this week’s recap: The situation at the southern border, and the 6-month anniversary of the war. Also in Lebanon, a murder that shook the country and other local news. Internationally: What’s happening in Gaza, a new European ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-04-12 18:39 - Reading : less than a minute
Pascal Sleiman lays in his final resting place. The LF coordinator, killed last Sunday, arrived this Friday in his village of Mayfouk, welcomed by hundreds of companions, for his final journey. Friday was a long day full of emotions for Lebanon, especially for the Lebanese Forces, who gathered in large numbers in various regions of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 15:41 - Reading : less than a minute
The Quai d'Orsay urged French nationals on Friday to avoid certain countries, in the current context of Iran's threats of retaliation against Israel. French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné advised French citizens to "abstain" from traveling to Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories. This decision comes as Iran threatens to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-12 15:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces MP, Ziad Hawat, at the farewell funeral mass of Pascal Sleiman on Friday, expressed the sorrow of Lebanon and Jbeil for the absence of Sleiman. “Jbeil was preparing to receive Pascal, but the demon of death kidnapped her son,” Hawat said. In a speech at St. George Cathedral in Jbeil, Hawat indicated that the real conflict is ...