Beirut

My feelings now are quite different than they were back in 1974 — As I reflect this year on another Memorial Day, I always remember comrades in arms I knew that gave the ultimate sacrifice. Now, I bet you were looking for the last half of that cliché, ‘for their country’. You won’t hear that from me anymore. I will always remember their faces as I remember them before they left this…

Here are the key facts of this story, as agreed upon by ¹Reuters, ²The National, ³Associated Press and ⁴Al Jazeera. On Wednesday, a US federal judge ordered that Iran’s central bank and a European intermediary must pay out $1.68B to the family members of soldiers killed in the 1983 bombing…

European investigators returning to Beirut will be permitted to attend a Lebanese judge’s questioning of central bank governor Riad Salameh, two sources said on Sunday, as Lebanon and several foreign countries investigate whether he embezzled public funds, Reuters reports. Salameh, 72, and his brother are being investigated in Lebanon and…

A historically rich walking path in the streets of Beirut I find myself writing about Lebanon repeatedly, I do it more within my journal and this is the second time I write about it in my blog. Lebanon is one of my favourite countries on earth, I love the Lebanese…

Tyr — ancient Roman cemetery Lebanon: a tiny country crushed by crisis after crisis, but new visitors still fall in love with it. When I traveled to Lebanon in the summer of 2019 (Lebanon is where my paternal family is from), I expected to return within a year. Then Covid…

The Devastating Living Conditions in Beirut: A Heart-Wrenching Reality. As a resident of Beirut, I have been witness to a living nightmare that has become the daily reality for many of my fellow citizens. …

You probably know which explosion I am talking about; if you don’t, let me tell you about the Beirut explosion (Lebanon) that happened in 2020. …

Financial Instability, Political Instability, and Soaring Crime — Lebanon is facing a series of major challenges that threaten the stability of the country and the well-being of its people. The most pressing of these challenges is the country’s dire financial situation, which has been exacerbated by a lack of a president, rising crime, and an imploding currency. The…

I walked to the farthest end of the terminal at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. They always give us the last gate, I say to myself. Because we’re rowdy. Will I bump into someone I know? Most people don’t expect to see a familiar face on a plane. …