Tag: Lebanon
Lebanon / History: The Great Famine of Mount Lebanon during WW1
This famine will cause between 100,000 and 300,000 deaths in Mount Lebanon, or between a third to half of the population, then estimated at...
Lebanon / Cuisine: Shawarma, a typical Lebanese dish
Chicken, lamb or beef sandwich, served in a pita bread, shawarma is a Lebanese dish of Turkish origin.
The name Shawarma comes from the...
Lebanon / Heritage: the Holy Valley of Qadisha
The holy valley of Kadisha - also called the Qannoubine valley - in Lebanon has been classified on the UNESCO World Heritage list since...
Unveiling of « ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TIME » by Nayla Romanos Iliya
On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri,in the presence of the Ambassador of Italy to LebanonH.E. Nicoletta Bombardiere, in...
Roundtable Discussion on International Organization’s Emergency Response to Lebanon’s Human Security Crisis and Ways...
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) and the National Human Security Forum (NHSF) organized a hybrid roundtable discussion, held both in-person and via Zoom, addressing “international...
DANTE 700 at the Beirut Art Film Festival
The Beirut Art Film Festival (BAFF) was launched on September 14 and will continue until September 26, in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute in...
Lebanon / Heritage: the stelae of Nahr el Kalb
Not very far from us, we tend to forget, the famous historic valley of Nahr el Kalb, site now classified by Unesco as "Memory...
Shabake Recovery Response implements economic recovery projects for NMSMEs impacted by the Beirut Blast
Over 238 businesses and 350 families supported in the port explosion areas
August 24, 2021 (Lebanon) – Since the Beirut Port Explosion, Expertise France - the French public agency in international...
Call for Sanctions on Lebanese Bankers
In a Letter to Embassies and Diplomatic Missions in Lebanon, the Depositors Union (DU) called on countries “to take all necessary measures and steps...
Toni Makhoul dazzles Bucharest with a myriad of emotions
Conveying Lebanon’s resilience with tunes of hope
Beirut, August 18, 2021: In collaboration with “Philharmonic Mirea” and “Zuralia Orchestra”, the distinguished musician and composer Toni Makhoul,...
The Shrine of the Virgin of Harissa (with video)
This well-known shrine in Lebanon was born from the idea in 1904 of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Conception, proclaimed...
Riad Salamé finally marks the end of the fuel subsidy program
After several weeks of shortages, the governor of the Banque du Liban, Riad Salamé, finally admitted before the high council of La Défense that...
Crisis / Shortage: Three Beirut hospitals run out of fuel (media)
The channel MTV Lebanon indicates that the president of the association of owners of private hospitals, Sleiman Haroun, has been informed that 3 hospitals...
The families of the victims of the port explosion mobilized against the session of...
The families of the victims of the explosion at the port of Beirut called for action on Thursday to prevent the holding of the...
