On the Brink: Lebanon Faces Poverty, Civil War, or Partition
As the Lebanese take to the streets, protesting President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri’s flawed leadership, it appears the country is on the verge o…
Read Moreby Sami Moubayed | Apr 6, 2021
As the Lebanese take to the streets, protesting President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri’s flawed leadership, it appears the country is on the verge o…
Read Moreby Sami Moubayed | Mar 20, 2021
Over the past 50 years, Hanan Ashrawi has become the moral conscience of the Palestinian people, someone who never gives up, and never gives in.
Read Moreby Sami Moubayed | Mar 13, 2021
World-acclaimed Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid is, without a doubt, a towering figure to celebrate during Women’s History Month. With architectural monuments scattered on all four…
Read Moreby Sami Moubayed | Mar 7, 2021
For the past decade, nothing but bad news has been coming out of Syria—war, agony, displacement, fundamentalism, and death. Amidst those stories is that of the Syrian capital,…
Read Moreby Sami Moubayed | Feb 14, 2021
Founded in a region plagued with never-ending wars and political instability, and a country with a collapsing economy, the American University of Beirut is suffering one of th…
Read Moreby Sami Moubayed | Feb 7, 2021
At one point in time, Oriental dancing was seen as a form of art in major cities across the Arab World. That was before conservative clerics crept in, equating it with nudity…
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