Feb 3, 2024 | Featured, Local, News
Dina Al-Amood | Staff Writer The Lebanese parliament passed the first rent law in decades during its last session in December. The law effectively allows landlords of non-residential properties to dramatically increase rent prices and take back properties from tenants...
Jan 17, 2024 | Featured, Local, News
By Laetithia Harb | Staff Writer Prisons in Lebanon are a cruel reality to all those incarcerated. At a time when citizens in Lebanon can barely afford to provide their family’s necessities, individuals in prison have been facing dehumanizing living...
Jan 8, 2024 | Local, News
By Dina Al Amood | Staff Writer Since 2019, Lebanon has seen varying levels of enthusiasm for the holiday season amid ongoing political and economic crises. This year, the scaled-back Christmas celebrations reveal that the Lebanese are yet again in a state of unease. ...
Jan 8, 2024 | Local, News
By Katia Khodr | Staff Writer Lebanese Jewish leader and Rabbi Isaac Arazi, who dedicated most of his life to the dwindling Jewish community in Lebanon, passed away on December 27th, 2023 at 80 years old. Devoted to his community and religion, Rabbi Arazi managed to...
Jan 8, 2024 | Featured, Local, News
Shafik Khalili | Staff Writer On January 2, 2024, Israeli forces carried out the first missile attack on Beirut since the 2006 War. At around 6 pm, a missile from an Israeli drone struck the southern suburb of Beirut killing a total of 7 people, some of which...
Jun 5, 2023 | Film & Music, Local, Local Arts & Culture, News
By Mohamad Hojeije | Staff Writer The longest-run iconic Broadway musical, Chicago, debuted for the first time in Lebanon, this May 5th, at Casino Du Liban. Having been extended several times, the musical was seen as a success by the local media. Set in the...