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Social - Lebanon’s forgotten children
By Jocelyne Zablit
Officials estimate that at least 100,000 children, or one in 10 up to 18 years of age, work in Lebanon, mainly in the agriculture sector or as mechanics as well as in jewelery workshops and sweatshops.Most of those child labourers hail from the...Full Story>> |
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Environment - Aaitaroun, a green village in the south
By Rana Moussaoui
In Lebanon, a country facing the problem of managing its waste, the village of Aitaroun, which was invaded during the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, finds itself today a pioneer of “proper” and useful “recycling”.Full Story>> |
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Arts & Culture - A tramway away
By George Eid
A favored public means of transport, the tramway was the old generation’s daily companion. This post-war (1975) transportation means dates back to the French mandate days, and was still in service until the civil war broke out. There have been...Full Story>> |
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Politics - Neither 8 nor 14…
By Marie-Anne Muller
In the face of these two gigantic forces of the 8th and the 14th of March, it is quite difficult to operate for free spirits. As a matter of fact, some of them do not appreciate what both parties are defending, so they clearly claim their political...Full Story>> |
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Business - Beirut abuzz as life returns to protest zone
By Rima Abushakra
The heart of downtown Beirut was buzzing again as shops and restaurants prepared on Thursday to reopen their businesses with a splash after government opponents ended an 18-month protest that had turned the area into a virtual ghost town.Full Story>> |
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Social - Downtown Beirut sit-in to a sudden end
By George Eid
Suddenly it began and suddenly it ended. Lebanese woke up today on the sound of a sit-in being dismantled. A sit-in that many Lebanese thought would never end at least not before the end of PM Saniora’s government, which was the main condition...Full Story>> |
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Social - Ordinary Lebanese hope for a solution to country's woes
By Paul KATTAN
The violence-weary Lebanese are hoping that their leaders will return home from Arab-brokered talks in Qatar armed with a solution to heal a feud that has plunged the country into deadly chaos. Rival Lebanese leaders are meeting in Doha in a bid to...Full Story>> |
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Politics - Battle lines drawn in Lebanon's cradle of Sunni Islam
By Amer OUALI
In Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli, the scene of deadly sectarian clashes between pro- and anti-government forces, battle lines are being drawn as tensions simmer unresolved. Lebanon's second city, home to almost 400,000 residents, witnessed...Full Story>> |
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Politics - Mountain villagers shell-shocked by deadly violence
By Rima Abushakra
Shell-shocked residents of the area were still reeling on Monday after the clashes pitting opposition Shiite fighters against Druze supporters of the Lebanese government that left at least thirteen dead. The latest violence in Lebanon was sparked...Full Story>> |
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Social - Sectarian tensions seethe under Beirut calm
By Rima Abushakra
As life slowly crept back to normal in west Beirut on Sunday after Hezbollah withdrew its Shiite militants from the streets, it was clear that deep anger lay beneath the calm with real fears of an irreparable fallout between Lebanon's Sunni and...Full Story>> |
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