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Society - Israel-allied militiamen face unsure Lebanon return
By Rima Abushakra
Only about 2,700 people remain of the estimated 6,500 mainly Christian Lebanese who settled in northern Israel in 2000 when they followed their Israeli allies as they withdrew back across the border. Those that choose to come back are often viewed...Full Story>> |
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Society - Lights turn red on Lebanese traffic offences
By Jocelyne Zablit
Something of a revolution is taking place on Lebanon's notoriously dangerous roads. Drivers are beginning to stop at red lights, to wear seat belts and no longer have their cell phones glued to their ears. All thanks to a crackdown ordered by the...Full Story>> |
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Society - Ramadan drummer struggles with changing times in Sidon
By Mahmoud Zayyat
For the past 37 years, Mohammed Fannas's "tambour" drum has woken up Muslims of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon during Ramadan for their last meal before a day of fasting from sunrise. But now Fannas feels endangered and faces...Full Story>> |
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Society - UN soldier trades her blue beret for a veil
By Ali Dia
Sylvia Monika Wyszomirska is a Catholic from Poland, but in an effort to integrate better into south Lebanon's conservative society she has traded her UN peacekeeper's beret for a headscarf during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.Full Story>> |
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Society - The harrowing despair of the victim’s relatives
By Omar IBRAHIM
On Wednesday morning, nine soldiers were killed in a blast near a bus in Tripoli. Five other persons, including a child, perished in the attack. The child was polishing shoes when the attack occurred. Almost forty people were injured, and around...Full Story>> |
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Society - Lebanese youth and nocturnal jobs
By Pascale Youssef
For some time now, many of the Lebanese youth have been working in the hospitality business throughout the night and pursuing their university studies or other employment during the day. However, how does this nightshift arrangement affect their...Full Story>> |
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Society - Villages prepare for return of prisoners from Israeli prisons
By Jihad SEQLAOUI
Villages in south Lebanon have prepared a hero's welcome for local men captured two years ago and the bodies of Hezbollah fighters due to return home under a prisoner swap with Israel. The prisoner swap also covers the release of the last of the...Full Story>> |
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Society - Lebanon village still scarred by Israeli onslaught
By Jihad SEQLAOUI
Hebrew graffiti still marks the battle-scarred buildings in southern Lebanon's Marun ar-Ras village, as locals struggle to rebuild their homes two years after the war with Israel.Full Story>> |
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Society - Vacation Workbooks: the Pros and Cons
By Élodie Morel Lebbos
Chronicler Nada Chaoul brilliantly describes this issue in her short story entitled "Intelligent Vacations", an excerpt of which is presented hereinafter: "The most important thing about vacation homework was to begin them early, as...Full Story>> |
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Society - Lebanese feast on 'buns and guns' in Hezbollah fiefdom
By Rana Moussaoui
Behind a barricade of sandbags, Ali devours a "Magnum 357" as his friend Hussein tucks into a giant "B52". Welcome to "Buns and Guns" restaurant in the heartland of south Beirut controlled by Hezbollah. Lebanon's...Full Story>> |
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