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Special Report: Painting a Picture of Exile
Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 day ago
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After a war, first come the United Nations, and then the curators,” said Ziad Antar, a Lebanese artist living in France. “Lebanon has seen many wars, but there’s more to the country than that.” More there may be, but when political conflict becomes part...
Tags: South Lebanon, France, Mr. Antar, Paris Photo, Lebanon, Beirut, Levant, Fertile Crescent, Mediterranean, Western Asia, Year of birth missing, Joana Hadjithomas
Katherine Butler: A historic relic – and that's just the hotel
Beirut :: Lebanon | 2 days ago
Credibility It’s not all Gulf money and party-central nightclubs in the new post-conflict Lebanon. True, the bit of Beirut they call “downtown” could be, if not exactly the Paris, then at least the Luxembourg of the East, with its carefully restored streets, gleaming...
Tags: Lebanon, Beirut, Ancient cities, Fertile Crescent, Heliopolis, Mediterranean, Great Rift Valley, Politics, Roman colonies, Baalbek, Beqaa Valley, War Conflict
People from all walks of life hug it out at environment symposium
Beirut :: Lebanon | 3 days ago
Credibility What can bring together leftist activists, bank investors, theological students and fancy housewives hugging each others for five hours in the same conference room? The environmentalist global event called “Awakening the dreamer”– sponsored by BankMed...
Tags: Lebanon, Beirut, Mediterranean, Crusades
Sakr: It is every party’s right to have reservations on Ministerial Statement
Beirut :: Lebanon | 3 days ago
Credibility Lebanon First bloc MP Okab Sakr said on Thursday that the Kataeb Party and the Lebanese Forces have the right to express reservations on the Resistance clause in the Ministerial Statement, adding that communications between all parties are ongoing to...
Tags: Saad Hariri, Lebanon First, policy statement, Ministerial Statement Committee, Hezbollah, Selim Sayegh, Lebanon, Beirut, Politics, Israel-Lebanon conflict, Islamic terrorism, Islam and antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, War Conflict, Lebanon War, Boutros Harb, Shebaa farms, Fertile Crescent, Mediterranean, Geography of Lebanon, Ghajar, Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Golan Heights, Muhammad Fneish, Levant, Lebanese Civil War, Geography of Israel, Geography of Syria, Nabih Berri, Cabinet, Okab Sakr
Central bank�s foreign assets hit record high of $27 billion
Beirut :: Lebanon | 4 days ago
Credibility The central bank’s gross foreign assets hit a new record high of $27 billion at mid-November 2009, covering 83 percent of Lebanese pound money supply. Despite the global recession which hit many countries in the region, including wealthy rich oil Arab...
Tags: central banking, Lebanon, Beirut, Business Finance, Fertile Crescent, Banque du Liban, Western Asia, Bank, Pound sterling, Monetary policy, Levant, Mediterranean, Money supply, Central bank, Economy of Lebanon, Arab League member states
Najjar presses for modernization of commercial legislation
Beirut :: Lebanon | 4 days ago
Credibility Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar emphasized on Tuesday the importance of strict implementation of commercial laws in Lebanon “which are currently either not complete or not fully enforced.” “Commercial laws in Lebanon open a broad path to freedom in business...
Tags: Lebanon, commercial laws, Mohammad Safadi, Beirut, Mediterranean, World Trade Organization, Politics of Lebanon
French 'envoys' promote language in Lebanon
Beirut :: Lebanon | 4 days ago
Credibility Palace Tuesday for their second regional congress. “French teachers are ambassadors...Killing two birds with one stone seemed to be the only way to make this congress finally happen in Beirut. “We have been haunted by this dream of organizing such...
Tags: Beirut, Lebanon, Education, Mediterranean, Crusades, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Beirut set to woo back shoppers with new luxury souk
Beirut :: Lebanon | 4 days ago
Credibility Brimming with style, Beirut is regaining its reputation as a shoppers’ paradise, with luxury labels such as Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton among a slew of shops opening in the city’s renovated souks. Dethroned by Dubai as a top destination for shoppers,...
Tags: Downtown Beirut, Beirut Souks, Lebanon, Dubai, Tony Salameh, Beirut, Mediterranean, Zuhair Murad, Crusades
Sakr calls for secrecy in Constitutional Council’s deliberations until issuing verdict
Beirut :: Lebanon | 4 days ago
Credibility In an interview with New TV on Wednesday, Lebanon First bloc MP Okab Sakr called on all parties to refrain from discussing the contestations of parliamentary election results with the media, highlighting the importance of secrecy in the Constitutional...
Tags: Lebanon First, Saad Hariri, Lebanon, Beirut, Politics, Fertile Crescent, Western Asia, Hariri, Hezbollah, Levant, Mediterranean, Michel Aoun, Okab Sakr, Social Issues, Islam and antisemitism, Amal Movement, Ziad Baroud, Israel-Lebanon conflict, Anti-Zionism, Rafic Hariri, March 14 Alliance, Islamic terrorism, Religion Belief
Italy urges EU migration help
Brussels :: Belgium | 4 days ago
Credibility Interior Minister Roberto Maroni on Tuesday urged the European Union to help Mediterranean countries deal with migration pressures. Addressing a summit of western Mediterranean interior ministers, Maroni said more resources were critical if such countries...
Tags: Roberto Maroni, Mediterranean, mediterranean countries, Nicolas Sarkozy, interior minister, Belgium, Brussels, Immigration, European Union, Illegal immigration, Italy, A.C. Milan, Silvio Berlusconi, Politics, Social Issues
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