Tag: Lebanon
The situation in Lebanon is worsening – the country will soon be without a president
Judge Faysal Makki shows around Beirut’s Palace of Justice, where the garbage is piled up in the stairwell. As a reflection of the situation in the country, neither toilets nor…
Villa Al Qamar: a historic place to strengthen cultural exchanges between France and Lebanon
A set recorded at Villa El Qamar, in the historic city of Deir El-Qamar, “the convent of the moon”, about forty kilometers from Beirut, near the Mediterranean coast. This villa…
Charif Majdalani: “In Lebanon, the political class is an oligarchy of thugs that does nothing”
The academic Charif Majdalani, head of the department of French literature at Saint-Joseph University in Beirut, author of a dozen novels at Le Seuil (History of the big house, possible…
Israel and Lebanon enter into “historic” agreement
Published: Just now full screen The US special envoy for energy policy issues, Amos Hochstein (centre), has mediated between Israel and Lebanon. Here he speaks with, among others, Lebanon’s Deputy…
Israel and Lebanon enter into “historic” agreement
The agreement has been reached with American mediation and is expected to mean the go-ahead for further gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean, in a situation where many countries want…
Beirut Books: how is the French language evolving in Lebanon?
How does French evolve in Lebanon in an Arabic-speaking environment with strong competition from English? A hard-hitting question as the new Book Fair takes place in Beirut with a hundred…
Beirut Books, a French-speaking literary festival in a country in the midst of a crisis
Writers of 18 mainly French-speaking nationalities will be the guests of Beirut Books, a French-speaking literary festival … A new itinerant literary meeting in the Lebanese capital … a ray…
“I’m not a thug”: in Lebanon, robbery as the only way to access your accounts
It’s a trip to the land of the absurd. Where men and women, taken by the throat, have no choice but to rob their own bank to recover their money.…
Understand everything about the historic agreement on the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel
Two days after Israel, Lebanon announced, Thursday, October 13, to approve the maritime border demarcation agreement between the two countries. The text plans in particular to remove the obstacles to…
CMA-CGM: in Lebanon, Rodolphe Saadé “buys everything, with a vengeance”
The Saadé family may be from Latakia, Syria, and have prospered in Marseille, but in the eyes of the Lebanese they remain a symbol of the success of the diaspora.…