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‘Our unity is the beginning of change’: Six opposition groups join forces for legislative elections
With the deadline for filing candidacies expiring on Tuesday, March 15, six Lebanese opposition parties and collectives held a joint meeting Saturday in Burj Hammoud to unite their efforts in view...
12 March 2022
'Basket beats borders': how an all-girls basketball team in Shatila shatters stereotypes and empowers a new generation
BEIRUT — Unfazed by the gusty winds, threatening skies and occasional drizzle, a group of girls giggle with giddy exuberance while playing a game of hoops in Qasqas, near Horsh Beirut. Determined...
Farah-Silvana Kanaan, 12 March 2022
Supermarkets: Lebanon risks a "major food crisis" within two months
Lebanon is likely to go through a "great food crisis" within two months due to the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine launched on Feb. 24, the president of the union of supermarket...
12 March 2022
Snowbound family rescued in Akkar
BEIRUT —A family of five was rescued on Saturday morning by a snow removal team near the town of Kaitaa, in Akkar, reports our correspondent in the region Michel Hallak. Here's what we know:...
12 March 2022
Lebanon's invisibility trap
Beyond shocking numbers and solemn statements, the reality of Lebanon’s poverty is difficult to grasp. Last September, the United Nations estimated that 82% of the population lived with some form...
12 March 2022
Future MP Assem Araji to sit out the elections
BEIRUT — MP Assem Araji (Future Movement/Zahle), head of the parliamentary Health Committee, announced Saturday that he will not stand for reelection in the May 15 polls, making him the latest...
