Playing monopoly with the lights off
How does municipal planning work in Beirut? Who draws up the projects and what experts are consulted? The…
Last chance to support Dalieh crowdfunding campaign
Readers of this blog will be quite familiar with the campaign to save Beirut’s last undeveloped natural rocky…
Media gets it wrong on Arab saints
From New York Times to The Telegraph, to The Jerusalem Post, news outlets around the world are erroneously…
Inside the forbidden Horsh
Last year, we were allowed inside Beirut’s only major park for just one day. This year, (tomorrow May 16)…
New York Times sells Israel’s next war
How hard is it for the Israeli military to launch an unprovoked war with its neighbor by casting…
Police as parking valet
A most peculiar scene just unfolded on Bliss, one of Beirut’s busiest streets facing AUB. The policeman (above)…
Does Beirut deserve green space?
Next week there is a protest to call for the opening of Beirut’s only major park, which…
New report: Press freedom threatened in Lebanon, region
Both Lebanon and Kuwait were among the poorest performing countries in terms of press freedom, according to a…
Police demolish fishermen homes: “The Israelis treated us better”
This kind of destruction is usually caused by a war or natural disaster. But this was Beirut this…
Job’s Wednesday: A Ras Beirut tradition
This week, Beirut residents celebrated Job’s Wednesday (Orba’at Ayoub) at Ramlet El Baida, a tradition that stretches back…