The changing culture of election campaigns in Lebanon
Even if independent candidates don’t win big on election day, they are already having an impact on Lebanese…
Hacking the narrative: the media reaction to criticism of Paris-Beirut coverage
The 2015 Paris attacks will be remembered as one of the most widely covered tragedies of the year,…
Held by Hezbollah
“I don’t mind sitting here,” I told the Hezbollah guard who kept watch over us in a run-down…
Political posters removed except…
There has been much fanfare about the removal of political signs and posters from Beirut, as part of…
Deja Vu or not?
Israeli TV is on all Lebanese channels as we wait for Israel’s expected response to an attack on…
Lebanese war art
I recently stumbled upon a familiar sight at a Middle Eastern art exhibit in Chelsea, New York. It…
Celebrating Sleiman
Lebanese president Michel Sleiman left office today, but his presidency will linger a while longer in billboards erected…
Complicating a ‘Hezbollah stronghold’
At least six people were reported killed in today’s bomb in Bir Hassan, near South Beirut. As usual,…
Defiance in Hermel
A day after the car bombing that killed four people in Hermel, Al Manar TV reported live from…
The bomber’s magic ID card
Photo: Now Lebanon The partially burnt ID papers allegedly belonging to a suicide bomber have emerged as the…