For the youngsters appearing on Mini-Studio, an entertainment TV show being broadcast in the late afternoon, it was their chance for a few minutes of fame. But the children’s bid …
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Ashrafieh was never meant to be this crowded. Its six-meter wide streets gave it a village appearance as it gazed sleepily on the eastern edge of the original walled city …
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In recent months, the international, particularly the American, media have stuck to a particular narrative when analyzing developments in the Middle East. Following the Iraqi elections in January, the subsequent …
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There is a much-publicized belief that the whole country is being sold off to foreigners in small and not so small parcels of land, leaving ever-declining opportunities for the domestic …
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Background With a few notable exceptions, getting elected to Parliament in Lebanon is, and always has been, an expensive business. The half dozen or so families who between them provided …
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Providing safe mooring for the growing number of floating toys is almost a by-product of Lebanese marinas. More important, even for the showpiece Beirut marina, is the added value they …
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If former Premier Rafic Hariri provided the grand plans and vision for how he thought Lebanon could and should grow into a modern prosperous state, Basil Fuleihan injected the precision, …