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Arab World’s First Female Interior Minister: Raya El Hassan

Trailblazing Raya Haffar El Hassan became the first female Minister of Interior in the Arab World this year and served...
Duration 12 min read

Wissam Yafi

Wissam Yafi, author, technologist and economic development practitioner. A Harvard scholar, he has written books on democracy in Lebanon and...
Duration 1 min read
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A Tale of Two Lebanons

A century ago, famed Lebanese poet Gebran Khalil Gebran wrote, “You have your Lebanon and I have my Lebanon.” His...
Duration 4 min read
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The Beirut Art Film Festival: Participating in the Revolt with Thought-Provoking Films

The films featured at the Beirut Art Film Festival (BAFF) are not your average run-of-the-mill movies you see at your...
Duration 3 min read
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For the Love of Woodworking: Thomas Trad

In the last decade, the traditional world of Lebanese design has been invigorated by a wave of modern, young creatives....
Duration 5 min read
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Roots and Routes: A Swedish-Lebanese Tale of Exile and Belonging

My first contact with Sweden was through the film Scenes From A Marriage by the “demon director” Ingmar Bergman. The...
Duration 7 min read