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Beirut Dweller: Encounters of a Young German Ajnabe أجنبي

A German student's chance encounters as an expat in Beirut, from Fairouz songs in Berlin to football in Shatila and...
Duration 5 min read

La Vita è Bella

From Roman ruins in Byblos to Arabic words hiding in Sicilian dialect, one Lebanese writer finds home again in Italy.
Duration 7 min read

Third Culture Kids: “Where Are You From?”

Neither fully Arab nor fully Western, Beirut's third culture kids inherit a mashed-up identity — one Zaatar w Zeit sandwich...
Duration 7 min read

The Perils and Promises of Media: Yamid Amat

Since his journalistic debut in the 1960s, Yamid Amat has been a force to be reckoned with. Radio, TV, newspapers,...
Duration 5 min read

Lebanon’s First National Ice Hockey Team May Soon Be At The Olympics

A Montreal-based squad of Canadian-born Lebanese descendants is fighting to put Lebanon on the ice hockey map — and maybe...
Duration 4 min read

Roots and Routes: A Swedish-Lebanese Tale of Exile and Belonging

After fleeing Beirut's civil war for Sweden, one writer discovers his identity was never singular — Lebanese, Swedish, Greek, Armenian,...
Duration 7 min read
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