Fireworks lit up the night sky over Beirut’s iconic St. Georges Hotel as hit songs from the 1960s and 70s filled the air in a courtyard overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The retro-themed event was ...
Once a financial hub of the Middle East, Lebanon now faces one of the worst economic crises in modern history. With a crumbling banking system, an unsustainable currency peg, and government gridlock, ...
(Beirut) – The Israeli military’s repeated attacks on reconstruction-related equipment and other civilian facilities in southern Lebanon throughout 2025 violate the laws of war and are apparent war ...
With Lebanon Then and Now: Photography from 2006 to 2020, the Middle East Institute’s Art Gallery presents selections from two previous shows, curated by Chantale Fahmi. Originally a physical ...
Syrian refugee Mohammed surveys the fields of bright red strawberries visible beneath their protective plastic tunnels, which offer the promise of work, but soon they will all be gone. Since fleeing ...