Did you know the Great Famine of 1915-1918, which is largely credited to have shaped up the current frontiers of Lebanon, was accompanied by numerous pandemics...
Famous Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish was confined in his West Beirut apartment under the Israeli bombings of 1982 when he wrote “Memory for forgetfulnes...
Lockdown was/is (depending on where you live in the world) hard, yes. But at least we had a couch to binge Netflix on! (or to take a nap)
French writer Flau...
Have you ever noticed that Karantina, the name of the neighborhood in Beirut, sounds very similar to quarantine, aka the “period, or place of isolation in whic...
Ramadan starts today!
For millions of Muslims around the world and in Lebanon, it signals the beginning of a full month of fasting.
But did you know tha...
We know that skiing these days might be out of the equation for many of us, but we figured that some cultural knowledge is always good :) , so we decided to re...
Today, Shia Muslims commemorate Ashura, which marks the death of Hussein Ibn Ali, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad in the year 680.
Last Friday, we trie...
Next week, Lebanese Shia will commemorate Ashura, which marks the death of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, at the battle of Karbala (mod...
During the construction of the building, the architects discovered these Roman Berytus, or Roman Baths of Beirut, which are 2000 years old!
They decided...