Tag: Beirut

Karaz w Laimoon: Beirut’s intellectual salon goes international

Why is George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, um, blue? How does the human brain work? What is the secret logic behind the...

Making cancer history: Dr. Elias Jabbour

Interviewed by Editor- in-Chief, Patricia Bitar Cherfan   Renowned oncologist Dr. Elias Jabbour is pioneering developmental therapeutics research in leukemia. The Lebanese...

Remembering Lebanon

Rafik Hariri University faculty and staff dinner, 2016 It’s been two weeks since a massive explosion in Beirut’s port sent shock waves...

Al Makan: A Spiritual Third Space in Beirut

By Bilal Ghalib and Joséphine Lesaffre Two lenses on a light shining in Beirut, Bilal and Joséphine share perspectives on Al Makan,...

Top 10 Cafes in Beirut: Places to Chill, Chat, and Chow

Visiting coffee shops in Lebanon isn’t just your regular in-and-out trip for a quick caffeine fix. It’s a hobby, a culture, a...

Beirut Dweller: Encounters of a Young German Ajnabe أجنبي

Gradually, an image of Lebanon developed in my mind. It somehow kept on building up within me, while I was living and...