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Beyond Magazine Issue 23 Spring 2017

Lebanon’s oil and gas “lottery” Will the Lebanese people strike it lucky too?

Words Alia Fawaz Lebanon’s nascent hydrocarbons industry promises to provide a big boost to the economy. After a sluggish few years, things picked up at...

Thank you, Governor Riad Salame Lebanon’s first green bus is a gift to the...

Words Sawsan Bou Fakhreddine How to handle its trash is one of Lebanon’s most pressing problems. In the summer of 2015 it reached a tipping...

When concrete is an ugly shock…

You’re crowding my space! Words Bassam Alkantar Beirut’s biggest green space, the Horsh Beirut pine forest, is partially closed to the public. Wherever you walk in...

A Moment of Happiness

You and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you and I. We feel the flowing water of life here, ...

Well, hello there! A new guest in Lebanon bears glad tidings

Words Bassam Alkantar Even though Lebanon has witnessed many environmental tragedies on more than one level, especially in terms of biological degradation, in the last...

Bonding with mother (nature) Spring is the perfect season to reconnect in the...

Words Tamara Batshon As technology advances and toys become more sophisticated, children today are becoming more focused on things such as the Internet and video...