We need to keep our oceans clean
The toxic truth of our waste
Words Alia Fawaz
Midway Atoll is a deserted paradise in the Pacific Ocean approximately halfway between California and East Asia,...
Take a different direction forget Paris or London and pick somewhere fresh to...
Words Varouj Tenbelian
For many people, spring marks the coming of the holiday season. Around the world people start thinking about ways of coming out...
Pressing for preservation: One man’s mission to save Al Koura’s liquid gold
Words Alia Fawaz
Raffoul Raffoul, a senior manager at Byblos Bank’s downtown head office, is originally from Al Koura – a large district in the...
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...
From one crisis to another, The influx of Syrians has crippled an already...
Words Suzy Hoayek and Alia Fawaz
Reliable electricity generation has been a longstanding problem for Lebanon. The current system simply does not have the capacity...
Happiness
Diana Tannoury
In you, my beloved, my dreams sought
a lightness of being, a thought
of moonlit blue skies,
the color of your highs
Into you...













