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COMMUNITY

After going viral, the bride from Beirut, tells her story

August 8th, 20200 BEIRUT - Aug. 4, 2020 was meant to be the happiest day of Israa Al Seblani’s life, and it quickly turned to be the most terrifying. Al Seblani is the bride from the now viral video shoot that was taken during the explosion in Beirut that has killed over 150 people and injured over 5,000 more. “The first thought that went...

COMMUNITY

Breaking: Huge explosion rocks Beirut, dozens dead, thousands injured

August 4th, 20200 BEIRUT — A huge explosion in Beirut has caused at least 78 deaths and 4,000 injuries. The explosion sent a shockwave across the Lebanese capital, creating massive destruction, shattering windows and collapsing apartment balconies. Social media became flooded with videos and photos from eyewitnesses on the ground soon after the...

International

Lebanese foreign minister quits over slow reforms, Aoun adviser takes over

August 3rd, 20200 BEIRUT (REUTERS) — Lebanon named the president’s diplomatic adviser as new foreign minister on Monday after Nassif Hitti quit the post, blaming a lack of political will to enact reforms to halt a financial meltdown, which he warned could turn Lebanon into a failed state. Foreign donors have...

COMMUNITY

Lebanon reimposes COVID-19 restrictions as infections spike

July 27th, 20200 BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon reimposed severe COVID-19 restrictions on Monday for the next two weeks, shutting places of worship, cinemas, bars, nightclubs, sports events and popular markets, after a sharp rise in infections. Shops, private companies, banks and educational institutions would be permitted to open, but only on Tuesdays...

COMMUNITY

Arab American medical student leads initiative to bring medical supplies to Lebanon

July 18th, 20200 ROCHESTER — Majd Faraj, a second-year medical student at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB), is leading a project to bring much needed medical supplies to Lebanon. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the Lebanese healthcare infrastructure this year. The problem has been compounded by an already...

International

Lebanon’s advisers to work on compromise on financial plan, sources say

July 17th, 20200 BEIRUT - Lebanon’s financial adviser Lazard will see if a government financial rescue plan can be adjusted to reach a compromise workable for the International Monetary Fund, two sources said on Friday, after the plan hit resistance from politicians, banks and the central bank. The plan, which...

COMMUNITY

Lebanese singer depicts herself as a Black woman, draws outrage

June 4th, 20200 BEIRUT — Earlier in the week, Tania Saleh, a Lebanese singer and visual artist based out of Beirut, decided to show her support for international protests by photoshopping her face on that of another, presumably Black woman’s, face and posting it on her social media accounts. The image, which may have been well-intentioned, was...

Lebanon

Beirut shaken by crackdown on violent protests

January 16th, 20200 BEIRUT — An upsurge of violence in Lebanon’s protests against the ruling elite, with police meting out beatings and protesters hurling stones, has alarmed rights groups and whipped up public fury. After a brief lull in largely peaceful protests since October, people filled the streets again this week, angry at a political class that...

COMMUNITY

As fires raged in Lebanon, one Beirut woman joined heroic rescue mission

October 17th, 20190 BEIRUT – Villages in the west of Lebanon, just south of Beirut, experienced intense wildfires on early Tuesday morning, forcing villagers to flee their homes, with the Lebanese government sending rescue missions to affected areas. Described by officials as the worst wild fires to have hit the country in decades, the fires were...

COMMUNITY

Coral Beach Resort responds to local family’s grievances: Hijabs are welcomed at our hotel

August 30th, 20190 BEIRUT — After The Arab American News published an article about "Islamophobia in the motherland", Coral Beach Hotel & Resort Marketing Manager Rana Younes reached out to us for a follow up apology and clarification. The article focused on Marwan Faraj, a Dearborn man who visited Lebanon this summer with his family. He said...

Art & Culture

Lebanese illustrator challenges views of Arab women through art

March 9th, 20190 BEIRUT — Lebanese artist Christina Atik has produced a series of digital pictures to illustrate sentences commonly used in Arab countries to criticize women with the aim of empowering Arab women. The project tackles issues of female freedom, beauty and sexuality in societies traditionally dominated by men. Atik, 27, said she...

Lebanon

Sayyed Nasrallah says Hezbollah stronger than ever

August 17th, 20180 BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Party, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Tuesday his group was stronger than ever and would “very soon” celebrate victory in Syria, where it has been fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad government. Nasrallah was speaking on live television to mark the anniversary of a 2006 war...

Art & Culture

Framing humanity: How an art student’s trip to Lebanon turned into an award-winning project

March 16th, 20180 DEARBORN — A young Syrian refugee girl had no idea when she was selling gum on the streets of Beirut, but the cryptic expression of fear and confidence on her face would become part of a visual story of struggle that aims to connect everyone with a story to tell. Mayssa Fakih, a 17-year-old art student at Mercy High School, an...

In Our Opinion

Hariri’s return marks a new era for him and Lebanon

November 23rd, 20170 Saudi Arabia added this week another political downfall to its long list of successive defeats in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Qatar and Palestine. The last blunder of the immature Saudi Crown Prince was holding the Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad al-Hariri hostage and forcing him to abruptly resign from a discreet place in his fumbling kingdom,...

Lebanon

Lebanese president won’t accept or reject Hariri’s resignation until he returns home

November 6th, 20170 BEIRUT - Lebanon’s president appealed for national unity on Monday after Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri quit in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia, plunging the coalition government and country into political crisis. After Hariri’s shock announcement, political uncertainty deepened further when Lebanon’s parliamentary speaker said it...

Lebanon

Lebanese security forces foil suicide attack in Beirut’s crowded street

January 21st, 20170 BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese security forces arrested a would-be suicide bomber inside a crowded cafe in one of the busiest neighbourhoods in the capital Beirut on Saturday night, security sources told AFP. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a man wearing an explosive bomb belt had been detained by authorities after...