April 22, 2020 |
Lauren Lewis Larissa von Planta's atelier is hidden away in a traditional 1930s Lebanese villa on one of Beirut's typically haphazard and bustling streets. Standing on her balcony, though, ever so...
April 9, 2020 |
Lauren Lewis Last Saturday, Britain's Labour Party crowned Sir Keir Starmer QC as its leader. The former lawyer and head of the Crown Prosecution Service takes over from Jeremy Corbyn, who...
April 3, 2020 |
Lauren Lewis In recent weeks, accusations have circulated that Hezbollah's coronavirus response plan is a cover-up for a huge number of unreported COVID-19 cases in Lebanon. Indeed, the Lebanese government, at...
March 27, 2020 |
Lauren Lewis Faustina Tay was found dead in a car park near her employer's home in Beirut in the early hours of 14 March. Tay was a 23-year-old Ghanaian migrant domestic...
March 18, 2020 |
Lauren Lewis For years, Lebanon has been a financial house of cards, based on a rocky and unsustainable economic model, which has unravelled quickly in recent months. In 2018, the World...
March 7, 2020 |
Lauren Lewis Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab is set to address the Lebanese people at 4:30pm (GMT) today, only two days before the country's Eurobonds mature on 9 March. Though the...
Iranian nurses and doctors have been videoed dancing to keep morale up during the country's coronavirus outbreak. The footage features Iranian healthcare professionals dancing while wearing layers of protective...
February 28, 2020 |
Lauren Lewis Lebanon is facing the imminent threat of economic default and ongoing anti-government protests which have failed to abate. These factors have allowed problems within the healthcare system to slip...
February 24, 2020 |
Lauren Lewis When the Independent newspaper published an exposé last week on conditions inside the Bahraini Isa Town women's prison, it once again brought into question Britain's relationship with the tiny...
Lebanese people have flocked to social media to mock Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, after he called for a boycott of US goods and products in a speech on Sunday....
February 18, 2020 |
Lauren Lewis A repatriation clause requested by Lebanese President Michel Aoun in the new government's policy statement is very clear: "They must return." Aoun is using economic and political crises as...
February 14, 2020 |
Lauren Lewis Rafic Hariri, was assassinated on 14 February 2005, when nearly 1,800 kilograms of TNT explosive hidden in a Mitsubishi van was detonated next to his motorcade
Baghdad woke up covered in a thin layer of snow this morning for only the second time this century, and the first in over ten years. Snow falls in...
Lebanese anti-government protesters have gathered outside restaurants after spotting Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Member of Parliament Ziad Aswad having dinner in suburbs north of Beirut two nights in a...
October 21, 2019 |
Lauren Lewis "This is the most exciting, unifying thing that has happened since the end of the civil war," said Fabio Irani, 25, a protester in Beirut. Lebanon is experiencing the...
Larissa von Planta's atelier is hidden away in a traditional 1930s Lebanese villa on one of Beirut's typically haphazard and bustling streets. Standing on her balcony, though, ever so...![Keir Starmer and Jeremy Corbyn on 6 December 2019 [Flickr]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49187166228_24c46f9d1e_o.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Last Saturday, Britain's Labour Party crowned Sir Keir Starmer QC as its leader. The former lawyer and head of the Crown Prosecution Service takes over from Jeremy Corbyn, who...![Hezbollah media tour of their anti- coronavirus campaign in Lebanon 31 March 2020 [Sunniva Rose/Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hezbollah-media-tour-of-their-anti-coronavirus-campaign.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In recent weeks, accusations have circulated that Hezbollah's coronavirus response plan is a cover-up for a huge number of unreported COVID-19 cases in Lebanon. Indeed, the Lebanese government, at...![Migrant domestic workers protest for the abolishment of the kafala system in the Lebanese capital Beirut on 5 May 2019 [ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2019_5-5-Migrant-domestic-workers-carry-placards-during-a-protest-GettyImages-1141351661.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Faustina Tay was found dead in a car park near her employer's home in Beirut in the early hours of 14 March. Tay was a 23-year-old Ghanaian migrant domestic...![Streets are seen empty after Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab declared a state of emergency Monday due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in Beirut, Lebanon on 16 March 2020. [Hussam Chbaro - Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200316_2_41399010_53148868.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
For years, Lebanon has been a financial house of cards, based on a rocky and unsustainable economic model, which has unravelled quickly in recent months. In 2018, the World...![People stage a demonstration against the new government of Hassan Diab on 11 February 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon [Mahmut Geldi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/30-01-2020-leb-protest_16.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab is set to address the Lebanese people at 4:30pm (GMT) today, only two days before the country's Eurobonds mature on 9 March. Though the...![Emergency first responders wearing protective masks stand along a street in the Iranian capital Tehran on February 24, 2020. - [ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/GettyImages-1202949060.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Iranian nurses and doctors have been videoed dancing to keep morale up during the country's coronavirus outbreak. The footage features Iranian healthcare professionals dancing while wearing layers of protective...![People wear medical masks as a precaution against coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, on 26 February 2020 in Kuwait city, Kuwait. [Jaber Abdulkhaleg - Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200226_2_41053045_52533599.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Lebanon is facing the imminent threat of economic default and ongoing anti-government protests which have failed to abate. These factors have allowed problems within the healthcare system to slip...![A view of a snow-covered refugee camp in Arsal, Lebanon on 10 January 2019 [Jihad Muhammad Behlok/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019-1-11-Snow-blanketed-refugee-camp-in-Lebanon20190111_2_34367325_40646148.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
A repatriation clause requested by Lebanese President Michel Aoun in the new government's policy statement is very clear: "They must return." Aoun is using economic and political crises as...![Rafic Hariri, Lebanese business tycoon and the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998. He was assassinated on 14 February 2005 in Beirut, Lebanon [Wikipedia]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/skdslds.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Rafic Hariri, was assassinated on 14 February 2005, when nearly 1,800 kilograms of TNT explosive hidden in a Mitsubishi van was detonated next to his motorcade![Snowfall in Baghdad [@Uncleebotv /Twitter]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/EQfB9J5WkAEvMxE-e1581419470707.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Baghdad woke up covered in a thin layer of snow this morning for only the second time this century, and the first in over ten years. Snow falls in...![Lebanese Member of Parliament Ziad Aswad, 7 April 2017 [Twitter]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ziad-AswadC8y92msVYAAML7D.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Lebanese anti-government protesters have gathered outside restaurants after spotting Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Member of Parliament Ziad Aswad having dinner in suburbs north of Beirut two nights in a...![Lebanese demonstrators gather at Martyrs' Square and Riad Al Solh Square during an anti-government protest against dire economic conditions and new tax regulations on messaging services like Whatsapp, in Beirut, Lebanon on 19 October 2019. [Mahmut Geldi - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20191019_2_38839551_48637613.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
"This is the most exciting, unifying thing that has happened since the end of the civil war," said Fabio Irani, 25, a protester in Beirut. Lebanon is experiencing the...