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A glimmer of hope in a time of war: The Beirut Museum of Art’s mission to heal and regenerate Lebanon through art
Amid the ongoing calamity of war in Lebanon, the country’s cultural scene is determined to work against the odds to keep its ...
Witness to History: Glimpse the real Lebanon through a Chinese woman's 23 years of life experience
From the 2006 Lebanon-Israel conflict to the escalating tensions in 2024, Zhao Ying, an ethnic Chinese, has experienced it ...
Creating in the dark: Lebanese artists struggle to keep creativity alive in a nation at war
As Israel presses a deadly offensive against armed group Hezbollah in his home country, Lebanese artist Charbel Samuel Aoun ...
A lion cub evacuated from Lebanon to a South African sanctuary escapes airstrikes and abuse
When Sara first arrived at her rescuers’ home, she was sick, tired, and was covered in ringworms and signs of abuse all over ...
AP PHOTOS: An AP photographer captures a bomb falling on a building in his childhood neighborhood
A few weeks earlier, another AP photographer, Bilal Hussein, had captured a nearly identical scene as a similar powerful bomb ...
Top Iranian official vows support for Lebanon on Israel-Hezbollah war as US pushes for cease-fire
A top Iranian official has pledged his country’s unwavering support for Lebanon after talks with Lebanese leaders on the ...
To shield art from bombs, Beirut museum's walls hang bare
STORY: The Sursock Museum's white ... invite visitors to one of Lebanon's few museums of modern and contemporary art. But to ...
Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional
Children have often been the victims as Israel has escalated its bombardment in Lebanon since late September. More than 100 ...
Top Iranian official holds talks in Lebanon on Israel-Hezbollah war as U.S. pushes for cease-fire
A top Iranian official has held talks with Lebanese leaders on the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah, which came as ...