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Award-Winning Author Loucia Youssef Isaac Launches New Children's Book Celebrating Lebanese Heritage and Culture

New children's book celebrates Lebanese heritage through the story of Manouche bread, connecting cultures through food and intergenerational storytelling. BROOMFIELD, CO, UNITED STATES, October 3, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Children's Book...

Can Lebanese Democracy Be Saved?

Once hailed as a rare democracy in the Middle East, Lebanon has now slipped into the ranks of closed autocracies. Decades of corruption, sectarian rule, and foreign meddling have left the country reeling — and the past year brought assassinations,...

Lebanese Government Backs Confidential Military Strategy

(MENAFN) On Friday, the Lebanese administration approved a military initiative aimed at limiting weapons possession exclusively to official state forces, while opting to keep the specifics of the strategy undisclosed. "The Cabinet listened to the...

Lebanon Reports One Fatality, Five Injuries in Israeli Airstrike

(MENAFN) An Israeli airstrike on Wednesday targeted a vehicle in southern Lebanon, killing one individual and wounding five others, according to a Lebanese news outlet and local security officials. The news outlet reported that an Israeli drone...

Israel breaks truce agreement by attacking southern Lebanon

(MENAFN) Lebanese media stated that the truce has been in place since November 2024 was violated again on Sunday when Israeli military aircrafts fired multiple airstrikes in southern Lebanon. The state-news agency stated that the attacks targeted...

Israeli Airstrikes Breach Ceasefire in Southern Lebanon

(MENAFN) Israeli fighter jets carried out multiple air raids across southern Lebanon on Sunday, marking the most recent breach of a ceasefire pact established in November 2024, according to Lebanese media sources. The bombardments focused on the...

Lebanon: A Chronicle of Resilience by Ali R. Jaber Now in U.S. University Libraries

New book by Lebanese-American author Ali R. Jaber explores resilience and identity, now available on Amazon and in top U.S. libraries. DEARBORN, MI, UNITED STATES, September 25, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Lebanon: A Chronicle of Resilience Book...

Omar Harfouch's Concerto for Peace Officially Enters Vatican Archives, to Premiere at Miss Universe

VATICAN CITY, Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Franco-Lebanese composer Omar Harfouch has achieved a rare milestone in music and cultural history. His Concerto for Peace has been formally accepted into the Apostolic Library of the Vatican, where...

CIFAL Lebanon Launches Workshop on Artificial Intelligence & Professional Skills

23 September 2025, Beirut, Lebanon - CIFAL Lebanon, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Lebanon, an affiliated training centre of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Is presenting a 20-hour...

Children’s Charity With Beyoncé’s Dad as Ambassador of Hope Celebrates New Children’s Book Release About Beating Cancer

Time4Sharing.org launches children’s book on resilience and hope, reflecting its 25-year mission to support kids facing illness and adversity. ORLANDO, FL, UNITED STATES, September 29, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Time4Sharing.org, the global...

Israeli Drone Attack Leaves Five Dead in Southern Lebanon

(MENAFN) Five individuals, among them three children, lost their lives and two others were wounded Sunday afternoon when an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle and a passing vehicle in the southern Lebanese city of Bint Jbeil, according to health...

A moveable feast of MENA pop art at the MEI Gallery

A new exhibition at the Middle East Institute Art Gallery called Arab Pop Art: Between East and West offers a timely reminder that in spite of the conflict and turmoil in the region, there is a lively, vibrant, and cosmopolitan culture at play...

Rat d’Hôtel announces the launch of the limited-edition stools made from recycled plastic in collaboration with Plastc Lab

Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rat d’Hôtel, the Beirut-based collaborative design house, unveils its newest creation: limited-edition stools crafted from recycled plastic, developed in partnership with Plastc Lab, Lebanon’s...

Statement on the death of Max Basheer AM

Release date: 15/09/25 Few South Australians have left such an indelible mark on our sporting culture. Born in 1927 to a Lebanese immigrant family, Basheer attended Prince Alfred College where he started playing football. By the early 1950,...

Address by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, at the 80th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

Madame President, Ladies and gentlemen, We stand at the brink of a precipice. International order, as we know it, is challenged in an unprecedented manner, 80 years since the United Nations (UN) emerged out of World War II. Today, we stand before...

France Rallies International Support to Aid Crisis-Stricken Lebanon

(MENAFN) France remains steadfast in rallying international support for Lebanon, French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian told Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday, signaling intensified efforts to stabilize the crisis-stricken country....

Arab Parliament Ramps Up Efforts to Halt Israeli Aggression on Lebanon

(MENAFN) The Arab Parliament reinforced its commitment Tuesday to intensify efforts demanding Israel cease attacks on Lebanon and withdraw from Lebanese lands, media reported. In a Beirut meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji, Arab...

Lebanon Deploys Army to Over 120 Locations in South

(MENAFN) The Lebanese Army has significantly increased its footprint in southern Lebanon, with redeployment to more than 120 locations, according to a statement from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Monday. “Peacekeepers work closely...

UNIFIL Denounces Israeli Airstrikes in Lebanon

(MENAFN) The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday criticized recent Israeli aerial assaults in southern Lebanon, labeling them breaches of Security Council Resolution 1701 and cautioning that they jeopardize the...

Lebanon Outlines Five-Stage Military Strategy

(MENAFN) A Lebanese official revealed on Saturday that a comprehensive military strategy aiming to restrict weapons exclusively to the control of the state is structured into five distinct stages. “There is a broad national consensus on the...