An independent firm, the International Crisis Group (ICG) published yesterday an in depth and balanced report on the current situation on the Christians in Lebanon. It’s a good read. Not your usual know it information. It had many information and historical backgrou
nd on each of the major Christian movements as the re-emrged in 2005, and [...]

[France 24] La Syrie et le Liban ont décidé de nouer des relations diplomatiques et d’ouvrir des ambassades dans leurs capitales  respectives, une première depuis l’indépendance de leurs pays, décision annoncée à Paris après une série d’entretiens sous l’égide de Nicolas Sarkozy.
La première annonce a été faite par le président de la République Nicolas Sarkozy [...]

More and more, the initial idea of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy seems to be developing into a real leap for the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
The Lebanese president Michel Sleiman announced publicly during the French president’s visit to Lebanon, that Lebanon supports the proposed Union for the Mediterranean.
Union for the Mediterranean (MU)
(Wikipedia) The Union [...]

No where in the Middle East is Christianity so openly celebrated. Yesterday, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Premier Fouad Seniora and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri attended the beatification ceremony of Father James (Jacques) Ghazir Haddad (1875-1954) in central Beyrouth.
The Vatican beatified today the Lebanese Capuchin priest in a ceremony attended by tens of thousands in the [...]

They may not necessarily be Lebanese, but this inside scoop goes to show the high-class ‘entertainers‘ in Lebanon tend to be diverse and wild. Rated PG-13.

 
You can get a glimpse of Lebanons’ underground clubs with a tour of B018, here; 
Or the more casual scene of a regular Summer day, but certainly not ordinary… And regardless [...]

1958 was swell. This home made documentary on Lebanon shows Lebanon in all it’s forms, including the swell days of the 1950s. I grant the author good footage on the early days of Lebanon.
Towards the end, the author portrays a history in film of the war we prevented in 2008. Though, I disagree with the film [...]

  Adored among Beyrouthi circles, the charismatic french minister of foreign affairs Bernard Kouchner reached Beyrouth on friday, greeted by french diplomats and foreign ministry officials. France, our long historic benefactor have finally come back to greet our freshly assigned president of the republic. Tomorrow, french president Nicolas Sarkozy will head to the palais présidentiel in Baabda, to greet [...]