Rising cancer rates expose a web of pollution and public health failure in Lebanon In an in-depth report for An-Nahar, journalist Laila Girgis examines the sharp increase in cancer cases...
A battle over the fate of the iconic Théâtre de Beyrouth has laid bare a broken legal system that consistently privileges investor greed over the cultural memory of a city that...
As Riyadh’s entertainment empire expands under Vision 2030, questions grow about whether Saudi Arabia is fostering real art or merely spectacle in service of the state When Saudi Arabia announced...
A filmmaker grapples with how to represent Lebanon’s endless collapse In this sweeping and introspective review, Muhammad Omar Janadi reflects on the layered attempts of three recent Lebanese documentaries to...
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