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Beirut Book Fair for Gay Travels in the Muslim World: Day One

Michael Luongo | Posted 12.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Gay Travels in the Muslim World, Michael Luongo, Gay Tourism, Middle East, Book Fair, Lebanon, Gay, Arabic-Media, Arabic, Beirut, Helem, Books News

I have to admit that at first I was afraid to enter, but it was what I spent two years working on - the debut of the Arabic version of my book, Gay Travels in the Muslim World, here in the Muslim world itself.

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UNVEILING: Best 39 Arab Writers Under 40

Hay Festival | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Beirut, Hay Festival, Arab Writers, Writing, Books, Guardian Hay Festival, Frankfurt Book Fair, Arabic Writing, Young Writers, Middle East, Arabic Writers, beirut39, Middle Eastern Writers, Books News

PRESS RELEASE: As part of Beirut 'World Capital of the Book' festivities, Hay Festival announces the complete list of the 'Beirut39' Project at the 20...

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Beer Pong Swine Flu Victim: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Warns Against Beirut To Prevent H1N1 Spread

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Beirut, Beirut Swine Flu, Beer Pong, Beer Pong Swine Flu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rpi, Beer Pong H1n1, Rpi Swine Flu, Swine Flu Update, Rpi Beer Pong, New York News

Swine flu has claimed its latest victim: beer pong. Officials at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are warning students that the drinking game (and ...

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Key Lebanese Leader Says Iranian Weapons Can Deter Israeli Aggression

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Hezbollah, Iran, Walid Jumblatt, Lebanon, Druze, Shiites, Amr Moussa, Beirut, Lebanese Government, Press TV, World News

Jumblatt's statements to Press TV marks the most recent in a series of disclosures by the maverick politician that has shaken electoral politics in Lebanon.

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Farouk El-Baz: From Egypt's Deserts to the Moon and Back

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Desertification, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lunar Landing, Ain Shams University, Lebanon, Arab Forum for Environment & Development, Alfred Worden, China, Arab World, Beirut, From the Earth to the Moon, AT&T, Indonesia, Center for Remote Sensing, Saudi Arabia, Apollo 11, Russia, Empty Quarter, Peter Dorman, Space Shuttle, Farouk El-Baz, European Countries, Earth, Inc., Copenhagen, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Japan, Tom Hanks, Hbo, Boston University, American University of Beirut, Nasa, South Korea, Water, Malaysia, Arab Environment 2009, Oil, Environment, India, Apollo 17, Geology, Bellcomm, World News

El-Baz plans to highlight the issues of sustainable development and self-preservation at the Arab Environment 2009 conference in Beirut, Lebanon this November

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With Snoop Dogg, Paris Hilton, Beirut Regains Title As Party Capital Of Middle East

GlobalPost | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Snoop Dogg Beirut, Beirut Culture, Lebanon, Beirut Nightlife, Paris Hilton Beirut, Paris Hilton, Snoop, Paris Hilton Latest News, Snoop Dogg in Beirut, Snoop Dogg, Paris Hilton News, Beirut Party Capital, Beirut Regains Title Huffington Post, Snoop Dogg in Lebanon, Snoop Dog Beirut, World News

BEIRUT -- "The bombs are dropping on Beirut with Snoop Doggy Dogg!" said rap music fan Nick Haddad as he walked out of the show in the Lebanese capita...

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Fears of War Grow in Lebanon

James Denselow | Posted 09.15.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Israel Lebanon War, Walid Jumblatt, World News

There is talk of "war shopping", of people storing up supplies in case growing Israeli rhetoric towards Lebanon becomes a reality.

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The End of March 14?

Nicholas Noe | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Druze, Syria, Sunnis, Shiites, World News

The Sunni, Druze and Christian coalition that first took the reins of power in July 2005 was dealt what may end up being a lethal blow this past week when the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt formerly left the March 14 Secretariat.

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Magen Abraham: Lebanon's Oldest Synagogue Rebuilding Begins

AP | HUSSEIN DAKROUB | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Lebanon, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Synagogue, Magen Abraham, Jews, Lebanon Jews, Judaism, Beirut, World News

BEIRUT — Laborers have torn down the disintegrating roof, cleared the debris and erected scaffolding, showing Wednesday that the long delayed re...

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Ex-AP Hostage Terry Anderson Back in Beirut to Teach U.S. J-Students How to Report Accurately on Middle East

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 08.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Hostages, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Shiite, Beirut, Ohio University, Issam Fares, Northern Ireland, Rev. Ian Paisley, Islamic Jihad, Arabs, U.S. Media, The Associated Press, Committee to Protect Journalists, Lebanese, Islam, Presbyterians, Press Freedom, Imad Mughnieh, Time Magazine, Terrorism, President Barack Obama, Twitter, United States, Terry Anderson, Den of Lions, Hamra District, Facebook, New York, Palestinians, Muslims, University of Kentucky, Afghanistan, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Hassan Nasrallah, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Iowa State University, Beirut-Lebanon, Media News

"Unfortunately, I wasn't scared enough, and I wasn't cautious," Anderson admitted. "I got caught because I refused to take the precautions that I probably should have."

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Lebanon Youth Launch Newspaper Challenging Politics and Media (VIDEO)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, American University of Beirut, Newspapers, Arabs, Lebanon, Youth, Youth Vote, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Hezbollah, Iran, Media, Journalism, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

In Lebanon, where divisions dominate both the political and media spectrum, a new and independent youth newspaper, is shaking up the status-quo. Sawt...

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The Struggle for Muslim Minds in Lebanon

Eric L. Lewis | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Iran Election, Lebanon Election, Sunni, Hezbollah, Iran, Iran Elections, World News

The defeat of Hezbollah not only gives hope for moderation in the region, it also prevents a critical beachhead for an Iranian push for power within the Islamic world generally.

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After Trauma, Iraqi Refugees Look for Healing

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Violence, Iraqi Refugees, Baghdad, Iraq, Lebanon, Kidnapping, Trauma, War, Jordan, Amman, Beirut, World News

For thousands of Iraqis, kidnapping is a nightmare they cannot wake up from. Between 2004 and 2007, hundreds of children and adults were abducted, tortured and often killed.

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Biden In Lebanon: Hezbollah Says Visit Interferes With Election

AP | SAM F. GHATTAS | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Hezbollah Biden, Biden, Lebanon Election, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Hezbollah Election, Foreign Affairs, Biden Lebanon, Hizbollah Cia Lebanon, World News

BEIRUT — Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that future U.S. aid to Lebanon depends on the outcome of upcoming elections, a warning aimed at I...

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Disaster Tourism at the Edge of the Golan Heights

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Damascus, Six Days War, Egypt, Disaster Tourism, Occupied-Territories, Quneitra, Golan Heights, Syria Israel, Yom Kippur War, Israel, Old City, 1967 War, Syria, World News

Today the curious traveler can get a government tour after securing an easy permit in Damascus. It is perhaps the best and most disturbing example of disaster tourism in the Middle East.

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Lebanon: Sexual Attitudes Shifting As Country Assumes New Identity (VIDEO)

Worldfocus | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Beirut Lebanon, Video, Lebanon, Gay Rights, Worldfocus, Lebanon Gay Rights, Arab World Gay Rights, World News

From the Arab world's first gay rights demonstration to wild parties to a new graphic magazine, sexual attitudes are changing in Beirut. For a count...

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Lebanon Election: Money From Abroad Floods In To Buy Votes

nytimes.com | ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon Iran, Lebanon Election, Lebanon Election Corruption, Lebanon Saudi Arabia, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Foreign Affairs, Lebanon Corruption, Lebanon Hezbollah, Beirut-Lebanon, World News

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- It is election season in Lebanon, and Hussein H., a jobless 24-year-old from south Beirut, is looking forward to selling his vote t...

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"Don't Let It Sink" : Making Coffee with Mahmoud Darwish

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

Under the terror of jets and shelling, the Israeli siege of Beirut, Darwish is making coffee.

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Airport to Nowhere, Waltz with Bashir, Part 2

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 03.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Beirut, Lebanon, Gaza, Waltz With Bashir, Israel, Film, Ari Folman, Tomdispatch, Graphic Novels, Entertainment News

Part two of this exclusive excerpt from Waltz with Bashir takes up after Folman has managed to reconstruct his first days of the war in Lebanon.

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Waltz with Bashir: The Graphic Novel

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 02.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Beirut, Lebanon, Waltz With Bashir, Film, Ari Folman, Books, Graphic Novels, Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch, Entertainment News

Given the power and timeliness of this thoughtful, dreamlike memoir from a living hell, it's a particular honor to be releasing two long excerpts from the graphic novel version of Waltz with Bashir

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Obama and the Perils of Gaza

Sandy Tolan | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Missiles, Gaza, Bush, Hope, Arafat, United Nations, Obama, Hamas, Paris, War Crimes, Civilians, Human Rights, Excessive, Sydney, Athens, Arab, Force, Palestinian, Baghdad, Israel, Muslim, Kassam, Qassam, Sandy Tolan, World News

Obama promised in his too-brief comments on Gaza that "after January 20th, I'll have plenty to say." Here's hoping he does, and that by the time he opens his mouth, it won't be too late.

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The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Why So Global?

Jared Cohen | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

What is it about the Arab-Israeli conflict that makes it evoke emotion on such a global scale across such a diverse set of populations? Why does this issue dominate other more local grievances?

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My Kuffiyeh Says I Care

Meris Lutz | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

It's New Years Eve in Beirut, and everyone is wondering what to do. In times of war, going about one's usual business can be a form of protest. In times of solidarity, the code of conduct is vague.

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Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah: Israel Might Attack Lebanon

Haaretz | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Gaza Seige, Lebanon, Hezbollah Israel, Gaza, Egypt, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Hezbollah, Lebanon Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Israeli Airstrikes, Israel, Israel Lebanon War, Syria, Middle East, World News

The head of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said Sunday that he had asked his fighters to be on alert for any possible Israeli attac...

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Lebanon's Economy Thriving Thanks to Arab Neighbors and Conservative Capitalism

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.25.2009 | World

Read More: Lebanon, Dubai, Shopping, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Christmas, Hezbollah, Beirut, Tourism, Kuwait, Arabs, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Doha Agreement, Financial Crisis, Banks, Banking Crisis, Moody's, Video, World News

As the rest of the world braces for a global economic dive, thousands of visitors flood into Beirut. The streets are crowded, shops are bustling and political chatter takes an unusual backseat to celebration.

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