A recently published book Remembering for the Future: Armenia, Auschwitz, and Beyond, edited by Michael Berenbaum, Richard Libowitz, and Marcia Sachs Littell, is a collection of scholarly papers delivered at a conference held at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, March 8-11, 2014. In […]
BEIRUT — The tarboosh, or fez, once a common sight in Middle Eastern countries, may be set for a 21st-century revival. Having quit the lucrative world of finance, entrepreneur Elias El Haddad is pressing ahead with his forward-looking take on a hat that once adorned […]
BEIRUT: Amid a drought in foreign tourists, Lebanese travelers are picking up some of the slack and becoming the new tourist class of Lebanon. Tourism oriented businesses and Lebanese weekenders spoke to Annahar about the renewed popularity of domestic tours and rediscovering the Levant, particularly […]
Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives include non-voting delegates and resident commissioners. They are non-voting members who are elected from a U.S. territory or from Washington, D.C., to a two-year term (with the exception of the one representing Puerto Rico, who is […]
Angelina Jolie shakes the hand of a young boy while visiting a Syrian refugees camp on Friday (September 9) in Azraq, Jordan. The 41-year-old actress gave a speech at the camp urging leaders from around the world “to ask the fundamental question of what are […]
NNA – “Very Big Shot” film is nominated to represent Lebanon officially in the 89 Oscar competition under the category of the best foreign Motion Picture film in 2017, a statement issued by the Culture Ministry said on Saturday. The nomination came upon the recommendation […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles has become the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. Construction workers on Saturday placed a 10-ton spire atop the Wilshire Grand Tower. The spire adds 160 feet to the 73-story building. That makes […]
The tourist gate and ticket house are ready at the ancient city of Karkemish, where Turkish troops crossed last month into Syria and ousted Islamic State militants from the border. Despite Syria’s civil war, archaeologists on the Turkish side of border-straddling Karkemish unearthed sculptures, mosaics […]
His dark eyes glare at the camera as if it caught him doing something forbidden. He holds a pen. The nine-year-old boy doesn’t attend school because of the crisis in his country. The caption says he misses school but, “I carry a pen with me […]
NNA – National Education and Higher Education Elias Bou Saab fervently stressed that no school in Lebanon can operate at the onset of the current school year without having a prior decree/license or an exceptional approval. Minister Bou Saab’s fresh words on Thursday came during […]
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