Egypt
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Politics
1/16/2012 2:59:00 PM
One Egyptian among 13 reported fatalities in Beirut building collapse; three other Egyptians unaccounted for
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World
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Region
1/16/2012 9:54:27 AM
The collapsed building is known to house Lebanese, Sudanese and Egyptian families
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World
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Region
1/15/2012 12:44:06 PM
From a conference in neighbouring Beirut, UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to stop killing his people
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World
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Region
1/14/2012 2:02:27 PM
A UN conference on democracy in the Arab world opens in Beirut on Sunday with UN chief Ban Ki-moon set to deliver the keynote address to a slew of dignitaries, many from countries that suffered under dictatorship
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World
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Region
1/9/2012 4:54:38 PM
A Sheikh who heads the party's religious council speaks out against the UN chief at the weekend, days ahead of the leader's third trip to the Middle Eastern country
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Books
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1/2/2012 6:13:30 PM
Lebanese writer gives his analysis of issues that shocked the Middle East in 5 turbulent years between 2005 and 2010
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World
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Region
11/27/2011 4:57:34 PM
Large scale protests by Lebanese opposition take to the streets of Tripoli in the north in support of Syrian revolutionaries and against the Hezbollah-dominated government in Beirut
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World
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Region
11/21/2011 4:44:24 PM
Hezbollah says Lebanon will never be a conduit for a conspiracy against a sister state
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World
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Region
11/12/2011 9:15:01 AM
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah accuses the United States of ramping up pressure on Iran and Syria as a way to deflect attention from what he called Washington's "searing defeat" in Iraq
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World
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Region
11/5/2011 2:11:53 PM
A top US official warns that ties with Lebanon would suffer if Beirut fails to pay its share of funding to a UN-backed court probing ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder
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Business
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Economy
10/30/2011 1:52:28 PM
Banking, construction and tourism have all plunged as the Arab Spring chokes Lebanese trade with two vital markets, Syria and Egypt
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World
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Region
10/14/2011 3:50:46 PM
Rallies supporting army defectors come under fire from Syrian security forces as the country's ambassador in Beirut denies responsibility for the disappearance of opposition figures living in Lebanon
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World
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Region
10/5/2011 11:21:19 AM
US ambassador in Beirut calls on Lebanese government to protect members of Syria's opposition from being assassinated by Assad's regime
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Arts & Culture
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Film
10/4/2011 2:04:47 PM
Festival to screen three Egyptian films as well as many others from the Arab world and Iran
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World
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Region
9/20/2011 5:33:27 PM
Several thousand Lebanese and Palestinian demonstrators waved flags outside the UN building in Beirut in support of the upcoming Palestinian bid for statehood
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Books
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9/11/2011 3:38:28 PM
Akmal Egypt bookstore in Alexandria is hosting a book signing and discussion of the book by Nermeen Nezar “Alexandria-Beirut”, starting at 6pm. Sunday September 11
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World
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Region
8/11/2011 12:48:35 PM
Two people killed in the blast that took place in a Christian suburb of Beirut
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Books
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Review
7/31/2011 2:30:30 PM
Lebanese researcher Dalal Al-Berzy tells her own experience of living in Egypt for 10 years, comparing internalised images of Cairo with its modern reality
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
6/14/2011 4:53:01 PM
A photography exhibition tracing urban change in Istanbul, Beirut, Amman, Cairo and Dubai will open in Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art next Sunday
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World
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Region
6/13/2011 12:46:46 PM
The American University in Beirut rejects a petition to revoke its decision to honour James Wolfensohn for claims of having ties to Israeli interests in the West Bank
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